Archive for October 5th, 2004

October 5th, 2004

Dear MP3 Player Manufacturers

An open letter to MP3-player and mobile-phone manufacturers:

Your devices are no longer just for music. We’re using them to listen to longer spoken-word content such as audiobooks and talk-radio programs. Because we can’t always listen to these longer recordings all the way through to the end in one sitting, we need the ability to “bookmark” locations in each file. The iPod supports this, but only for files encoded in an Apple-proprietary format, not MP3s. And most other devices don’t support bookmarks at all.

This should be a function of the player device. It should have nothing to do with file formats, etc.

The availability of a bookmark feature will soon become an important buying-decision criterion.

The Podcasting Community

October 5th, 2004

Photos from Gnomedex

Some photos of the IT Conversations broadcast table at Gnomedex 4.0:


Alex Williams and me

 


Me, Robert Scoble, Alex Williams and Woz

 


Will Wheaton, Alex Williams, Chris Pirillo and me

And yes, I rarely got out of that chair.

October 5th, 2004

Gnomedex Pub Schedule

I’ve had many inquiries about the schedule for publication of the audio from Gnomedex. Here’s the release plan for the next two weeks. Wish it could be faster, but I’ve got a lot of work in the queue. Oh, and the Mill Valley Film Festival begins Thursday and I’ve got tickets to see 18 films in 11 days.

10/05 Transforming Healthcare Through IT (Scott Mace)**
10/06 David Orfao on Memory Lane (Halley Suitt)**
10/07 Steve Wozniak*
10/08 The Gillmor Gang**
10/10 Security Panel
10/11 Blogging Panel
10/12 Wil Wheaton*
10/13 Digital Lifestyle Panel
10/14 Online Content Panel
10/15 The Gillmor Gang**
10/17 Online Advertising Panel

* = my favorites from Gnomedex
** = non-Gnomedex shows