Podcast Ready
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Yesterday’s Rocketboom has a very solid interview with Russ Holliman about his startup Podcast Ready and the stuff they’re doing to make podcast subscription easier and more portable. A client that lives on your MP3 player, a Web site for anywhere-anytime feeds access and social “friends” sharing, and a client-side one-click button that works on any podcast site are just some of the features. Oh, and the MP3 players with their software pre-loaded are about to go on sale at major retailers.
Since their PR machine is rolling into full swing, I don’t see any reason to keep quiet about it now: these are the guys I’m doing that contract work for. Nothing on the “outside world” side yet — I can’t point to anything on their site and say “Yeah, I built that” — but I’ve been contributing some maintenance utilities, etc. Russ is a great guy, and I’d say that even if he wasn’t giving me opportunities that might soon allow me to work from home and get more done with podcasting.
Because I have a business relationship with them, I don’t expect to talk about them here too much. I know that may sound contrary, but one of my driving intents with this site is to present highly personal but trustworthy opinions and advice. My take on Podcast Ready is very positive, but also biased for reasons other than their product quality. Therefore I wouldn’t expect you to take anything good I said at full face value; and I won’t say anything bad about someone I’m working for.1
So to offset any future laconicism, I’ll say it now, with spirit fingers: These guys are making cool stuff. Check them out. And if you have friends and family that just Don’t Get the podcasting thingamahoosit, you could do worse than to point them at Podcast Ready.
- Yeah, I bitch about the day job. But have I named them? No. And I actually have no beef with the company itself; it’s just not the lifestyle I want right now. ↩
Good disclaimer-nobel gesture. Hope they go great guns and you’re along for the ride.
Comment by Brooklyn Bluesman — April 14, 2006 @ 10:14 pm
Is there any relationship between Podcast Ready and the more straightforward Podcatcher-on-a-stcik developed by the Podcast University in Weimar?
If there is no association I find podcatcher/stick more straightforward than the very confusing Podcast Ready web site. Although not fro Ipod uses — but I aint one of those anyway.
Comment by Dave Riley (Australia) — April 16, 2006 @ 12:47 am
Yes — I’m not sure I’ve got the whole picture myself, but as I understand it the Podcast Ready client is a newer version of those German developers’ “podcatcher on a stick” software. That’s what they say about it, anyway.
Comment by SFEley — April 16, 2006 @ 1:39 am
I thought the software seemed familiar. I tried to install podcatcher on a stick on my Creative Zen, but to no avail. I did however install the podcast ready software on my 1GB USB drive, and it works like a charm! I then went out and bought a new car cd player with a USB port right on the front. Just installed it, and it works great!! I just sync my USB drive to any computer and I have all my latest podcasts ready to go. I am excited about this software, because it could actually be the next level in making podcasting easier for the masses. Thanks Steve!!
Comment by Paul Puri — April 16, 2006 @ 1:04 pm