The Long Tail

The Long Tail article got me thinking. It's amazing to think about how the internet can just open you up to everything. To think that what's mainstream might actually not be. It's all just made out to be. I admit sometimes I get sucked into the mainstream stuff. I mostly like nothing that's mainstream, but now I'm thinking that it might be, you never know. I just know that certain things I like are hard to find because it's almost as if we're being forced to buy everything that they want us to buy. Or at least that's how I look at it. Then I hear about the story of Joe Simpson and Jon Krakauer. I can tell that things are certainly being misinterpreted. Companies think "hey just because people like this book they'll like all of these other books." It's amazing how certain things just work out that way!

Podcasts

For the maybe second or third time ever I dabbled into the world of podcasts. I have nothing against them it's just that I'm not all that interested in them. Most people I know use them for listening to their favorite comedians or things like NPR. I never really used them that much though .Podcasts can certainly be helpful though. I was listening to podcasting for dummies and there episode on podcasting for cheap. It's great that people are willing to help other people and for free at that! During my digital audio video electronics class I of course dabbled in the magical world of audio and was lucky enough to use high quality microphones to record sound. We even had our own studio.