It's not a Podcast… It's a Broadcast!!!

It’s a BROADCAST everyone.
For the past year or so tech guru’s have been debating about what to call these internet shows that we produce. Podcast is a pretty bad name because it infers that the program is related directly to ipods, and it’s also an unknown word for many.

  • Scenario of you talking to a friend. (note that this a a simulation and people (especially girls) may still think your nerdy and uncool, even though you do a broadcast)

Yes I’m pretty in to technology. I also do a podcast about it.
What Friend is Thinking… What the heck is a podcast??? must be some little group of friends that he talks to.

Maybe this would be better.

Yes I’m in to technology, and I also do a weekly broadcast about it.
What friend is thinking… Cool this guy must be on his toes and have something going.

So what does Webster say??

  • broadcast
  • Function: verb
  • Inflected Form(s): broadcast also broad·cast·ed; broad·cast·ing
  • Date: 1813
  • transitive verb
    1 : to scatter or sow (as seed) over a broad area
    2 : to make widely known
    3 : to transmit or make public by means of radio or television
  • intransitive verb
    1 : to transmit a broadcast
    2 : to speak or perform on a broadcast program
    — broad·cast·er noun
  • So after all this debate I was thinking today about the fact that I did not like the name podcast either. I’m sure I’m not the first to think of this, but It struck me that we don’t need a fancy new name! There’s a name that been around for nearly a hundred years. It’s Called Broadcasting. The definition infers readio or TV, but I think there’s room in there for net broadcasting as well. We are after all scattering out programs all over the net, and Brodcast not only works for audio, but also for video.

    So what are we arguing about? I say that the net is where things are going and the mainstream brodcast cominies are afraid. They don’t have a copyright on the word Broadcast do they? We can use it to! Why are we making ourselves seem seceond rate to mainstream. We too can be called broadcasters, and as for me I think I’ll simply start calling them BROADCASTS!!

    Gavin Seim
    Pro Photo Show
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    I'm from WA State USA and started studying photography in 97. I started work as a pro (using that word loosely because I sucked) using film at age 16. I learned fast but was not as easy to find training then. Sometimes I beat my head against the wall until I figured stuff out.

    As digital dawned I went all in and got to study with masters like Ken Whitmire. In 09 I founded the Pro Photo Show podcast. I started promoting tone-focused editing. When Lightroom arrived, I started developing tools to make editing and workflow better.

    20 years of study and photography around the country earned me a Master of Photography (M.Photog) from PPA. I got to see my workshops and tools featured in publications across the industry. Once I even won the prestigious HotOne award for my "EXposed" light and tone workshop.

    Wanting something calmer, I moved to Mexico in 2017. It's a land of magical light. I'm here now exploring light and trying to master my weak areas. I make videos of that for my Youtube channel, sharing what I learn. I hope you'll stick around and be part of Light Hunters Tribe... Gavin

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