Who is the Podfather? Who Cares?

The
current "Who Do" over the history of podcasting struck us first as comical
(as had podcasting itself), then
as perplexing, and then back to ridiculous.  As we mentioned
in another forum, history written by direct participants is not history,
it’s propaganda, however sincere and well-intentioned it may be.

But a news
item caught up in our news net underlines
a slightly different take on what’s going on here.  History IS being
made, right under our eager fingertips, and the version that is being
laid down now, although not definitive, will forever after be the "source
material" for future analysis, interpretation and revisionism.

As someone who witnessed a lot of the action and remains
friends with most of the principals, we couldn’t care less.  We have
always been more interested in what’s going to happen than in
what’s over and done with. But check it out:

Wordsmiths hail podcast success

The term ‘podcast’ has been declared Word of the Year by the New
Oxford American Dictionary.

The term is defined as "a digital recording of a radio broadcast
or similar program, made available on the internet for downloading to
a personal audio player".

Good show, all

from the BBC