Odeo follow-up.
June 23, 2005
I listened to several Podcasts today on the flight from SFO to DFW thanks to Odeo. As a follow-up to my previous post - Odeo First Look - I have no complaints. I did wonder how Apple’s iTunes version 4.9 was going to impact Odeo - I bet Evan and the guys have thought more about this than me. But, I did read a couple of Odeo reviews that asked the same question: Profile Odeo.
I spoke with Brian this morning and he reminded me that it isn’t going to be about THE service, instead it will be about the COMMUNITY. Apple has struggled with the peer review/recommendation idea and failed to really address it. Odeo’s recommendations might just give the service the oomf that it needs to succeed.
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[…] Some commenters were confused about how this and the newly announced hellodeo (personal video messages) tied in with the services Odeo has unveiled to date. I don’t see the problem, but I think of Odeo as being in the connection business, not the audio business. The moment iTunes rolled out podcast support and became the defacto podcast directory, Odeo had to emphasize its savvy re: the connected edge. Here is what Alex wrote about one of our conversations last June, shortly after the iTunes announcement: I spoke with Brian this morning and he reminded me that it isn’t going to be about THE service, instead it will be about the COMMUNITY. […]