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Unless, of course, you drive.Unless, of course, you drive.Posted Apr 14, 2006 20:07 UTC (Fri) by kena (subscriber, #2735)Parent article: The Rise of Media Independence (Linux Journal)
Apparently, Doc Searles hasn't thought about those pesky little commuters. The phrase "Drive Time" appears to not ring a bell. The fact that the vast majority of office workers don't now -- and never had -- a radio going is beside the point.
Okay, I'll stop beating the rotting equine corpse, but the bottom line is that sure, Web stuff is nifty, but there's a REASON web radio hasn't taken off. And, until true convergence occurs -- both in the living room, AND in the car -- radio is going to be sticking around.
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Unless, of course, you drive. Posted Apr 14, 2006 22:14 UTC (Fri) by iabervon (subscriber, #722) [Link] That's actually the next line in his article after the quoted part. But I think that we're going to see people getting podcasts overnight or in the middle of the day, and listening to them in their cars on portable media players plugged into their car stereos. It's relatively rare that people in cars actually want what they listen to to be live, rather than just new. There's traffic reports and sports coverage, but most other things would be better if they waited while you stopped at the grocery store on the way home.
Unless, of course, you drive. Posted Apr 14, 2006 22:38 UTC (Fri) by ronaldcole (guest, #1462) [Link] Nevermind podcasts, if only I had a little TiVo in my car radio, recording OTA programs from season passes with the ability to skip the commercials on playback...
Unless, of course, you drive. Posted Apr 17, 2006 16:38 UTC (Mon) by DRBaldock (subscriber, #30881) [Link] There's a guy who's put up a web site about a CarPC in his Mazda3.
http://www.timekiller.org/carpc/
Apparently, he's got a MythTV server at home, and can stream it's content to the MythTV client in the CarPC over his cellular connection:
"D-Link DBT-120 Bluetooth $39.99 - This is by FAR the coolest part of my CarPC. I have a Motorola e815 with Verizon. Verizon cripples the Bluetooth functionality of their phones, but with some simple hacks you can uncripple them. The nice thing about the e815 is that it connects to Verizon's new evdo network, which talks at 400-700kbps. I average 600kbps but ymmv. So with the bluetooth device, I can get in my car, and without even taking the phone out of my packet, get a broadband internet connection. Further down, you can read about how I am using it to stream Live TV from my house :) "
Also from the web site:
"What I CAN do:
* Listen to music
Is that what you're looking for?
Take Care,
Unless, of course, you drive. Posted Apr 20, 2006 10:00 UTC (Thu) by fatrat (subscriber, #1518) [Link]
I just hope that this guy never drives this car anywhere near me.
Unless, of course, you drive. Posted Apr 17, 2006 14:13 UTC (Mon) by jachim (subscriber, #2963) [Link] Absolutely. I download a daily podcast while I'm at work and listen to it that evening and the next morning. I grab a weekly podcast to fill the time whenever I run out of the dailies.
Unless, of course, you drive. Posted Apr 20, 2006 12:50 UTC (Thu) by smitty_one_each (subscriber, #28989) [Link] Additionally, there are situations where the relative simplicity of radio is a feature, e.g. disasters.Radio is a dirt-simple way to pipe one-way information to people.
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