Audio on the Internet has been around for 20 years. The podcast as we know it for a decade. But only recently has the medium started to live up to its early hype.
This is a visual story of the podcast.
1. The
Podcast
From
Hype
to
Lost
Hope
to
Red
Hot
By
Michael
Wolf
Nextmarket.co
Soundcloud.com/nextmarket
@michaelwolf
2. Audio
and
spoken
word
on
the
Internet
goes
back
as
far
as
the
80s
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courtesy
of
flicker
user
h3p://www.flickr.com/photos/yaketyyakyak/
3. But
of
course,
these
were
early
days
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courtesy
of
flicker
user
h3p://www.flickr.com/photos/yaketyyakyak/
It’s
like
no
one
can
hear
me.
4. Image
courtesy
of
flicker
user
h3p://www.flickr.com/photos/fabricio/
But
in
the
late
90s
and
early
2000s,
technology
evolved
to
make
distribuOon
of
episodic
audio
easier:
RSS,
iTunes
lisOngs,
broadband
5. Introduc<on
Some
early
heroes
of
podcasOng:
Dave
Winer
–
RSS
Adam
Curry
–
RSS,
iPodder,
Podshow
Chris
Spencer
–
Libsyn
&
many
many
more
18. And
new
faces
began
to
use
the
medium
Source:
Flickr
user
h3p://www.flickr.com/photos/lanskymob/
19. And
it
seemed
everyone
was
launching
a
podcast
network
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