Community Podcast directory?

Dave Winer linked over to a Canadian podcast directory. That’s very cool. He asks whether there’s interest in a community podcast directory. I’m interested. I’d like to work on that with other people and I won’t just link to cool PodTech.net stuff, either. It’s bigger than one person, or one company, too.

It’s too hard to find good podcasts. I know, I’m actively looking for them and it’s really hard. There’s a lot of them out there and you can only listen to one or two a day (I have more time than that, but the average person won’t).

One thing I’m gonna do is do a blog just for Dave where I link to one podcast a day that I think he should listen to. Why? Cause he asked me to. Of course you can suggest stuff to get to Dave (and everyone will get to read that RSS feed too). I’ll listen to anything sent my way and decide whether it’s worthy or not to send along to Dave. Sound interesting? How about I do a feed for you? What would you like me to find for you?

  • http://www.podcastdir.net/ Graeme

    Yes, who can say which podcast is better. Surely this depends upon the listener. A niche community is better qualified to rate podcasts in their own niche, but even so there will be divergent opinions, even amongst their own.

    Once the technical aspects of the podcast meet a quality standard, it comes down to the market itself, although the record industry has proven that promotion has a wide effect in the popularity and hence audience of a particular media product.

    What we are perhaps looking for is that rare gem, that no-one has cottoned on to yet. To that end, the opinion leader becomes a vital conduit in getting it exposure.

    There is currently a vacuum for this role which I am sure will be filled. A new medium does not mean it won’t follow the same basic laws.

    A community may pass on the news about a podcast but an opinion leader will start the ball rolling.

    Just my two cents on the topic at hand.

  • http://www.podcastdir.net Graeme

    Yes, who can say which podcast is better. Surely this depends upon the listener. A niche community is better qualified to rate podcasts in their own niche, but even so there will be divergent opinions, even amongst their own.

    Once the technical aspects of the podcast meet a quality standard, it comes down to the market itself, although the record industry has proven that promotion has a wide effect in the popularity and hence audience of a particular media product.

    What we are perhaps looking for is that rare gem, that no-one has cottoned on to yet. To that end, the opinion leader becomes a vital conduit in getting it exposure.

    There is currently a vacuum for this role which I am sure will be filled. A new medium does not mean it won’t follow the same basic laws.

    A community may pass on the news about a podcast but an opinion leader will start the ball rolling.

    Just my two cents on the topic at hand.

  • http://www.knivesandgifts.com/ Nathan S.

    A community Podcast directory sounds interesting, although it can get crazy at times.

  • http://www.knivesandgifts.com Nathan S.

    A community Podcast directory sounds interesting, although it can get crazy at times.

  • http://www.channeluexposed.co.uk/ Dan

    Community Podcast? Podcasts are all getting so more and more popular these days yet a decent one can be hard to find. Good Find!

  • http://www.channeluexposed.co.uk Dan

    Community Podcast? Podcasts are all getting so more and more popular these days yet a decent one can be hard to find. Good Find!

  • http://www.shazique.co.uk/ Dean

    Podcast are the future all the radio channels will start using them

  • http://www.shazique.co.uk Dean

    Podcast are the future all the radio channels will start using them

  • bob gardener

    podcasts are the way forward and will continue to expand

  • bob gardener

    podcasts are the way forward and will continue to expand

  • http://www.skyscanwireless.com/ Ryan

    Is there a podcast directory yet? I have found so few good podcasts. I am sure there are many out there, but I do not know of them. They are great to listen to while working.

    Dean said that radio channels will start using podcasts, which makes me wonder if any podcasters have went to radio based on the success of their podcasts?

  • http://www.skyscanwireless.com Ryan

    Is there a podcast directory yet? I have found so few good podcasts. I am sure there are many out there, but I do not know of them. They are great to listen to while working.

    Dean said that radio channels will start using podcasts, which makes me wonder if any podcasters have went to radio based on the success of their podcasts?

  • http://www.air-conditioning-hire.co.uk/ bob gardner

    when will there be a full podcast database, i look for all sorts of different podcasts

  • http://www.air-conditioning-hire.co.uk bob gardner

    when will there be a full podcast database, i look for all sorts of different podcasts

  • http://www.maverickcasting.com/ Chris

    definateley a good idea and for those who like comedy check out Ricky Gervais’ podcast hilarious

  • http://www.maverickcasting.com Chris

    definateley a good idea and for those who like comedy check out Ricky Gervais’ podcast hilarious

  • http://www.shushhh.co.uk/ Jerome

    You can find good podcasts through itunes if you have it

  • http://www.shushhh.co.uk Jerome

    You can find good podcasts through itunes if you have it

  • http://www.bucon.co.uk/ bucon

    thanks for this blog it helped me to find podcasts i never knew were available

  • http://www.bucon.co.uk bucon

    thanks for this blog it helped me to find podcasts i never knew were available

  • http://www.kedoa.com/ Andy

    A community podcast directory. This will be intresting!

  • http://www.kedoa.com Andy

    A community podcast directory. This will be intresting!

  • http://www.eco2you.co.uk/ drew

    Podcasts rock, great idea!
    :D

  • http://www.eco2you.co.uk drew

    Podcasts rock, great idea!
    :D

  • http://www.dpccars.com/ Carvids

    Podcast directory would be great, I cant belive I haven’t found a good one yet.

  • http://www.dpccars.com Carvids

    Podcast directory would be great, I cant belive I haven’t found a good one yet.

  • http://www.slackalice.com/ SlackAlice

    I haven’t done a podcast yet, but I look forward to completing one in a couple of weeks, wish me luck!

  • http://www.slackalice.com SlackAlice

    I haven’t done a podcast yet, but I look forward to completing one in a couple of weeks, wish me luck!