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Re: Podcasting Includes Videos, M’kay?

Mike Wills — Fri, 30 May 2008 12:38:37 -0000

I think the definition for podcast has blurred as to what a podcast is. A podcast is the delivery method, NOT the content. I could have an audio show that gets put on the radio and is published via podcast. I could have a video that is put on TV and via podcast.

Re: You’re Not My Target Market Unless You’re Ready to Monetize Your Podcast

Mike Wills — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 00:09:01 -0000

Okay, I'll step up. I think I first heard about your blog when the debate on "Is Podcasting an Industry" was happening. I don't remember if that was the particular debate, but the first post I read was thoughtful and gave me reason to subscribe. Now that I have been subscribed, I am noticing that while I am not really learning anything, it is bringing some things to the forefront of my mind. On the list, I said that there is nothing ground-breaking here.

I think some times we get so stuck into our own little world or we are so busy, we don't sit down and really think about how can we really expand our audience or get into a place where we can bring in some income. Sometimes we just need that slap in the face and have someone say "Hey dummy, changing your post URLs will give you more Google juice." A common-sense thing that I just really didn't think about too closely.

I will continue to be subscribed as long as I get one of those "Ah ha!" moments once in a while. I was just surprised that as the bashing started, you didn't respond and assumed that the podcast expert didn't follow what the podcasters were talking about. Now knowing that you were moderated makes sense. I am sure it was set up that way to prevent spamming.

I hope I am not rambling too much. Thanks for the slaps in the face you have given me so far.

Re: Facebook is Ruining My Social Life

Mike Wills — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 22:37:59 -0000

I totally agree with this. I use Facebook for the same things as you. I have various people from my many walks of life, but there was a guy on my friends list that requested friendship to seemingly all of the friends on my list. I sent him a message and asked him to stop. He hasn't tried to friend my wife again...

Re: New Media Realty

Mike Wills — Tue, 08 May 2007 10:12:18 -0000

What a great idea! I can see C.C.'s position on not wanting to disclose some things. Hey C.C., do you think you could do that anonymously?

Re: Here is what is wrong with Podshow (and maybe how to fix it)

Mike Wills — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 14:46:15 -0000

I took the survey and was quite harsh. Not because it is Podshow, but because I personally don't like some of the things they do with the pre-rolls and their website is just too clunky to me. As soon as I hear the "Another Podshow..." I immediately reach for the fast forward button.

Podshow does need to change, I don't mind the post-roll or even a couple second pre-roll (listen to my show for a good example (http://mikeshotdish.com). But when I know I have to skip 15 - 60 seconds that gets really ridiculous.

Re: Here is what is wrong with Podshow (and maybe how to fix it)

Mike Wills — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 16:31:16 -0000

On the PMN... I have been using the IODA Promonet for a couple weeks now (seriously using it). First lets talk about IODA. I see two problems (or rather annoyances) with their system.

1. You can't just add it to a list to be downloaded later.
2. Some of the genres aren't very specific.

I can see the PMN being the leader, but they aren't right now. What I would like to see is the ability for an artist to tag their music. So if it is "Hard Rock, Hip Hop/Rap, Christian" they can tag it as such. There is only a hundred genres on the PMN, can we cut that down to major classifications then use tags beyond that? Then on the producer side, give us the ability to group songs and automatically create the required links for us (like IODA does). Also, I would like to monitor my favorite artists to see if they released new music and monitor my favorite genres.

These are just a few of the things I can see for the PMN.

Re: Know the codes and what they do

Mike Wills — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 16:20:29 -0000

Shoot someone beat me to the punch. pod23 and blu23 ;-)

Re: This is the New Media Fishbowl

Mike Wills — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 00:20:14 -0000

Just created mine and it looks similar to yours... but with less friends...

Re: Lawrence Lessig on Obama vs. Clinton

Mike Wills — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 22:50:55 -0000

Wow... I'm sold. Of course I will give each candidate equal opportunity to convince me, but I have been leaning towards Obama for a while.

Re: Operation Roll Call

Mike Wills — Tue, 17 Oct 2006 15:59:10 -0000

Hey, do you have a promo for us to spin?

Re: One Easy Question

Mike Wills — Tue, 31 Oct 2006 11:23:20 -0000

Tae Kwon Do Yellow Belt. See my picture.

Re: The Countdown - Episode 100

Mike Wills — Tue, 28 Nov 2006 10:05:39 -0000

Hey... something is weird with enclosures. They come in via iTunes just fine, but don't show up in Google Reader.

Re: The Countdown - Episode 28

Mike Wills — Thu, 15 Feb 2007 15:07:42 -0000

You seem to be missing an enclosure.

Re: Long Live The RIAA?

Mike Wills — Sun, 08 Jul 2007 23:31:35 -0000

Podcasting has changed my outlook on musicians and their music. I used to have the "screw the big man" mentality. But now looking at these great artists working hard to live, I have a new outlook. I buy the music when I can and if I can't afford it, I add it to my wish list and buy when I can.

I think PodShow needs to finish up the PMN. When I read their license at one time I believe if you are non-commercial you can use the music for free. Thus one would assume a fee would have to be paid if you are commercial. The question is what is commercial and how do you pay those fees? I am sure there is a handful of podcasters out there that qualify as commercial, but I am also sure many of them are buying music and CDs from the artists as well. I don't mean to just pick on PodShow for this, I believe most of the "Podsafe Music Networks" have similar licensing. They should finish defining these rules and systems and get them in place.

As a podcaster, I can't afford and would have to quit podcasting if they charged everyone a fee to use the music. However, if I was turning a profit, I would have no problem paying for playing. But I don't think podcasters are the problem. We are a handful to the thousands of listeners and consumers of the music.

I realize what Matt's concern is and the many others that have gotten to where they are today because of podcasting. I think what one person suggested about the PSA would help, but we are talking about a small percentage of the whole listening audience would listen or care.

What is the solution? Personally, I don't think there is a silver bullet. Americans are cheap and lazy. They will go cheap if it is easy. File sharing is pretty easy these days. If you make file sharing difficult (like in the pre-Napster days) consumers will buy the music. Since that isn't going to happen, we need to figure out a better solution.

Re: Comcast Must Listen

Mike Wills — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 11:38:35 -0000

Do you have the option of DSL? The only downtime I have had is due to the modem. It either required a reset or it had to be replaced once. I can count on one hand in the past 5 years how many times I had to touch it.

Re: Anyone Want A Station ID?

Mike Wills — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 23:18:27 -0000

I would love a station ID. Show "Mike's Hotdish". Just make some um... cheesy reference to food in the ID if you can. Basic example is "...and you listening to a heaping plate full of Mike's Hotdish." I am sure you have a better idea.

Re: It’s Radio Time

Mike Wills — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 15:04:31 -0000

Congrats! First college radio, then corporate radio, then the WORLD!!!!

Re: We Have a Bright Future

Mike Wills — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 13:57:29 -0000

In talking with my dad the other day. He mentioned that in tight times, big government contracts usually happen to stimulate the economy. This energy independence may be the thing we need. We need a historic project of some sort to bring hope back.

If you think about about it. Hoover Dam was build around the time of a depression and as Matthew said, the space program was built around the time of another depression.

Re: “Lost on Block Island” Now Podsafe

Mike Wills — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 15:43:23 -0000

I just played it on my recent NaPodPoMo show.

Re: Backup Early and Backup Often

Mike Wills — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 21:43:20 -0000

I just started trying out Amazon S3 with Jungle Disk. At $0.15/ gig of space used, I can afford to pay 3 to 4 bucks a month to store my whole music and photo collection and all my other important documents.

Re: I like this new podcasting API from BlogTalkRadio

Mike Wills — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 14:04:55 -0000

I think I know how you can mask your phone number using FeedBurner. I posted about it at my site.

Re: An Open Letter to Apple: Podcasts in the iTunes Wi-Fi Store, Please!

Mike Wills — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 16:52:15 -0000

This would push me over the edge to buy an iPod Touch. Being able to subscribe AND download new podcasts on the fly.

Re: The Elimination of Podsafe Music in the Podcast

Mike Wills — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 10:34:33 -0000

I have heard others say similar things. Don't add music to a topical show unless it adds value to the show.

Re: Facebook is Ruining My Social Life

Mike Wills — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 22:37:59 -0000

Re: You’re Not My Target Market Unless You’re Ready to Monetize Your Podcast

Mike Wills — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 00:09:01 -0000

Re: Podcasting Includes Videos, M’kay?

Mike Wills — Fri, 30 May 2008 12:38:37 -0000

Re: I Love The Web 2.0, I Also Love What Works

Mike Wills — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 00:19:46 -0000

I think I figured out your problem with some of these sites.

Twitter - In some cases there is so much chatter, things will just slip by un-noticed.
Facebook - Same thing if it was just listed in the feed. Plus Facebook doesn't display everything for everyone, so it can fall through the cracks.
StumbleUpon - While I still don't know what all it has, randomly hitting a site is well... random.
Digg - Based upon assumptions of late, good luck hitting the front page with anything.

I think social media is getting too cluttered with things that many important things fall through the cracks. Just like many great podcasts, unless that one person of note notices it and really talks about it, it just falls through the cracks as just "another podcast". Are we developing social media cliques??

Re: On Demand CD And DVD Sales For The New Media Producer – What Is Most Important To You?

Mike Wills — Wed, 28 May 2008 01:11:07 -0000

Something close to this exists today at http://poddisc.com. Although it is a one-man operation.

Re: My Roku Box Obsession

Mike Wills — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 16:31:48 -0000

I don't know about the API, but I would seriously consider dropping (or just reducing my subscription level) if I could get everything online through Ruko (or another box).

Re: What Turns You On?

Mike Wills — Wed, 14 May 2008 22:40:52 -0000

I think it is a learned thing. I am comfortable in front of a mic, but not in front of a crowd.

Re: Facebook is Ruining My Social Life

Mike Wills — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 22:37:59 -0000

Re: You’re Not My Target Market Unless You’re Ready to Monetize Your Podcast

Mike Wills — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 00:09:01 -0000

Re: Podcasting Includes Videos, M’kay?

Mike Wills — Fri, 30 May 2008 12:38:37 -0000