Audio
The Ricky Gervais Podcast
Ricky Gervais Podcast is a comedy starring Ricky, Stephen Merchant and Karl Pilkington. This show is famous having a world record as the number one podcast in the world in 2007. Ricky and Steve are actors while Karl is a gem found by the two while working at Xfm. Karl is hilarious and thinks in a very unique way. He rarely intends to be funny and in fact is rather serious, but the things he says are hilariously just mind blowing and something you would never think anyone would ever say. He almost thinks like a child in some ways. The podcasts take the listener on a journey covering many, many topics and discussing Karl's views on them, stimulated by viewers, Ricky, and Steve. The success of the series is demonstrated as there have been cartoon versions of the recordings released on tv, as well as books made available by Karl. If you are looking for a laugh, this podcast will not disappoint!
Mars Hill Church: Mark Driscoll
Mark Driscoll is a pastor of a mega church called Mars Hill. He puts his weekly sermons up on podcast which is very useful and extends his church to others who would otherwise never be able to hear him preach or those who miss a church on Sunday. Mark displays the image of a hip, young pastor and is up with the latest technology twittering and facebooking. He tries to understand our current culture and to incorporate his Christian beliefs in helping people see why the bible is still relevant in our culture today, pointing out that many issues we face were faced in biblical times as well. Mark is interesting because he is very modern in his practices, yet he still remains true to his beliefs.
Podcasts are great because of their convenience. Using iTunes, an individual can search podcasts in a variety of categories all across the world. Podcasts can be downloaded individually or they can be subscribed. When subscribed, new podcasts will automatically be download, and individuals can have them automatically synched to their iPod. This convenience is great. Individuals can subscribe for the podcasts they like and they will automatically be placed on their iPod for viewing. I have listened to the podcasts above before this blog post and really enjoy the convenience of having new ones that have not been listened to yet automatically placed on my iPod. This is great for listening to while driving to school, on the bus, relaxing, working, or jogging. It is almost like a radio show, except for you get to choose what you are hearing.
Podcasting provides an audio file, which is arguably more portable as you don't need to use a screen or anything and can be doing something else while listening to them. I would say it is worse in the sense that it cannot contain pictures and may not be concise, some podcasts may be long and individuals may only want information quick and concise. Podcasting is not as easy of a tool to share your own as blogging or twittering. An individual will have to record their voice and possibly use editing software to edit it, and podcasts are not as popular as these other methods. This means however that podcasts are often more professional, and edited as is necessary for becoming popular. Magazines and newspapers can provide pictures, but podcasts are good as news and information sources as they can provide eye-witness or expert interviews in audio and individuals can subscribe to types of news that interests them.
Audiobooks are good for individuals who have trouble reading or are deaf, as well as those who don't want to have to sit down to read a book. People can take the books with them conveniently in audio format and listen to it read to them as they walk or drive, etc. similar to podcasts. Also being in audio format there could be different readers for different characters and emotion could come out in their speech, helping to bring the books to life. Negatives are that the readers of audiobooks read at a certain pace, and may be too fast or slow for a reader to keep up or too slow. Also, if they are too slow it is harder for an individual to go back and listen to it again at the exact spot they left off. Audio books are good because they save paper and are cheaper than buying books, but they also have the potential to be copied and given to other individuals illegally which is not as easy as doing with physical books.
Video
Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series 2010 Redbull sponsors many extreme sports events to try and show off that redbull "gives you wings." In this video podcast series, basically, it shows individuals diving at various locations all across the world competitively and for fun from high heights and doing air acrobatics on their way down.
DiveFilm
DiveFilm is a video podcasts, in high definition. It offers divers videos recorded underneath the ocean of underwater animals and plants. The best part of these videos is the quality. With an iPad, individuals can save these videos on their device in high quality, they could also be viewed on one's computer.
An example of a youtube video
Personally in terms of vidcasts, I much prefer using Google Video or Youtube over iTunes. If an individual wants videos on their portable device which doesn't have wireless capabilities, iTunes for vidcasts could be useful. In terms of those with wireless capabilities or if one is using a computer to view videos, the other two methods are better in my opinion. Both allow the ability to subscribe, upload videos in high definition or standard quality. Youtube and Google Video provide comments directly on individual videos which is not used on iTunes vidcasts. Also, iTunes vidcasts must be downloaded and stored on the computer while Youtube and Google Video can be streamed and more easily embedded into websites and shared on social networking sites. Youtube and Google Video is not as easy downloaded to store or put on another device but it is possible. Also, there are far more videos on Youtube and Google Video, and statistics on videos. This is a great alternative to watching television as individuals can choose for themselves what they would like to watch, and easily search many videos posted by anyone.
This method is different than blogging. Blogging allows more text based information, and video blogs and videos can allow emotions to be present and the point to get across in different ways. It also can bring more of a relationship between the viewers and the person blogging. In some situations individuals would prefer to watch something take place rather than just read about it in other sources of media. Youtube is far better than magazines, newspapers or television as individuals can upload videos from their point of view, whether as a commentator on a subject or of an event they witnessed. At the same time, people can upload videos from companies and sources of information that are more trusted or directly from the television as well.
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