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October 23, 2004
Podcast Review: OpenPodcast.org
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4 stars
, I subscribe
, Podcast Review
Format: varies
Content: varies
Rating: varies, but as a concept: 
What I'm going to do: subscribe!
Typical Length: varies; under 5 minutes suggested
The folks at OpenPodcast are doing something really interesting!! They are aggregating mp3 files that they receive via email into one feed that we can subscribe to. They conceive of it as an audio wiki.
In an interesting option, you can also call a phone number and record your 5-minute or less segment (see the site for details). It would be interesting to know which of the segments had been submitted in this manner.
Given the nature of the feed, it is naturally going to vary widely in terms of content, quality, and length, so I really can't comment too much about those things, but some examples include "Nu-metal, old country" - a quite well produced public radio-styled commentary segment, and "Seafood Man" - a 37 second description of a slightly crazed Sybway customer. Good stuff, although there are ceratain to be
some bombs as well since these are not moderated in any way.
Also due to the unmoderated nature of the feed, there are guaranteed to be some non-work-safe episodes, so keep that in mind.
Subscribe as mp3. Their website has more information if you're thinking about contributing. Please do! The more, the merrier!
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Posted by cori at October 23, 2004 01:03 PM