In Dave Taylor's "Intuitive Life Business Blog," he shares his passionate dislike for the revolutionary podcast. Taylor proudly notes that he finds podcasts to be inefficient, boring, non-interactive, and even disengaging. He feels that they are "just a fad and will shortly vanish" from our tech savvy lives. As he complains about how much memory space a 30-minute blog soaks up, or how they will not help promote a business/company, he is very convincing. He even provides links to other blogger sites, such as one entitled "Why I'm not smoking the podcast dope," sharing the same opinion as him. And although I respect Taylor's initiative in jumping on the bandwagon of blogging/social networking, I do not agree with his bias attempt to brainwash the reader. I feel as though he should have provided links to other sites that both agreed (and disagreed) with is particular stance, which would have made him a more credible source. Furthermore, I actually disagree with his belief that the podcast is extremely boring and inefficient. As we see with the current trend of using podcasts for class lecture purposes, they can be quite interactive. For instance, when students listen to a professor via podcast they are able to participate in a commentary/blog where they discuss the lecture of the day with other classmates, and the professor is able to receive feedback as to whether or not things were explained correctly. I also disagree with his statement that podcasts will shortly vanish. I think they will boom very soon, as many universities and younger generations will become hooked on the revolution of the podcast. I did, however, find the article intriguing and informative. Finally, this article applies to our class as it discusses podcasting in further detail, while providing a strong opinion on the subject.
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