Dude, Podcasting is so two weeks ago.
Shufflecasting is the latest and greatest in background soundtrack for your day: instead of downloading fully-produced
podcasts, Rael Dornfest is taking a more
eclectic approach by using AutoFill to dump a random
assortment of shorter clips onto her his iPod shuffle. Audiobooks, soundtrack snippets, sound effects,
IT Conversations all combine willy-nilly to produce a
never-the-same-sequence-twice cocktail of “geek NPR meets Prairie Home Companion meets The Screensavers.”
As a departure from the more linear and “produced” sound of quasi-radio podcasts or pre-sequenced playlists chosen by
others, I think this is a cool trend. Seems like everybody is hot to
be a DJ in some form, whether for others or just for themselves.
I vote yes on this DIY soundtrack trend. Is anyone else tapping into the random with Shufflecasting?
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
6-16-2005 @ 4:14PM
John said...
Barb... meet Rael... http://www.nickdenton.org/blogallery/Rael%20Dornfest.jpg
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6-16-2005 @ 4:14PM
MrBlank said...
No. I just listen to the Fant?.
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6-16-2005 @ 4:14PM
Rael Dornfest said...
Nice to meet you Barb. No worries. Happens... well, never... but it could ;-).
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6-16-2005 @ 4:14PM
iDogcow said...
DIY College radio only without the 2 songs playing at the same time. :)
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6-16-2005 @ 4:14PM
zander106 said...
Why does this seem to remind me of the "song" Fingertips on They Might Be Giants' album Apollo 18? Playing that album on shuffle was always fun...
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9-13-2005 @ 2:50PM
Mark Newhouse said...
Yep - most definitely a "he" - http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/au/35
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10-07-2005 @ 4:41PM
barb dybwad said...
Apologies to Rael for problematizing his gender!! :)
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