The Podcast is not merely a "broad"cast medium. It can also a connect us and provide context otherwise unavailable.
One interesting way this plays out is in Slate.com's "Unauthorized" Audio Tours. The first is for the MOMA. Yes, it's 11 mp3s. But, it's a big museum. I like the idea that at the least this is another perspective on the MOMAs collection. Makes the museum new to me even if I've been before.
I wonder what other similar applications this might have. Tours of San Francisco from the F Market? Weekly podcasts of the goings on in Chicago from people in-the-know? Freshman "initiation" at Colorado State?
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- Chris
- With experience in companies large and small, Chris obsesses about how design, organizational culture, vision, and customers interact. He is creating a consulting practice that combines decade of experience as an Experience Strategist, Information Architect, and Product Manager, all of which are about understanding, explaining, and smoothing the differences in perspective between people. Chris is also the Editor-in-Chief of the leading online design magazine Boxes and Arrows.
1 comment:
Yes, exactly!
This company makes downloadable audio walking tours for NYC and from the sounds of it, more cities soon. The tours are excellent quality and for only 5 bucks, they're well worth it.
http://www.soundsforsights.com
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