TWO WEEKS UNTIL SUMMER INTERNSHIP IS DONE AND SCHOOL STARTS.
shit.
7/24/08
7/3/08
audioblogging: the possiblities
I find that people were really excited about the possiblity of audioblogs in 2004, 2006 [why is this last updated in 2006?], but the hype has died down as we observe that there really hasn't been anything great in this medium.
Podcasts exist in great number, but nothing close to the number of text blogs. Most podcasts seem to be either music or other topical related, very few are purely personal. Besides, the very idea of an "audioblog" seems to be very different than a "podcast". Podcasts seem directly linked to the old idea of radio shows: each show has a topic, an idea to present, perhaps a new band, or an interview with someone. Blogs, like the Internet, are open to interpretation, they can be anything, and are.
I have never really stumbled across any videoblogs, either. The stream-of-conscious, transparent styles that so permeate and define blogging are not very suitable to video. With the increased popularity of Macs (and their built in webcams), you would think that the possiblity would surface more frequently than simply John Green's Brotherhood 2.0, lonelygirl15 and the limited such.
There is of course the problem of limited search capabilities for audio and video, all this problem remains temporarily "solved" by use of metadata tags and the such (see previous post on last.fm). Obviously, either this isn't a full solution, or there is some other reason for the limited popularity of video blogs
Regardless I've been heavily considering setting up a audioblog lately, probably using a combination of Wordpress's services and setting it up under a very open Creative Commons license. I used blogger for this one, simply because honestly, I don't blog that often, and blogger's interface is great for a low-demand blogger. I feel like blogging through another medium, would involve a completely different recording experience, and could be an interesting experience.
Stay tuned (ha ha), I'll update this with a link to it once I get it up and goin'.
Podcasts exist in great number, but nothing close to the number of text blogs. Most podcasts seem to be either music or other topical related, very few are purely personal. Besides, the very idea of an "audioblog" seems to be very different than a "podcast". Podcasts seem directly linked to the old idea of radio shows: each show has a topic, an idea to present, perhaps a new band, or an interview with someone. Blogs, like the Internet, are open to interpretation, they can be anything, and are.
I have never really stumbled across any videoblogs, either. The stream-of-conscious, transparent styles that so permeate and define blogging are not very suitable to video. With the increased popularity of Macs (and their built in webcams), you would think that the possiblity would surface more frequently than simply John Green's Brotherhood 2.0, lonelygirl15 and the limited such.
There is of course the problem of limited search capabilities for audio and video, all this problem remains temporarily "solved" by use of metadata tags and the such (see previous post on last.fm). Obviously, either this isn't a full solution, or there is some other reason for the limited popularity of video blogs
Regardless I've been heavily considering setting up a audioblog lately, probably using a combination of Wordpress's services and setting it up under a very open Creative Commons license. I used blogger for this one, simply because honestly, I don't blog that often, and blogger's interface is great for a low-demand blogger. I feel like blogging through another medium, would involve a completely different recording experience, and could be an interesting experience.
Stay tuned (ha ha), I'll update this with a link to it once I get it up and goin'.
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