I’ve been busy doing “nothing” lately.
Well, more correctly I’ve been making time to do nothing - to simply relax and watch a DVD, or go for a walk.
The next podcast is taking shape, which rocks - hopefully it will be of a higher quality and calibre than previous attempts. It’s something that tends to evolve as I have found more time to dedicate to it..
My recent bout of depression has been a reminder that we all need to make the time to do nothing, to simply relax and be who we are.
I’ve found podcasting to be quite cathartic on occasion, but more importantly it gives me freedom to simply be who and what I am. I make no apologies for being honest and open, some would say “telling it how it is”. That is - ironically once I get past my own fairly inhibiting shyness. I’m not a public speaker, have a mild speech impediment and the whole thought of standing in front of a few hundred people to address them on some topic quite frankly gives me the willies.
Yet the ‘ramblings podcast now has well over one hundred and twenty regular listeners and climbing. By popular podcast standards that’s sod all, however I once felt that if I managed to entertain or provoke thought in 10-15 people I would be happy.
For those who listen to my podcast you will know that I am passionate about the media, concept and ideals behind ‘freedom to podcast’. Sirius Radio is
working towards bringing itself (and by proxy podcasting) full circle back to portable media - radio is suffering increasing losses in listeners and subscribers - a radio network approaching Apple to tie in a sales deal via iTunes would have been unheard of 6 months ago, 12 months? Unthinkable.
So what do all these thoughts have in common? Podcasting is picking up speed, it has a dedicated and passionate community that believes it can make a difference, it’s turning the conventional press and music industry upside down as an incredible amount of independent thought, ideals and music hits the ears of the world - none of which has needed commercial radio or network support to thrive.. It proves there are still areas where mere mortals can shake the foundations of commercial media.
That’s quite something to think about..
≡ This is a journal entry relating to the topics of podcast, reflections.
Brendan Borlase is a Systems and Network Administrator living in Adelaide, Australia, having lived, worked and breathed Information Technology for over 12 years. Learn more.
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