So, as many know, and will soon find out, I hate technology. I enjoy the use of it for communication and transportation, but that is it. I do not use technology past those purposes. However, This past week I needed to learn about podcasts. I was terrified at first, actually, I was beyond terrified. What the hell is a Podcast anyway???? I just don't get it. Don't get the point in making one, don't get the point in making one. But, I must learn and make one so yeah, such a fun week. Through research I learned that a podcast is "a type of digital media consisting of an episodic series of audio, video, PDF, or epub files subscribed to and downloaded through web syndication or streamed online to a computer or mobile device," whatever the hell that means. After hearing a couple I learned that it is literally a person speaking in a microphone about something and recording what they said for others to hear. Now that I know what a podcast is, I still do not get the point in making them. I understand making one to teach a language online,
podcast voice "Where is the library?"
podcast voice "¿Dónde está la biblioteca? "
however, I do not understand the point for other people to make podcasts. But. in the end, it does not matter if I don't see a point in it because other people do and are making podcasts.
All in all, I now know about podcasts, have made a podcasts, and can say that I will never listen to a podcast by my own free will nor make another podcast by my own free will. Sorry to all who feel i am wrong, but it's my blog. Bye.
I'm sorry that podcasting was such a negative experience for you. I'm curious though, which ones did you listen to? You didn't find it enjoyable to find a subject of your choice? I know you never plan to make one again,but you don't find them interesting, valuable or enticing to listen to?
ReplyDeleteI'm not trying to convince you to like them, but I wonder if you hear about your classmates' experiences if you will find them more valuable. Just curious.
One podcast I listened to was a comedian. I can justify that one for comedians to get their work out into the world. The next podcast was a guy saying he was going to help you decide who to vote for. I thought he would simply discuss the difference between the two presidential candidates and say why each are a good choice and why each are a bad choice, but instead he trashed one as much as possible and praised the other as much as possible, so very easy to determine who he's voting for. The third podcast was someone discussing how amazing a book was and how everyone should read it because the writing itself is so phenomenal as well as the character development and all. I just felt that just because they loved the book and thought it was amazing, doesn't mean it was actually great. I had infact read the book (series) and thought it was pathetic, but oh well.
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