Yes, Mike, I'm here. Just nutty busy.
I've been continuing my struggles to identify some productive steps I can take to combat the ugliness that's taking place in our nation's capital. I'm not completely satisfied with my MoveOn.org experience and am still wondering if there's a way to assemble a network of like-minded people that in some way can contribute to change. The MoveOn model puts together neighborhood teams. We've got wonderful neighbors but in many ways, I'd be more inspired to work toward something if I were working with my friends. The real question I pose to all of you is, "Is grassroots activity only productive if it remains physically localized?" In other words, can a grassroots political activity be successful if those involved are spread out over the Internet?
Speaking of Internet, iTunes 4.9 is out and it integrates podcasting (both client features and submission for publication). I've already pinged Steve, my studio partner, about the idea of starting up a semi regular podcast. Knowing us, it would probably be some combo of our own music, local/unsigned music, politics, life experiences, goofy skits, etc. I'm also wondering whether we set it up so that we accept content submissions from others so that we can assemble a more diverse program. Clearly, anyone can podcast on their own but what I'm thinking is that we might provide people with a way to generate a single short audio clip and submit it to us. They wouldn't have to deal with the overhead of setting up their own ongoing podcast. I'm curious about all of your thoughts on this...
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That sounds like a very cool idea. Let me know if there's something I can do to help. It would be a good excuse for me to make time for a life.
Just found a story on Wired.com about a company that is trying to be a distribution network for random video content.
Check out Popcast. They are like community access Internet TV.
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