Comments on: John C. Dvorak Trashes Podcasting and IT Conversations

By: Blok

Blok — Sun, 28 Nov 2004 10:53:23 +0000

Podcasting really is lame and boring. How come people get so pissed off, when someone says this? It’s really the emperors new clothes over again. Noone cares if someone is doing his dishes, moving to another country, taking flying lessons or whining about not being accredited enough for his work. Boooring.. Sure, for the Podcasters and their friends it’s probably endlessly interesting, but to someone halfway around the world, it’s just plain depressing..

By: Lance Robinson

Lance Robinson — Thu, 28 Oct 2004 18:05:30 +0000

Not ready for Primetime? Ok. But I would seriously hope not considering that Podcasting is just catching on in its infant stages. Anyone with a small amount of imagination can see the potential for the technology.

Mac only? Huh? I guess the guy doesn’t know what XML is or that it doesn’t care what platform it is used on. XML is XML. Media enclosures can be downloaded to a SmartPhone or mp3 player as well – someone just needs to write the software that does it…and thats going to happen very soon.

By: PJ Cabrera

PJ Cabrera — Wed, 27 Oct 2004 03:05:05 +0000

Oops, that should have been redhat.com

By: PJ Cabrera

PJ Cabrera — Wed, 27 Oct 2004 03:03:36 +0000

Well, well, well. John Dvorak dissing podcasting, and he didn’t even try it. What a surprise.

Like someone mentioned, this is the same person that didn’t think the Macintosh would go anywhere. And his comment about the “Windows-Linux community” had me in stitches for several minutes. I’m still giggling!

You see, back in 1995, John went to redhat.org and “supposedly” downloaded and installed Red Hat Linux (I think it was 2.x at that time).

Now, I say “supposedly” because if you pay attention closely to his article, John doesn’t know how to download! (John, right click on the link next time!) He still can’t use a computer after more than 20 years in the tech journalism business. Yet in 1995, he supposedly installed Red Hat Linux 2 and didn’t see a future in it.

Ignore the fool. He’s a media whore.

By: Mark VandeWettering

Mark VandeWettering — Tue, 26 Oct 2004 21:08:26 +0000

The cynical person in me says that people criticize the new in an effort to drive traffic to their sites, not because they hold any real conviction or have any really relevant to say.

Of course we could (and should) make podcasting simpler, easier to understand and easier to use, but it’s not exactly rocket science as it is. If Dvorak can’t sort it out, maybe he could get some fourth grader to come over and explain it to him.

By: aharden

aharden — Tue, 26 Oct 2004 17:55:07 +0000

Dvorak should try to swim in new technologies awhile before dismissing them so publicly and ignorantly. What he wrote is the equivalent of sticking his toe in the podcasting pool and saying “it’s too cold!”

Keep up the great work, Doug. I’m a non-iPod, Doppler-using, PC-based podcasting consumer and I think it’s cool stuff.

By: Jeff Clavier

Jeff Clavier — Tue, 26 Oct 2004 17:39:13 +0000

Who reads PC Magazine anyway .

More seriously, I would not bother. Any new technology evolution or revolution has seen many nay-sayers doubting or rediculizing it.

I only wish that podcasting did not have this Mac/iPod feel to it which is misleading and somehow limiting (“Does that mean that it only works on an iPod ?”).

By: Nick

Nick — Tue, 26 Oct 2004 15:08:37 +0000

Oh boy, John Dvorak is bashing some new technology saying it has no future? This has been going on since at least 1984 when he said “The Macintosh uses an experimental pointing device called a ‘mouse.’ There is no evidence that people want to use these things.” This is also the guy who has claimed as recently as last month that focusing on the iPod will “ruin” Apple. As a Mac user, I take his trashing of the iMac as a great sign for the new machine to bring in new people to the platform.

All in all, though, this is great news for podcasting. As off topic as it is, the fact that Dvorak presents his usual belittling of Mac users means this article will get some exposure in the Mac press. Mac users, who are also typically enthusiastic iPod users, will be exposed to the idea of podcasting through this article. More users means more producers, means more users, and so forth.

By: James E. Robinson, III

James E. Robinson, III — Tue, 26 Oct 2004 12:31:12 +0000

Dvorak, with regards to discussions to new uses of technology, is constantly proving he’s out of touch.

Dvorak: podcasting means i program the content i hear in my car, all of it. My co-worker replaced his car radio with an MP3 cd-player and didn’t bother reconnecting the antenna. Forget paying for satellite feeds, i’ve got an internet feed of my choosing. And the tools are making this easier to do each week.

By: Dimitar Vesselinov

Dimitar Vesselinov — Tue, 26 Oct 2004 11:39:10 +0000

Doug, IT Conversations simply rocks!!!! I don’t miss anything…