collaborative audio books
About a week and a half ago I stumbled onto AKMA's brilliant
idea
to create an audio-book version of Lawrence Lessig's new book "
Free Culture
". Bloggers quickly signed up to the collaborative by claiming chapters to read in the posting's comments.
I arrived a bit late to the party, so I didn't get to read a chapter, although there is plenty of room for alternative voices and reads, but that's for later.
I'm a big believer in audio books and 'read' this way frequently. I just finished Dan Brown's '
The DaVinci Code
' in about 2 week's time of travelling to my morning radio show whilst listeing in the car. I use my iPod and the
iTrip
, a snap-on fm-transmitter, so I can enjoy the reading on my car's stereo. It's also much safer.
I listen to lots of stuff on my iPod besides music and audio books. There are
interviews
and archives of old radio shows. There's even an
audio bible
.
Downloading these files and getting them onto my iPod was a tedious task. Clicking and waiting for hundreds of megabytes to be transferred just doesn't cut the mustard. Not at least, from a broadcaster's perspective. I believe there is a market for subscription based audio and video. As long as it requires no intervention from the user other than clicking the play button for instantaneous playback.
That's where
rss enclosures
come in. The concept results in a subscribable service that delivers new content to your news aggregator. Additional
'glue'
gets it onto the desired playback system automatically.
This is how I receive a new verse from the bible every day on my iPod. It's always there for me in the morning when I take my iPod from it's dock. No intervention required on my part. The same process can be created with video files that are sent to a TiVo.
Today I created an
rss feed
for the Free Culture audio-book project. Subscribing to it with an
enclosure aware aggregator
will download all the files you need to assemble the audio book.
A logical followup to this project would be more
multiple reader
audio books. These could be delivered in
one go
as with the Free Culture feed, or they could be by subscription, where a new chapter is delivered daily. Regardless of your reading pace, the content will always be there when you are ready for it, not the other way around.
Ofcourse non of this would have been possible without Lessig's gracious Creative Commons
license
.
This brings me to the
Project Gutenberg
. A collaborative project that catalogues the texts of books that are old enough to qualify as a part of the
public domain
.
Most
are 100 years old, but there are many extremely recognizable
titles
and
authors
. Many are classics that can still be enjoyed by new audiences today, as they have for decades. I was pleasantly surprised to find that the Tom Swift
series
, which i read a a kid, are now in the public domain.
The Free Culture audio-book experiment showed me how quickly and efficiently this type of content can be produced, I am certain the model can be replicated with content from Project Gutenberg and hope to discuss this concept with others at
BloggerCon II
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operation iraqi convertible
operation iraqi convertible
"It appears to be fornecation in a convertible sir." Another awesome
video
shot from an attack helicopter.
http://radio.weblogs.com/0001014/categories/payload/2004/03/15.html#a5370
Mon, 15 Mar 2004 09:41:11 GMT
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rss enclosures growing
Andrew Cochran interviewed Dave Winer last year at a conference. A lot of the conversation is about "rss", specifically
enclosures
. Fun to see this 22 meg file had already downloaded and was sitting there waiting for me in my iPod when I awoke.
Marcus wrote a
script
for me last year that takes an rss enclosure that ends with .mp3 and automagically adds it to a special iPod playlist once it's been downloaded.
I've also been testing
Andrew's
BitTorrent glue. Works as advertised! |
journey to mars
journey to mars
A beautiful quicktime movie of the Spirit's journey to mars.
http://radio.weblogs.com/0001014/categories/payload/2004/01/17.html#a5091
Sat, 17 Jan 2004 18:45:49 GMT
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are they crooked?
are they crooked?
I
see
there's a few folks subscribed to my payload channel. An enclosure for y'all today.
http://radio.weblogs.com/0001014/categories/payload/2004/01/04.html#a5022
Sun, 04 Jan 2004 18:09:27 GMT
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Today is Sinterklaas in the Netherlands. Although the country celebrates Christmas and giftgiving on the 25th, this tradition looks similar, but has a totally
different
background.
Sinterklaas was indeed a real guy: St. Nikolaus and he really was a bishop and he became famous as an infant because he allegedly stopped drinking his mothers breast milk when it was time to fast....
The story goes that when he was a bishop he once saved three young women from their dismal life of prostitution by tossing gold coins through their window, which landed in their shoes.
Today the tradition of children placing their (wooden) shoes by the window to receive treats and gifts is clearly related to the legend. Not quite sure about the White horse, the headquarters in Spain or the politically incorrect 'Black Piets" that are his helpers.
And in 2003 we've even got a
rap video
for SInt.
http://radio.weblogs.com/0001014/categories/payload/2003/12/05.html#a4879
Fri, 05 Dec 2003 07:48:54 GMT
Today is Sinterklaas in the Netherlands. Although the country celebrates Christmas and giftgiving on the 25th, this tradition looks similar, but has a totally
different
background.
Sinterklaas was indeed a real guy: St. Nikolaus and he really was a bishop and he became famous as an infant because he allegedly stopped drinking his mothers breast milk when it was time to fast....
The story goes that when he was a bishop he once saved three young women from their dismal life of prostitution by tossing gold coins through their window, which landed in their shoes.
the tradition of children placing their (wooden) shoes by the window to receive treats and gifts is clearly related to the legend. Not quite sure about the White horse, the headquarters in Spain or the politically incorrect 'Black Piets" that are his helpers.
And in 2003 we've even got a
rap video
for SInt.
http://radio.weblogs.com/0001014/categories/payload/2003/12/05.html#a4879
Fri, 05 Dec 2003 07:48:54 GMT
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european anthem
european anthem
Kewl, I just found the
European Anthem
. No words [intenionally], but quite a familiar
piece
of music.
http://radio.weblogs.com/0001014/categories/payload/2003/12/03.html#a4871
Wed, 03 Dec 2003 08:45:11 GMT
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exnodes for sale
exnodes for sale
Marcus
turned me onto the
IBPvo
project that uses
LoRS
. Without a doubt something big media companies will want to take a look at. Currently you can set a 'vcr' to record any television program, and download it super fast from distributed nodes. I can't get access to the system because it is intended for scholastic and research purposes only and I guess I don't qualify. I was hoping to figure out a way to attach an exnode (that's the file (200kb) you receive in the mail when your recorded program is ready for watching) as an enclosure in an RSS feed. I
will pay
for access to such a system/service/feed. Feel free to send me any exnodes you have layin' around :)
The more I play around with this system, the more perfect it seems for RSS enclosures. When you store a file, it has a
lease
of 1 day before it is purged from the system. More than enough time for an aggregator to download the file and store a local copy. Self cleansing distribution and storage!
I've attached an exnode of an mp3 if anyone wants to give the system a try.
http://radio.weblogs.com/0001014/categories/payload/2003/11/23.html#a4822
Sun, 23 Nov 2003 14:03:16 GMT
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enclosures problem in radio
I just noticed the "Radio Userland" has a problem with long filenames when downloading enclosures. It looks like the downloads occur, but can't be written to the designated enclosures folder. This results in RU attempting to [re]download massive numbers of files each time you restart. Has anyone else encountered this? |
more video for your rss aggregator
more video for your rss aggregator
"Scripting News": Good thing the convention is in the summer or else you might have to suffer through Kerry playing hockey. (ReRoute: Enclosed in this RSS
feed
.)
btw, my
request
for video enclosures of Leno and Letterman is starting to shape up. I'm getting them in, but not yet via rss enclosures.
still digging
.
http://radio.weblogs.com/0001014/categories/payload/2003/11/19.html#a4798
Wed, 19 Nov 2003 07:56:01 GMT
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payment for payloads
Yesterday dave
added
a 35Mb quicktime video to his rss feed that automagically popped up ready to play on my machine this morning. I will pay
anyone
who is willing to set up a similar rss feed with daily enclosures of Letterman and/or Leno's tv show for my private viewing pleasure. If you have a TiVo, it probably can be a completely automated process, including my paypal payment to you. |
RSS2iPod
RSS2iPod
Mac users can use this
folder applescript
to automagically update your iPod with any new mp3's that are downloaded to your "Radio UserLand" enclosures folder from
enclosure aware
"rss" feeds.
To install: replace "
Adam's Curry's iPod"
with the name of your iPod and attach the script to your Enclosures folder (located in your Radio UserLand application folder) using the
Attach Script To Folder
script, located in your
/Library/Scripts/Folder Actions/
folder.
You can test this script by subscribing to the
syncPod channel
, which delivers a new mp3 every day.
Update
: Hmmm, it seems the script only works when the first enclosure is downloaded. Any scripting guru's out there want to help with this script so it transfers
all
enclosures?
http://radio.weblogs.com/0001014/categories/payload/2003/10/12.html#a4604
Sun, 12 Oct 2003 10:11:34 GMT
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enclosures
I'm longing for "rss" enclosures in "manila". Chris Lydon is posting some
great inerviews
, his syndicated feed would be perfect for developers to use to help integrate
enclosures
into their
aggregators.
Once you use an aggregator that knows what to do with enclosures, you'll never want to look back! Your aggregator shows a new media-file is available and when you click the link, the file plays instantaneously. No waiting, since your aggregator downloaded the file prior to announcing it ,in order to deliver an awesome time-shift experience. |
johnny cashes in
johnny cashes in
Johnny Cash
passed away
yesterday at 71. I scanned my iTunes library and have one of my favourite man in black songs blasting away this morning. The uncensored version of
Boy named Sue
is attached to this post as an enclosure.
http://radio.weblogs.com/0001014/categories/payload/2003/09/13.html#a4459
Sat, 13 Sep 2003 12:16:21 GMT
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dutch 747 captain
dutch 747 captain
We take our soccer
seriously
here in holland. "rss" subsbribers with an enclosure aware aggregtor will automagically recieve the attached file.
http://radio.weblogs.com/0001014/categories/payload/2003/09/03.html#a4417
Wed, 03 Sep 2003 14:54:48 GMT
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ipod rss parser
I'm even more excited about the
thought
I had earlier. After downloading the
zip
file I loaded
Christopher Lydon's
interviews into my ipod.
Bing
. This is powerful stuff, now the dots need to be connected.
I'm looking for an application (or glue for several existing apps) that will parse an rss feed for enclosures and load them into a new playlist on my [docked] ipod.
Update
:
Shrook
can export rss feeds to my ipod. No support for enclosures..yet. |
happy sunday tune
happy sunday tune
There's something about
Mo Jones
that makes my smile when I hear their tunes. These guys are from holland, recorded theor album in their attic on Pro-Tools and recently kicked ass at the
North Sea Jazz Festival
. If you're using an
enclosure aware aggregator
, you'll automagically receive the
mp3
of How The Wind Blows.
http://radio.weblogs.com/0001014/categories/payload/2003/08/24.html#a4359
Sun, 24 Aug 2003 12:59:27 GMT
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fixing email
Essay
: Email is dead, long live email!
-
"I'm quite pleased that most of the recent email problems stem mostly from Microsoft's free email client. This is where we get to sneak rss into the email jet-wash.
"
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matrixXP
matrixXP
Orange dungarees
is always good for a spoof vid of something. Today they point to an excellend spoof:
MatrixXP
[quicktime movie]
http://radio.weblogs.com/0001014/categories/payload/2003/07/15.html#a4119
Tue, 15 Jul 2003 08:21:36 GMT
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