What The Tech Ep. 88 – Rob Greenlee Interview 10-11-11
This week on What The Tech: Andrew interviews Microsoft’s Podcast Marketplace for Windows Phone/Zune manager Rob Greenlee. Andrew and Rob have a heavy discussion about podcasting from it’s early days before it was even dubbed podcasting, including Rob’s own experience. They also discuss what the term podcast means. Should we move beyond the term podcasting? Rob talks about monetizing streaming and on demand content. Andrew asks Rob about what he would help integrate internet broadcasting in the car. Andrew and Rob also talk about what it takes to be successful these days in internet broadcasting.
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Interesting show and thought I add some words.
Podcast, Live streaming,Zune, Shoutcast, Real Player… I can go on for long. There is so many services, so many user experience…AND then there is Zune giving no clue if your not American (And soon Canadian)…
HOW are a regular customer supposed to find anything when most don’t understand what it is, how to get it or that it exists, and how it works. Only tech buffs (and maybe a driven listner) can manage to sort through the garbage, and then in using 3-4 podcast softwares on my WP I manage to listen, and sometimes, watch a hand full of it. Finding this show was a really lucky strike (a happy one).
Think its rather obvious were in heading here…the word of the decades i probably will spell wrong,UNIFY. There have to be more consistent softwares that offer services. A friend of mine who uses computers a lot came up to me some days ago and asked what a Podcast is…. …. ..
Now, since i hated the iPhone i bought and sold it after 1 week, maybe iTunes provides a better experience, but Microsoft needs to get there act on Zune going or we here in Sweden might end up hating a service that works great in one country maybe, but not here. And it would be a shame if Zune got tossed like Windows Media Player and Media Center. Only player used by my friends computers are VLC Player because it just gets the job done. I feel the experience and possibility to discover media gets destroyed by VLC. But where are Windows users outside US to turn to find talented, interesting shows like this…..
…im typing from my phone, this was not intended to rant on as long as this. My point was that there got to be at least 1 million geeks in Sweden(speculative, we also might be many more, we have a lot of tech) were not many, but if one show could get all of em to listen….one million …i would give a guess you would love 1 million listners just like that?
No, media companies need to start using there heads. Loved Paul’s comment on digital media, take annoying DVD menu resources to create a rich experience. Zune is looovly, but really, we used it in Sweden for 1 year and with mango we got…..movies and pricing in SEK…i mean….
Oh in typing again, okay need to stop, lol, or in gonna tell about when radio was the only tech and everybody all over wanted to tune in Luxembourg with there transistor radios
Love your show (get a WP darn it Andrew!
, love Paul, my first tech hero that seems to have no end to knowledge and eternal love to talk to us.
My wish list for Christmas since im economically destroyed, is more Zune support so all people in Sweden could see your show as a commercial in marketplace and learn there are great shows out there….after a New tv episode havs been sent, WHO am I to talk about it with…oh cruel world.