Modcast it, hell MOD it all.
Published Thursday, August 11, 2005 by David Budimir | E-mail this post
A new Idea.
I have been listening to a podcast called The Cubicle Escape Pod, the show is great. Basically its these two guys who are starting a new business, and it chronicles what it takes to start out, and they give their listeners plenty of tips on what to do and what not to do when it comes to small business. Recently they changed the direction they are taking their company. They announced something they call the modcast. This is a brilliant idea.
What is a modcast? A modcast in this instance is just like a podcast. The big idea here is that you can edit what you want and don't want to listen to within the show. For example, imagine there is a tech show that you like, however every show has a tip of the day. Perhaps you think these tips are of no use to you, with a modcast you can take that part and only that part out of the show. Perhaps this same show also has a news ticker type segment. If you don't want that edit that out also. Basically you can customize the show based what you want to hear. This could be done on the main site for the podcast, and then you could receive it in a separate rss feed. It could also give the show producers a better insight on what segments of their shows are more popular, and they can really tailor their own show to the audience.
My Idea. Well I think in shows like this and especially in podcasts this will work and it will work well. But I also think that the whole modcast concept can be broadened. One way is with comic books. Plenty of people buy tens and tens of single issue comics from a few companies every month. But the most money goes into the "biggies" Marvel and DC. A customer could go to the Marvel or DC website set up their own subscription account, then they could add only the books that they want from that company. For instance a checklist type page could come up, you check each book you want and at the end of the month, all of your favorite issues for that month get sent to u as a single trade paperback. The price would be a monthly cost, and the more books you want the more it would cost, but it would be easier for companies to keep track of who is buying what, and cheaper for the customer in the long run.
Those are just 2 examples. With the coming of IPtv a viewer could setup the shows they watch and the content within the show as well. This is still only scratching the surface of this idea so if u have anything to add post a comment or e-mail me at hosvos@gmail.com.
Where ever it goes its.. Irreve... Well you get the idea.
I have been listening to a podcast called The Cubicle Escape Pod, the show is great. Basically its these two guys who are starting a new business, and it chronicles what it takes to start out, and they give their listeners plenty of tips on what to do and what not to do when it comes to small business. Recently they changed the direction they are taking their company. They announced something they call the modcast. This is a brilliant idea.
What is a modcast? A modcast in this instance is just like a podcast. The big idea here is that you can edit what you want and don't want to listen to within the show. For example, imagine there is a tech show that you like, however every show has a tip of the day. Perhaps you think these tips are of no use to you, with a modcast you can take that part and only that part out of the show. Perhaps this same show also has a news ticker type segment. If you don't want that edit that out also. Basically you can customize the show based what you want to hear. This could be done on the main site for the podcast, and then you could receive it in a separate rss feed. It could also give the show producers a better insight on what segments of their shows are more popular, and they can really tailor their own show to the audience.
My Idea. Well I think in shows like this and especially in podcasts this will work and it will work well. But I also think that the whole modcast concept can be broadened. One way is with comic books. Plenty of people buy tens and tens of single issue comics from a few companies every month. But the most money goes into the "biggies" Marvel and DC. A customer could go to the Marvel or DC website set up their own subscription account, then they could add only the books that they want from that company. For instance a checklist type page could come up, you check each book you want and at the end of the month, all of your favorite issues for that month get sent to u as a single trade paperback. The price would be a monthly cost, and the more books you want the more it would cost, but it would be easier for companies to keep track of who is buying what, and cheaper for the customer in the long run.
Those are just 2 examples. With the coming of IPtv a viewer could setup the shows they watch and the content within the show as well. This is still only scratching the surface of this idea so if u have anything to add post a comment or e-mail me at hosvos@gmail.com.
Where ever it goes its.. Irreve... Well you get the idea.
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