I know that I have not paid much attention to my podcasting section of the website. That might change shortly. Here you can see a Microsoft Zune 4/8 GB model. Look nice? Look closer. At the bottom of the screen you can see half written the word "Podcast". Finally Microsoft is getting into Podcasting, but is their timing right? I'm hearing the phase "podcasting is dead, podcasting is dying." From my experiences I have work at a studio recording and editing podcasts for the last two years. This year no one has resigned their contracts. I feel that podcasting has taken a step back, but don't all new technologies? Lets take a look back to 1997. Everyone was starting successful home and online businesses and then one by one they started to close down. There are still lots of people working in online and home business, but there had to be a learning curve before it became a real success. Podcasting is now growing up, it is now moving past its developmental stage and becoming a real online tool. There is allot of resources and directories to help podcasting now move forward. I personally do not believe it will be the Zune the will resuscitate the podcast trends but it is a breath of fresh air. The two things every podcaster can do to keep podcasting alive is consistency and quality of content and product. If there is one single thing that can change the tide for podcasting is a subscribe system for Windows users. Most people listen to podcasts from their computer desk top. Window users need an easy way to subscribe to podcasts and consume them from their desk top. Lets see what the future has in store.
Adam Smith
www.recordbetteraudio.com
