A Podcast from Network Administrators

MakoStorm writes "The guys over at wehatetech.com have been working really hard on their Podcast. "After This Week in Tech", and others. It was time for a Podcast that others might enjoy. With a bit of ranting, whining, and over all dislike for the dreaded stuff we need to fix every day." The site also offers an open forum to dump your horror stories in an effort to prevent technophiles from going postal.

Comments

Nothing for you to see here. Please move along.

[benna]

So true. Seriously, why is slashdot advertising someone's podcast?

Re:As Good as a Rest

[Council]

Well that will certainly make a nice change from Slashdot's usual calm, reasoned discussions.

Well, on the Windows vs. Linux discussion earlier (guy who switched for ten days story), did you notice that the discussion was intelligent, civil, and pretty moderate? I think that Slashdot has just gotten overfamiliar with every W/L argument and the discussions just go like chess games played by rote.

Now I'm just waiting for the same to happen to discussions of copyright law.

Businesses Jumping into Podcasting

[dotslashdot]

Podcasting has really taken off. Many companies are trying to jump into podcasting to target consumers with ads, etc. What was once simply common folk making interesting podcasts will soon (if not already) become yet another communication medium saturated with advertisements and promotions, reducing its value.

I hate podcasts

[Anonymous Coward]

Is it just me, or are 99% of the podcasts out there completely braindead. I couldn't listen to more than 10 minutes of this one. If you took all of the actual things said in this thing and put it together, you'd end up with 5 minutes of content. Do people actually listen to this junk?

Re:I hate podcasts

[Saven Marek]

I'm disappointed in many of them. It seems to be a great way to give broadcasting to the masses, so just anyone can make a radio show as easily as a large commercial radio station.

Unfortunately as the old cliche goes, this means that just anyone IS making their own radio shows. I'm finding the same stats as you, about 99% are trash, and the ones I've kept listening to are commercial/professional stations who just put their existing radio shows online.

We need a good freely accessible ratings service for podcasts in different categories. help people sort the chaff from the soap.

People hate books too.

[crovira]

99.99% of ANYTHING is crap. But that .01% of the total content of the universe makes it all worthwhile.

I listen to a podcast on wine tasting. If I didn't like wine, the entire thing would be an utter waste. Even then, most of it is only of passing interest, and then only to the people who had fun gathering the material, and to me.

Right now 99.99% of podcasts suck with their repellent production values. They have none. That will change as the geek factor diminishes and the abhorent contents kick in.

A lot of this is eminently forgetable. Some of it, like Slacker Astronomy is good (if you're into astrinomy...)