For an explanation of what Podcasting is, see the definition at Wikipedia

I haven't really mentioned this new technology before. Partly because the content has been lacking - mostly in quality. And the platform used to be only Mac and iPod. To me the technology isn't that exciting, its just push content with another carrier.

Its the content that has been the barrier for me, and now it seems at least some shows are coming along and Podcasting is spreading like a virus. With this speed your granma will be making her own Podcast show by next christmas. Which means, I guess - that we will get a lot of crap and some cool gems - kinda like blogs in other words.

Doc Searls picked up on a good article about what the Podcast will mean in the future: But the TV show or the band?

I did not expect to like his show. What could that big haired egomaniac from the 80’s have to offer? Teach me to be guided by my prejudices.

Dailysourcecode forever changes the media business. Web-based entertainment heretofore has been like early television - filmed radio shows. Curry shows us how to move the camera and produce content specifically to the medium.

Some Podcasts that I can recommend after just a brief introduction to the shows are:
Dailysourcecode - Adam Curry really makes a show that will make you smile and lets you have a taste at other podcasts worth checking out.
Engadget Podcasts - Lenn Pryor and Phillip Torrone make a Podcast about gadgets and technology. For me its extra fun to listen to it since I know Torrone from the Macromedia conferences.

[Via Doc Searls]

I'm sorry but its not a joke and there is no punchline.

What the US has in common with these others not-so-peace loving countries? It requires all journalists from foreign countries to apply for journalist visas. Thats right, even journalists from the "coalition of the willing" and the countries that the US has a visa waiver agreement with has to apply for special visas to enter the US.

People, its not a good thing to be the only western country to apply restrictions we only see in freedom-oppressing countries. It might even make us outside of the US believe we should trust what we see and not what we hear...

Sources:
The Freedom of Information Center: Journalists expelled, terrorists allowed in. Washington uses obscure visa as political weapon
Boing Boing: L.A. Press Club panel on LAX Journalist Visa controversy
Daily Times: Journalists with the wrong US visa may be let in, but only once
US Department of State: Visa Waiver Program
US Department of State: Journalist Visa

[Via Sex. Drugs Unix]