Tuesday, January 4, 2005

by alec on January 4, 2005

Podcasting.  I just don’t get it.  I listened to Adam Curry’s latest, which Scoble recommended. Self-indulgent, rambling, and mostly content free. I really didn’t need to hear about Curry’s latest haircut! Then I went over to Podcasting.ORG to listen to some more. 

Technically, I think that the idea of using RSS to describe and syndicate audio is interesting.  In theory, you could construct a radio feed with just what you wanted to listen to. I don’t think it works in practice.  We’re not all natural broadcasters and there is a reason why professional broadcasters have producers and writers for their shows, and work from scripts.

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by alec on January 4, 2005

Wayne Rash, over at eWeek, has a roundup of some of the VoIP exhibitors at CES.  I’ll be there.  More on CES later in the week.

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January 4, 2005

CRM Today writes the Top 10 Trends for 2005. Most are obvious — consolidation, convergence, 911 and so on. They identify SPIT (Spam over Internet Telephony) as a potential iceberg lurking in the VoIP waters.  Couldn’t agree more.

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January 4, 2005

Adam Rifkin publishes another roundup of best hiring practices. 

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