Friday, April 28, 2006

digitalslobpod.028.043006

FORCES OF NATURE WEEK
VOICEMAIL: 206-333-1648

*** DIRECT LINK TO SHOW ***

Thank the maternal instinct for keeping Britney Spears from making new music for three years and counting.

Beer -- taking the edge off since the 5th millenium B.C.
Flu bugs —— are low-carb hot pockets the answer?

Podsafe Music:

YesAsia, "Get Wild Life."

Val Davis, "Court of Greedy Kings."

Beth Thornley, "Mr. Lovely."

Vote for digitalslobpod in the Podcast-O-Rama Tournament.



Enter your email address below to subscribe to digitalslobpod!





powered by Bloglet


Digital Slob
digitalslobpod podcast
vote here

Wednesday, April 26, 2006

No.crying.over.spilt.Gatorade

No.digitalslobpod.this.week...spilled.Gatorade.on.my.wireless.keyboard.and.it.shorted. out...now.the.space.key.spits.out.periods.but.that's.just.the.beginning..Should.have next.week's.show.up by.Friday.after.a.trip.to.CompUSA.

Sunday, April 16, 2006

digitalslobpod.027.041606

JUNK-DRAWER WEEK
voicemail -- 206-333-1648

*** DIRECT LINK TO SHOW ***

Time for a little spring cleaning ... rarely (if ever) heard digitalslobpod clips. The Beatles do this every 18 years, so why can't I?

Christmas Jingle: The Tale-Tell Gift

Hawaii Association of Podcasters

Olga upstages me (again) auditioning for the Daily Source Code.

Vitalpodcasts.com ad contest entry.

Cable-deprived depravity takes a toll on the soul.

digitalslobpod fever (the planetarium mix).

Wednesday, April 12, 2006

Bloom-in media

Ron Bloom of Podshow predicts that in five years, 50 percent of all media consumed will be produced by consumers ... The Age of Mr. Microphone is finally upon us.

I predict the other 50 percent of media consumed will be produced by nanobots that are constantly regenerating Oprah’s cellular structure.

Regardless, his point (directed at advertisers) seems to be that corporations need to enlist the support of hundreds or thousands of tiny worker ants to viral-market their message in renegade, off-the-cuff, uncontrollable ways, podcasts presumably being among those ways. Hip, cool hipsters passing out virtual fliers in virtual airports wearing virtual togas.

Fascinating point from someone who has both the gift of foresight and the gift of venture capital. That said, I look forward to seeing how the ad messages will filter through the podcasting community. Will 50 percent of all the top 100 podcasts suddenly work Diet Pepsi, somehow, into their format one week? That could come across a bit creepy. Bodysnatcher-esque ... bringing perhaps too much old meaning to the term "Pod People."

I'm sure I missing the point. I usually think clearer after I've had some DIET PESPI!!!! OH NO!! AAAAAAUUUGHHHHHH!




Enter your email address below to subscribe to digitalslobpod!





powered by Bloglet


Digital Slob
digitalslobpod podcast
vote here

Friday, April 07, 2006

digitalslobpod.026.040906.part2

FEVER-INDUCED PARANOIA WEEK

*** DIRECT LINK TO THE SHOW ***

I'm a loser, baby, so why don't you kill me?

News Alert: Adam Curry has a Mini-Me.

Demanding a recount with Rob Walch's Podcast411 baby-weight contest.

While I'm still recovering from my nasty bug, this week, digitalslobpod advances the spread of the theme by sucking the life out of another podcast like a parasite, the Cotolo Chronicles, with Part Two of Curt's conversation with veteran broadcaster Frank Cotolo. Snuff-fetish topics include:

The death of newspapers, the death of live entertainment, the death of "professional content." The death of the phrase "the death of." And, plotting the demise of Digital Rights Management.

We may be entering the paperless society, but it's not stopping the Media Grim Reaper from being up to his eyeballs in paperwork.

Links:
Marks Podshow
Cotolo Chronicles
Podcast411
Daily Source Code



Enter your email address below to subscribe to digitalslobpod!





powered by Bloglet


Digital Slob
digitalslobpod podcast
vote here

Thursday, April 06, 2006

digitalslobpod.026.040206.part1



ROLE-REVERSAL WEEK

*** DIRECT LINK TO SHOW ***

Sorry for the delay ... Curt has the flu, so his wife Olga sits in for him, editing highlights from his appearance last week on Cotolo Chronicles. So Olga hosts, instead of Curt, on a highlight show where Curt is the guest, not the host, on Cotolo's Hallelujah Trail ... hence, role-reversal week.

Highlights:
Olga: "Americans do everything to do nothing."
Mixed marriages: Sometimes the easiest thing to do is not so easy.
If Curt tried to move to Russia, within 72 hours, he would be dead. Not a dishwasher, not mopping floors. He'd be dead, and someone would have stolen his shoes.

Where does Curt get his ideas? Charlie Brown.
Why become a writer: It had the best praise-to-work ratio.

Live podcasts vs. edited podcasts. Frank's is free-form, Curt is a control freak ... each has it virtues (but some podcasts are more virtuous than others).

Why "Digital Slob"? Mixing the clean world of external expectations with the messy world of internal contentment.

Using tech to amplify who you are, rather than tech using you to absorb who you are.

About Me

My photo
In the midst of a successful, albeit difficult to Google, 12-year professional career as a newsroom manager for a slew of daily newspapers, Curt decided it was time to siphon back some of the creative spotlight, and "wow" readers with his deft improvisational typing. "Digital Slob" debuted in 2002.

Digital Slob twitters