IM2 | OQP

I was just listening to Mitch Joel’s Six Pixels of Separation #97 (I’m catching up, what can I say… at least it’s quick) when a few thoughts collided which I’ll hereby attempt to reconstitute.

Mitch was saying how podcasting is different from radio. Earlier, he was saying how we’re differienting less and less between a blog and a website. Personnally, I have a hard time appreciating these differences. I see communication, with humans at each end (preferably), be it through a blog, rss, twitter, cellphone, radio or sandwich suit.

But now I’m kind of feeling it. What lead me here is the design, the look of a website. Me, I don’t really are. I’m using a default wordpress look from the 80’s. Sprinkle a bit of functionnality and voilà, job done. Honestly, I wish I could do better. I wish I had a vision, really, because I know I can do better. Also, I’ve had a few complaints about my style. Now compare this to an audio recording. If the quality is too low, it simply becomes too hard to listen to. Physically too hard, I mean. I bet it’s worst if the language used isn’t your native tongue. Or, if like me, you enjoy speeding up your recordings (2/3 usually works just fine) the small hiccups in the recording turn to quick bursts of noise. Again, this makes listening to the recording very bad. Quality here is primordial, at least if you respect your readers - uhh, I mean listeners.

Which brings me back to this blog, and maybe a justification I should enhance it a tad. I will certainly do that as I move it to Drupal. There, I said it. Also, I might get into podcasting. Although I hate the term, I did a few years of radio in another life and I’m pretty sure I could come up with a few audible limerics just for you. But only if I can record properly. I’ve had my lesson.