WyethDigital
Jul 4th, 2006, 08:29 PM
I just thought I'd share an interesting thought that I had today, with our Podcast viewers and listeners.
I was just perusing my web stats today for our podcast (links in the signature), and took some time to go over the part of the report that shows me where our hits (requests) are coming from. I was really surprised to see hits coming from Isreal, Saudi Arabia, Portugal, Japan, Singapore, and on and on. In short, we received hits from 5 of the 7 continents (none from Africa or Antartica), plus the subcontinent of india. All in all, there's about two dozen seperate countries listed in my reports. And I'm sure many other podcasts are the same.
So the thought I had was this: You're not alone. We're not alone. Sure, when you're listening to an mp3 or watching a video file on your iPod, computer, or other device you may or may not have anyone else around you, but you're (hopefully) enjoying and sharing the same show as someone across the world from you. And as a podcaster, to me that is a heady thing.
I don't know who in Isreal or who in Saudi Arabia is watching our podcast, but it seems somehow hopeful to me that if people from two countries that are so completely distrustful of one another can take five minutes out of their day to enjoy the same piece of entertainment from the other side of the world, then maybe, somehow, someone can use this incredible, versatile medium to bridge their two worlds! I don't think we'll be the ones (our little show has some new hairstyles to come up with first ;) ), but this tells me that someone could. Someday. And to me, that is where the real power of this medium, using the internet and World Wide Web, lies.
We're not alone... :)
Eric
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I was just perusing my web stats today for our podcast (links in the signature), and took some time to go over the part of the report that shows me where our hits (requests) are coming from. I was really surprised to see hits coming from Isreal, Saudi Arabia, Portugal, Japan, Singapore, and on and on. In short, we received hits from 5 of the 7 continents (none from Africa or Antartica), plus the subcontinent of india. All in all, there's about two dozen seperate countries listed in my reports. And I'm sure many other podcasts are the same.
So the thought I had was this: You're not alone. We're not alone. Sure, when you're listening to an mp3 or watching a video file on your iPod, computer, or other device you may or may not have anyone else around you, but you're (hopefully) enjoying and sharing the same show as someone across the world from you. And as a podcaster, to me that is a heady thing.
I don't know who in Isreal or who in Saudi Arabia is watching our podcast, but it seems somehow hopeful to me that if people from two countries that are so completely distrustful of one another can take five minutes out of their day to enjoy the same piece of entertainment from the other side of the world, then maybe, somehow, someone can use this incredible, versatile medium to bridge their two worlds! I don't think we'll be the ones (our little show has some new hairstyles to come up with first ;) ), but this tells me that someone could. Someday. And to me, that is where the real power of this medium, using the internet and World Wide Web, lies.
We're not alone... :)
Eric
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