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by James Robertson.
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There's been a lot of buzz lately about podcasting. There's already been backlash, even - complaints about how posting of large media files won't scale, etc. That's not why I'm skeptical. I'm skeptical for time management reasons. In general, I'd much rather read someone's thoughts online than listen to them. Why?
It takes a lot less time, and I can have music on while I read
Written thoughts tend to be far more well organized than verbal ones
I can skim a 1000 word essay pretty quickly - it takes a lot more time to listen to the same thing. It also takes more effort on my part. Give me the written word every time - it's like the difference between longhand and typing...
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