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- Dash-2, on 10/12/2007, -2/+23When I download, say Diggnation. I want to watch it now, not "when ever I get a chance to during school"
- jeff1943, on 10/12/2007, -1/+19I don't put any podcasts on my portable player because:
1. I usually trash them when I'm done with them
2. I spend my time on the computer than on my mp3 player - schlagzeuger, on 10/12/2007, -1/+18podcasts = happy commute
no podcasts = roadrage - soloride, on 10/12/2007, -0/+13that still leaves you with 3,800 cool podcasts
- stevievep, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8I must be part of the 20% who prefer take-out. I usually sync up my podcasts with the latest episodes in the morning onto a nano and hello commute, and then again when I go out to lunch. Perhaps only a small percentage of podcast listeners are working stiffs and need to spend their time in front of the computer doing other things.
- ross., on 10/12/2007, -0/+8"I wish I could listen to them in real time, but iTunes doesn't support it for some reason."
iTunes does this weird thing where you can listen to them streaming through the iTunes Music Store. Go into the podcast section of the iTMS, and search from your podcast, ie twit 45, then just double click the episode and it plays instantly. - lukas88, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7I bet alot of them are never listened to. Alot of podcasts look good in theory but then when it comes down to actually taking the time to listen to them, it is hard to commit.
- boredzo, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6Remember when it was called audioblogging?
- SuperCujo, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6Keith and The Girl... used to listen to Adam Curry but he went nowhere and dribbles *****. Plus I figured out he is a knob and his company treats podcasters just like the record companies he heaps ***** on.
- wisewaif, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5This isn't surprising, and is why the name is confusing to people.
The question is, in the future, with wireless everywhere, wi-fi phones, and bluetooth connected to stereos in the car, whether in the long run it makes more sense that they would be downloaded from cell phones to listen to in the car, rather than on the computer or even an iPod. Will we be asking in ten years "Why is it called podcasting, when I get it in my car?"
I still don't have a hassle proof way to put it in my car. FM transmitters suck, and the auto solutions are too expensive.
But no matter how people listen, the idea is here to stay. - Roscoe1976, on 10/12/2007, -2/+7Same here. I rarely put them on my MP3 player.
- interiot, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4Exactly. I could listen to NPR on the radio in my car. Or, I could listen to it on my ipod, and it's kind of strange the first couple times that you realize you have the freedom to turn the car off and run into the grocery for a few minutes, and not have to stop listening to the podcast.
- twistedpickle, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4I've noticed the same sort of stuff with my show. I end up with about 1300 downloads per episode but only 700 are subscribers...and of those 700, they don't run their aggrigators like I do every day because it easily takes 7 days from the day posted to reach the 700 subscriber mark....accordin to my Libsyn stats...
As far as mp3 player Vs. PC consumption, I'm 100% mp3. I run my Juice every night right before bed, transfer everything new to my year-old 40GB Nomad, and then spend all day in cubical hell listening to my favorite shows...never through the PC....
-Corby-
The Twisted Pickle Show
Twisted Pickle Show - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4I usually listen to podcasts at work because long episodes make a long day go by quicker...
- Polymira, on 10/12/2007, -2/+6i listen in the car
- Dhalgren, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5I ONLY listen to podcasts on my portable mp3 player. It's one of the reasons I bought an iPod: so I could pause a show halfway through and not lose my place... I listen to podcasts when I jog, when I'm working out and when I'm working around the house. I love listening to Security Now! while I'm soldering :-)
- databyss, on 10/12/2007, -2/+6Yes, copying files from one folder to another is insanely hard, thank god apple took care of that for you.
- UGM2099, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4I listen to podcasts walking on the street and on the subway, meaning ALL of them make it to my iPod. They're the best method of blocking out noisy people and trains.
My podcast diet is primarily comedy and tech. - dignon, on 10/12/2007, -0/+480% of all statistics are made up. I'd really like to see the methodology behind this assertion. It sounds pretty fishy to me. I mean, how could you even collect this kind of data on podcasts? Isn't that one of the main problems they are looking for a solution to right now - measurable metrics for podcasts?
- TeKoverride, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4I have trouble sitting infront of my computer watching movies, vid podcasts or even listening to audio podcasts. Podcasts are great for passing the time at work. I just wish they were longer. What's up with most podcasts being like ''Oh and we're running out of time" Who runs out of time? Honestly. It's a podcasts you have all the time in the world. I am for 1.5+ hour podcasts.
- Tobey, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4I usually throw 'em on my MP3 player and listen to them at night while I'm in bed.
- lilred2k5, on 10/12/2007, -2/+5The only podcast i get is Diggnation, and I sit in front of my computer on tuesdays waiting for it to appear, then I watch it full screen and Pixelated
- ultimate_ed, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Got to agree with you on this one. I work for a living and can't be spending my companies bandwidth downloading podcasts to my work computer all day. I load up my iPOD in the morning with the days podcasts and I pretty much spend my day listening to them now. Between my drive in, the work day, and the drive home, I typically listen to 6-8 podcast episodes a day and there are probably about 20 feeds that I currently subscribe to.
It's certainly nice to be able to plug the iPOD in the truck on the drive in, pause when I park, and then be able to pick right up where I left off when I get to my desk.
Now if I could just stop falling out of my chair from laughing during Wingin' It during the day! - Amplix, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Depends on the person, and the situation, If I had a busy week and then I have to get on a plane and go somewhere, thats when I will stick the podcasts in my iPod and I'll catch up on the way. But normally, I'll just listen to them from my computer. :)
- Miyazaki, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3I only listen to a few podcasts. But I will have to agree with most of the posters here, that when I download them, I want to listen to them "now.." Occassionally I will put them on my mp3 player and listen to them in the car or something, but usually it's right here on my laptop sitting on my couch.
- SuperCujo, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4Why dont you use something like iTunes, iPodder or Nimiq to consume the XML for you and download it. Would be heaps easier.... sounds like you are making it hard for yourself.
- pilotmike, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3We just mentioned on The Pilotcast that more of our listeners should discover the joys of podcatchers. We don't have a necessarily techie audience. We're seeing about a third of our shows go through direct downloads.
When I talked to one of our guests he said he checks for new shows often. I tried to tell him how that can be automated.
When we post a new show dozens of copies get direct-downloaded immediately - which means that a lot of listeners have to be constantly hammering the site looking for new episodes.
I listen to podcasts directly in iTunes while I'm working elsewhere at home, but I listen on my iPod in the car or on the commute, and even by using speakers during my morning routine in the bathroom. I'm backed on on vidcasts like dl.tv and Diggnation because I rarely remember to take advantage when I'm in a position to look at the screen.
--Pilot Mike
The Pilotcast
"The show by Pilots, for Pilots"
http://www.pilotcast.com - chillypepper, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4Diggnation is seriously the only podcast I'm subscribed to. I've just never been bitten by the podcasting bug, it's too much of an active listening experience, and I'm always multitasking. I do however take time to sit and watch Diggnation *on my computer* and sometimes catch Ask a Ninja on YouTube
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3I think whenever I do get an MP3 player, or PVP player, I'll skip a few weeks of Diggnation (I know, probably impossible), if I know I''m going out of town and I want to watch something on the road. But, I usually watch it on the computer.
- rabiddogma, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3A good player/agregator will trash them for you automatically after you listen to them. Automatic file management is what it's all about yo!
- Esso, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3I wonder if burning to CD and playing in the car counts as putting it on a portable?
- databyss, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2You could automate the copy too with something like this dos command:
at 8:00AM /every:M,T,W,Th,F,S,Su "copy fromDirectory toDirectory"
assuming that mp3Downloads is where the program stores the files on your d and e: is the drive your computer makes for your player. - databyss, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Silly Digg, not letting me put backslashes in
- subject117, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2I listen to all my podcasts while driving or at work.
- Esso, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2And of course, listening to NPR via a podcast lets you avoid the many mind-numbingly boring segments and avoid the begging season altogether.
- fino35, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3I ride the bus, so I need my podcasts. diggnation(of course) Twit, geekdrome, The Kojima productions report, Infected,Reel Reviews.
I Don't even have an Ipod! Long live the Rio Karma! - databyss, on 10/12/2007, -2/+4DOS command, terminal command, whatever.
Indeed, computers are good at repetetive tasks.
I'm glad you don't have to memorize any icky-yucky typed commands.
Wouldn't want you knowing too much about what goes on on your computer.
Yet again, praise be to Jobs for not making you learn anything. - rabiddogma, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3haha you said dos command.
Automation of repetitive tasks one of the things machines are for. Thank god indeed. And thank god I don't have to clutter my brain with "dos commands" - Zukunft, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2I only keep topical podcasts (TWIT, Diggnation, DL.TV) for two or so weeks, but episodic podcasts like Ask a Ninja, Channel Frederator and Tiki Bar TV I keep and whenever I get a video iPod I'll transfer them over so I'll have something to watch when I have time to kill.
- Klowner, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3Of course not
- stevievep, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Trying to find the source [Bridge Data?] for this 80% figure was not so obvious. In other words, a few googles, and I came up empty.
- CandySnatch, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Isn't it more important that the podcast is /actually listened to/ after being downloaded, irrespective of where or on what device? Perhaps a more interesting article might take a look at the ratio of podcasts produced to podcasts downloaded more than than once...
- Dhalgren, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2"It's a podcasts you have all the time in the world."
For one, I know that some software packages have time limitations on how large the audio file can be. Also, shows like the Dawn and Drew show that may end up on a real radio station (Sirius) have to fit within certain time constraints. - Esso, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2"GOOD. I hope this yuppie version of radio goes the way of the Betamax. I especially love it when you see someone dressing to be different, yet they have an iPod."
I don't know many Yuppsters who are into podcasts. Most of them are type-A money grubbers chasing their tail in ever increasing circles and won't listen to anything except motivational tapes/Cds. The typical podcast listener can run the gamut, but one group is usually absent - Yuppies.
I haven't listened to old school "marconi" radio for years. Too much bland RIAA crappy music and way too many commercials. I listened to audiobooks for a long after abandoning radio until I discovered podcasting. It reminded me at first of the glory days of talk radio before the rightwingers took it over and ruined it. Best, *I* control my own schedule and can fast forward the boring parts, and there are plenty of boring parts in NPR podcasts to get to interesting stuff.
As for iPods, I've tried many other players and none offer the simplicity, durability and good overall design as iPods. - rysolag, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2yes! I have a 128MB iRiver mp3 player from 2002.
- rabiddogma, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Wow you do all this manually? I just plug in my ipod and it syncs and charges. No moving files or anything, it's all automagic. Thats what I like about it.
I can't do streaming or downloading on my computer at work (which is where I have time to listen to podcasts) so a portable player is important to me. Without a portable player I wouldn't be listening.
Oh I might as well plug my video podcast too: LO-FI SAINT LOUIS http://lofistl.com - datagod, on 10/12/2007, -2/+4I listen to a lot of podcasts, and I don't even own an mp3 player. I just scrape the mp3 file out of the xml and download it directly. Am I bad for doing this?
- twistedpickle, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3LOL, great point on the 3800! That was funny as hell.
- VSKBadCRC, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Being able to put them on my iPod is a great convienence, but is ultimately not something I regularly do. When I download the Podcasts I want to listen/watch, I view them then. The only times when I'd download them and put them on my iPod is when I'm going somewhere, like maybe out of town, or on a trip; which isn't very often.
And even when I do listen to it it's usually deleted shortly after, there's just not much sense in archiving a podcast, less it contains something that's really worth keeping, on my computer or iPod. Personally, I don't understand why anyone would want to keep half the podcasts. They make for a small portion of how I spend my time each day, and if I have to download them on my computer in the first place, that's where I tend to listen to them. - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3The only time I listen to podcasts and shows away from the computer is when I'm driving.
That said, I have 2 hours of commuting every weekday, and I usually drive 4+ hours away on weekends, so I get a lot of "pod-time" in.
portability is good. -
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