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They're called "Podcasts"

2024/10/15
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David Pierce
知名技术记者和播客主持人,专注于社会媒体、智能家居和人工智能等领域的分析和评论。
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David Pierce: 我回顾了播客二十年的发展历程,从2004年"Podcast"一词的诞生到如今播客的蓬勃发展。早期播客制作条件简陋,很多人甚至在车里录制。史蒂夫·乔布斯在2005年WWDC上推广了播客,极大地促进了其普及。播客的概念并非乔布斯首创,但他在推广方面功不可没。Dave Winer是RSS技术的关键创造者,他对早期博客和播客的发展起到了重要作用。Chris Lydon和Dave Winer在2003年7月制作了最早的播客之一。Ben Hammersley创造了"播客"这个词,尽管他本人并不完全记得这个过程。Adam Curry是早期播客的先驱之一,他对播客的理念和技术发展做出了重要贡献。Dane Greg Ward也在播客的命名中发挥了作用,他在邮件中使用了"播客"一词。Dave Slusher的播客《邪恶天才编年史》可能是第一个自称为"播客"的播客。如今,播客行业发展迅速,但它并没有取代广播,也没有完全实现其早期设想的目标。 James Cridland: 我认为播客行业目前处于一个相对良好的状态,此前的一些投资热潮已经逐渐冷却。播客行业一直存在两种类型的节目:高成本的大制作和低成本的小制作,后者更能适应市场变化。播客的定义取决于听众的理解,它是一种按需收听的音频内容。真正意义上的播客应该在所有平台上都可访问。独家内容模式并非对所有人都有利,开放性更有利于播客的传播和影响力。人们习惯于在一个平台上收听所有播客,独家内容模式难以改变这种现状。YouTube的算法有助于播客的发现,但它也要求创作者制作视频内容,这可能会影响播客的创作。并非所有类型的播客都适合制作视频内容,视频制作会增加播客创作的复杂性。视频内容更容易变现,但音频内容也具有其独特的优势。音频内容的优势在于其便捷性和对听众想象力的刺激。播客的RSS规范需要改进,以满足用户对新功能的需求。"播客"这个词仍然有用,因为它体现了播客的便携性和与广播的差异。

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This chapter explores the origin of the term 'podcast,' tracing its evolution from audio blogs to the widely recognized term we use today. It highlights the contributions of key figures like Ben Hammersley, who coined the term, and Dane Greg Ward, who popularized it within the tech community.
  • Ben Hammersley first used the word 'podcasting' in a Guardian article.
  • Dane Greg Ward's email to the iPodder dev list helped popularize the term.
  • The term combined 'iPod' and 'broadcasting,' reflecting the technology and distribution method.

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Before a podcast was a “podcast,” it was… well, it wasn’t really much of anything. It was in 2004, though, that many of the earliest names in on-demand audio began to smush “iPod” and “broadcast” into the word we’ve come to know as the way we all download and listen to shows now. In this episode, we go back two decades to the first days of the podcast. Then we hit the skip button to today and look at where podcasts are headed next.

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