Gillmor Gang to Call it Quits?
This just in from Steve Gillmor,(well, last Friday) the wonderful Gillmor Gang podcast is on pretty much permanent hiatus and ” will return in some new incarnation at some point” according to a post on Steve Gillmor’s Inforouter. Gillmor Gang was easily one fo the best podcasts on the Web. Most podcasts, including podcast “fathers” Adam Curry and Dave Winer are amateur at best, lacking production value, flow and cohesive content. Most podcasters can learn much from traditional broadcasters so they at least don’t sound like a low budget version of a Beavis and Butthead episode. The Gillmor Gang was class all the way. Insightful, intelligent and always interesting.
Hopefully something will come of it, perhaps a PBS, NPR, XM or Sirius broadcast so I don’t have to download 35MB and wait to listen to the broadcast. That’s an issue with most podcasts (other than weak production value and no content) is that it’s not on demand so much. Podcasting, or for a better term, “Long Tail” broadcasting is poised to be a significant advancement once there is a better than amateur production value and content that doesn’t sound like a high school radio. The Gillmor Gang was one such excellent broadcast and I for one hope they return, at least in some form.