My 3rd year. No longer new to podcasting, still not a podcaster, now near beta with my annotated timeline web media project… and I continue to be impressed with the actual podcast movement (as well as Podcast Movement, the event). VIBE The 2018 gathering had the same kind of energy as…

There’s a lot going on in podcasting… exciting times for this emerging media segment and the future looks bright. Now might be a good time, though, to take a step back and add a little perspective. Although consumption has almost tripled in the past decade, only 26% of Americans 12+…

Continuing the previous article which revealed some knowledge about U.S. hosting domains, this dives deeper into hosting domains in the U.K., Australia, and Brazil. Many noted some previous domain groups, such as .co.uk, are not really hosting domains… which is true.. they are country designations. That was the result of…

This is a follow-up to my last article about a different kind of analysis of the podcasting space, one focused more on what entities “serve” podcast media… delivering podcast audio and video files to their audience via the internet. I am currently working with a database of about 332,000 podcasts…

Here’s some actual information regarding the podcasting space. It is gleaned from a dataset that, though not complete, is fairly current and large enough to be representative. This discussion looks more at the HOSTING side of the podcast endeavor. …

Earbuds and headphones are signals in our modern social world. Here’s where that rabbit hole can lead when wandering around a major city... While I am predominantly a software homebody, there are times when you must get outside your shell, go places, see people, do things. When in a different…

People TRULY engaged in the podcast phenomenon — whether creator or consumer, on the periphery or in the fray — already knew the truth. It’s the skeptics who did not and were most vocal. It’s likely many still don’t acknowledge the truth. …

Yet Another Podcast Term — Like a magnet, the podcasting space attracts a perplexing array of VERY SIMILAR sounding words that describe quite DIFFERENT ASPECTS of the industry, sometimes with meanings EXACTLY OPPOSITE. It is actually still being defined… … so naturally, somebody wants to add to the confusion: “podfaster” I’m a very open-minded person but…

As a medium, podcasting is nuanced. First glance points to “radio-on-demand,” backed by much evidence… yet it is actually more like magazines, which paint a vivid picture using written words and visual images. Podcasts deliver verbal words and audio imagery. …