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Audio files live on the web.  People download them and play them later.  With at least three 20GB MP3 players
available cheaper than the heavily branded trendoid Apple product
there’s finally enough competition in the MP3 player space to

commoditize the hardware and open up the audio appliance market to kids
on the bus.

Now the story begins to emerge.  What was a shifty, kind of sleazy, definitely privileged waste of bandwidth in the asynch audio distribution arena has begun to assume the trappings of legitimacy.  Markoff’s story last week and the subsequent coverage in the San Francisco Chronicle tell the real story, a story stripped of merciless ego-tripping.   This is a story full of hope now that even handed innovators and entrepreneurs have fixed their clear vision on the market.

Like the words "blog," and "Kleenex," I’m afraid we’re stuck with the boogery term "podcast" for the foreseeable future.   The good news is that the medium is opening up in terms of service, decent content, and a multiplicity of providers.

Thanks Dave and Adam, Dawn and Drew… now - what’s next?  The podcast movie is in the can.

Ahhhh… movies…  talk about a bandwidth challenge!