Awakened Voice

I saw that Apple had finally gone social with their iTunes music store and just had to try it out. You can now share data from your account via RSS feeds and widgets (like the one below) that let you share purchases, reviews and favorite artists.
The new feature is called My iTunes. What I find [...]

Prepare to be blown away. Everyone knows that the one-two punch of iTunes and (a distant second) Windows Media Player has dominated the desktop media player market for years now.
And since iTunes added podcast subscription and a directory in June 2005 it has been the defacto app for finding and subscribing to podcasts. That could [...]

I think that the list of no shows for the 2006 Podcast Expo says as much about what’s going on as the list of companies that were in attendance. I feel like this is a must attend event for companies who claim to be in the business of podcasting. After all, this is the type [...]

Hosting is a very important part of social media that I’ve neglected to write about on this blog. There are so many options (free and paid) that it really is hard to know exactly who to go with at any given time.
I’ve heard it recommended by Todd Cochrane that its a good idea to host [...]

The folks who make Democracy Player have posted a Video Podcast Shootout comparing their offering with iTunes. Democracy Player is free, open-source software that assists you with management of video podcasts.
There are some very compelling reasons to choose Democracy Player over iTunes for your video aggregator of choice. Democracy was built from the ground up [...]

In my recent discussion with Josh Hallett about corporate responsibility with respect to commenting on viewed blog posts I mention that bloggers should use a channel created by the corporation if they want to ensure a direct response.
In the comments, Josh indicated that some firms don’t have good direct channels. That’s a shame because those businesses [...]