Blogcasting anyone?
If a podcast falls in Redmond, and Microsoft isn't there to hear it - does it make a noise?Seattle Post-Intelligencer is reporting that some* Microsoft employees are refusing to use the term "podcasting," in order to avoid the reference to Apple's wildly popular iPod. Instead, some* Microsofties refer to it as "blogcasting". And you need Windows Media Player to listen in.
This behavior is in stark contrast with the report that Wired News published in February, which claimed that "about 80 percent of Microsoft employees who have a portable music player have an iPod." Don't actions speak louder than words? More importantly - did Microsoft uber-blogger Robert Scoble not get the blogcast memo?
In all fairness, Microsoft did not coin this term and they aren't the only ones using it. In fact, given our failure to post a "proper" podcast yet on this very blog, it would seem that "blogcast" would be a more appropriate name to call what we've been posting of late. Still, I can't help but picture the fire in Bill Gates' eyes and the way the little hairs on his arm must stand up every time one of his employees says "podcast."
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If a podcast falls in Redmond, and Microsoft isn't there to hear it - does it make a noise?Seattle Post-Intelligencer is reporting that...
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We call them "video podcasts" or podcast "STYLE" video now.. (With Respect) after my interview with Dave. Dave Winer say's I cannot here: http://videoblogcast.net/gnomedex/rss.xml (18 other folks give me different answers.. Chris Pirillo, Steve Garfield, Steve Gillmor, Adam Curry, Eric Rice..ect) If your curious how much we like the pod in podcasting.. see these fine examples. TechED 2005 "Podcast" 2005 Podcast "Style" http://www.microsoft.com/winme/TechEd/TechEdPodcast.xml We "Style" http://feeds.feedburner.com/TECHED MEDC "Podcast" 2005 Podcast Style http://www.microsoft.com/winme/MEDC/MEDCPodcast.xml Web Style http://feeds.feedburner.com/MEDC AND Here's a LEVEL test of Steve Gillmor telling Robert Scoble it "IS" podcasting. Please.. GROUP HUG. We can all love the scalability benefits of RSS media subscriptions without a war of the buzzwords. Podcast is a Genre Now. Check your portable device.. it's listed just below METAL. :) Microsoft is podcasting. and doing podcast "style" stuff too. Regards, Who is Pete Grondal?
July 22 2005 at 11:57 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyA collegue of mine at Microsoft was telling me how some top executive sent out flame mail to MS employees to the tune of.... "Why are our employees using ipods? we have a great product which people should be using blah blah" I think the product he was babbling on about was Windoze Mediocre Player?
July 13 2005 at 12:09 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyI'm sorry but you are completely wrong. Check your sources again. Podcast is a term widely used in Microsoft. This is a ridiculous entry.
July 12 2005 at 10:22 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyI think Microsoft only likes Apple in one way: Fit snuggly in their little pocket.
July 12 2005 at 6:15 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyI believe that both podcasts and blogcasts have two very specific differences. The podcast was developed based on audio only. The blogcast was developed for audio and video. Both have their uses and based on the use, each can be a very affective tool to get a message across. I use the blogcast method to show people how to use Microsoft products as a free service. The Blogcast Repository is not owned by Microsoft, it's owned by me. Both are great vehicles either way you look at it. It just depends on whether you want the video or not.
July 12 2005 at 12:15 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyI heard somewhere that the "pod" in Podcasting stood for "Portable On-Demand" rather than representing iPod. Is that a myth? Because I can't find anything that supports that statement.
July 12 2005 at 11:15 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyAfter checking out a few dozen podcasts through iTunes I think we should re-dub it trashcasting. After checking out at least two dozen if not more I ended up with three in my subscriptions, two of which I already listened to before.
July 12 2005 at 9:32 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyDateline Redmond -- For Immediate Release: Microsoft Corporation announces the iBlog, a portable media device, about the size of a cell phone. Designed specifically to link seamlessly with Windows XP, the player features the exclusive "click square," enabling users to select their favorite audio blog with excruciating difficulty. Lord Chairman Bill Gates said "this is no fad. This is a solid piece of Microsoft hardware."
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