Now listening to podcasts

In keeping with my mission to explore the new world of cutting edge internet technology, I downloaded ipodder. It is a cool tool for listening to podcasts, though I would have preferred it if were somehow integrated with Firefox. Don't know if podcasting will be my cup of tea, but the idea sure is fun.

Is podcasting a disruptive technology ? I don't know, but it sure can drive revenues for the Wireless industry that is currently providing my livelihood. I wonder what all can be done once voice recognition reaches a level where I can search for words in podcasts. Google is planning to expand their search in this direction, but may have a long way to go.

I used to listen to a lot of radio a while back, mostly NPR stations, and hopefully podcasting will bring some of it back, and maybe with more variety. There is a lot of NPR stuff being podcast around. I somehow suspect podcasting will be a politically more liberal medium, as opposed to the traditional Internet.

Isn't it funny how I said "traditional Internet", and it seemed like normal usage. Oh the days of sitting in the lab in India in 1994-5 and looking at that first pr0n. Well, it's been ten years now since my first Hotmail ID. (does anyone use Hotmail anymore ?)

To close, I hope to keep updating this page with some good podcasts.