Newcomers to watch
Two interesting new sites surfaced last week. First, odeo which aspires to become a one-stop-shop for all things podcasting. Or something. Read the odeo blog for the inside scoop, an introduction by one of its founding fathers Evan Williams and this article at nytimes for more information. Also: “history of odeo” photo essay.
Embarrassing side-note: their “pronounced like rodeo” remark had me stumbling for a second until i realized that they meant “pronounced like rodeo without an r“. Yes, things like this happen a lot to me, i told you i’m slow.
Second, the observer weblog. Looks like the first msm-outlet to fully embrace blogging technologywise. Comments, trackbacks, feeds, heat maps, delicious linklog &c. The so-far casual and approachable writing looks promising too. Ben Hammersley had his hands in this and he’s written about it here and here.