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Podcast StickyNotes Player

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  • Created: Aug 3, 2006, 12:04 am
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The Idea

Podcasts are a great way to gain and share information, but they lack some basic tools available to written text. StickyNotes Player would be a mp3 player / annotator that provides electronic Sticky Notes functionality allowing referencing a particular portion of a Podcast without needing to chop up the file into multiple sections. Like in a book, a listener could create note holders while listening to a Podcast and add to them later. Then using the StickyNote Player users could jump to a book mark, view, edit or create new annotations etc. This meta-data could be stored in a separate file or tagged onto the end of the regular .mp3 file beyond the end of sound recording marker. Now users can send a link to a specific 5 minute segment of a 2hr file that they want to share. If the other user has the enhanced player, just send them the enhanced mp3 file (or mp3 file & extra meta-data). If they do not have it, send them a link to the StickyNotes Player download site & the mp3 file.

I thought of this idea when I was...

When trying to share a short portion of a long podcast with someone who was unlikely to listen to a 1hr + podcast. I started thinking about how podcast technology lagged behind written text. In addition to notes, urls to other podcasts and podcast portions could be embedded. This would allow users to cross-link related topics and build new networks of previously separate feeds and information. This is where real value is created, by adapting, linking and merging new content. Think: podcast wikis


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weasel
weasel Posted: August 3, 2006, 2:35 pm

I lke the idea! Brainstorming a bit -

The audio player could also have a little window for "notes" - In my own personal podcasts, I often say "I was looking at this website..." - it would be great for a URL to appear in the window at that timestamp.

Using this same feature, people looking to provide written commentary tracks on audio (or video!) can utilize it in a similar fashion.

Possible code inspiration can be culled from Winamp Plugins that show Lyrics in realtime.

AndyDoan
AndyDoan Posted: August 5, 2006, 7:28 am

Are the users paying for this application? If so would it then require anyone that they plan to send these sticky notes to have also purchased the product?

 

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