ODEO, PodCasting, Social Networks and the like

So my invite to ODEO came in the other day and wow is this impressive. iPodder (which is now free btw) was pretty good, but this is that logical step. Mom and Dad simplicity with a lot of depth for power users.

iPodder was a bit difficult to get to work seamlessly. Yes I can make it work, but that really takes a little bit too much work. ODEO? Easy. Takes care of it. The web interface for adding and syncing up content is great. But the community tagging aspects, commenting on individual shows as well as entire podcasts is a great way to discover what something might have/not have before downloading it.

I also think that Adam Curry‘s Daily Source Code is a great example of what can happen. The FCC? Irrelevant. So say whatever you want. The personalization aspect? Wonderful. And the community aspect is just awesome. It’s really like the early days of blogging before someone thought they could make money doing it.

And just a few days ago, the new Technorati site launched. With so many of these new web applications pushing community classification and keywording via tagging, what are the possibilities with this? Will Google end up utilizing this information, or will it become spam fodder (as almost any good idea ends up being).

  1. will schlick says:
    June 23, 2005 at 1:47 PM

    now I'm going to sound like the drooling troglodytic moron, but what exactly does this give you? does this allow you to make your own podcasts that others can listen to, or are you somehow compiling other things for yourself? if you're making a podcast, how do the rest of us tune in?

  2. John Athayde says:
    June 25, 2005 at 10:17 AM

    Well, it basically removes the difficulty from subscribing to pod casts. Similar to what iTunes may be providing, but with a nifty web based interface. Don't have iTunes with me? I can listen online.

    It does (actually, it will) have tools for making your own pod casts. I don't have one yet. I think I might do one wiht Kynz, or the Scope... we'll see.

    I need to get the new version of this site launched first :)

  3. Tom says:
    June 29, 2005 at 1:26 PM

    Here's an interesting interview with the author of Odeo about podcasting and how it will be affected by the new iTunes:

    <a href="http://playlistmag.com/features/2005/06/evanwilliams/index.php" rel="nofollow">http://playlistmag.com/features/2005/06/evanwilliams/index.php</a>

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