We're mentioned in USA Today... today
Our radio show - and Rob - were mentioned in today's USA Today newspaper in the Tech section article "Radio to the MP3 degree: Podcasting".
The reporter met with Rob at a Podcasting conference in Seattle, talking over dinner for hours and several follow up phone calls. Interesting article.
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Radio to the MP3 degree: Podcasting
By Byron Acohido, USA TODAY [Feb. 9, 2005]
SEATTLE - Big tech and media companies could not have foreseen this potentially disruptive hitch to their grand strategies. But consider how easily a 20-year-old Briton, Michael Rundle, tapped into the raw power of podcasting.
The Cambridge University history student on Jan. 24 began hosting a 40-minute audio program - a podcast, or online radio program - in which he introduces original songs performed by British musicians, including himself. Rundle didn't need the BBC or any PR firm to help him reach an audience. He simply posted his show on the Internet.
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Podcasters anticipate that the overall podcasting audience will continue to swell as the tools to create and subscribe to podcasts become more user friendly. For the moment, a patchwork of tools makes trial-and-error de rigueur.
"Someone needs to take the geek factor out of it before you can have a revolution," says Rob Greenlee, host of WebTalkRadio.com.
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