Bill Valenti, the executive vice president of Melodeo, that offers a software platform for wireless music and podcasts, has begun the company's first podcast....about Melodeo.
FYI: I got the link to the podcast from Melodeo's excellent weblog and copied it into a program (iTunes, in my case) that can open an RSS.xml file. You can't just click on the URL in the weblog and automatically begin downloading or listening to it. (At least, I couldn't)
Note to Melodeo: I suggest you create a specific page on your Web site for podcasts that (1) includes a brief introduction to your corporate podcasts, (2) discusses how to download and listen to podcasts via portable devices as well as on a computer and (3) then include a variety of links, including an MP3 file, that enables automatic downloading of an MP3 file.
Inaugural podcast
Valenti's first podcast, running 8:42 minutes discusses the history of Melodeo and its podcasting ("Mobilcast") philosophy. Valenti says it will be the first, and only, podcast that focuses on the company itself.
Future podcasts will focus on podcasters who really understand the new medium of wireless podcasting.
Valenti's podcast is more than just an advertisement for the company (although it is!). It's a bit more interesting, including the "sponsors" and some poetry.
Well "versed"
A "sponsor" for the podcast is the Oxford English Dictionary (OED) and the "word" for the podcast is "sesquipedalian" (it means a long word and, surprisingly, I not only know it but have used it in presentations). Valenti is a poetry fan and he's asking listeners to write a poem where sesquipedalian is used in context and rhymes with it.
The winner will "win" the ability to pick the next word for his podcast. I'd prefer cash! To send Valenti your poem or suggest topics for his podcast, send e-mail to maestro@melodeo.com.
Valenti ends his podcast with a poem he composed, "Infertile Crescent," about the war in Iraq.
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