Podcasting.

Since I started ranting about iTunes, I may as well rant about podcasting.

I got into it over the summer, when I was in Vacaville and only had access to dial-up. You really can’t subscribe to any podcasts with any kind of frequency over dial-up. Downloading a simple 34MB podcast took two hours. If you listen to four or five shows a day, as I do, you’re going to spend 10 hours a day (or overnight) downloading. That’s just not right.

“Four or five shows a day?” you may be saying. “Where do you find time?” I play ’em in the background, just like radio. Only I wind up listening to the music… rather than groan in exasperation, “They played this song a half hour ago, and it’s not any good anyway…” and tolerate it or ignore it until it passes. Entertainment should not annoy.

When I first started listening, I thought, “Hm, let’s see if there are any good ones out there,” and started poking around. There aren’t many. I find myself now listening to music shows, with the exception of Adam Curry's show, only because as a professional DJ he actually knows how to talk properly on radio. (Now podcasts.) The rest of them babble.

Even I babble, which is why my own show is gravitating more towards music, sound effects, and general silliness. Hey, if I won't listen to it, why should I expect others to? Not that many do…