Rocketboom ran a story I suggested (!): The Glass Pumpkin Patch at MIT. Steve Garfield, the Boston corresponent, did an interview of the MIT Glass Lab Director, Peter Houk. The patch is a great thing to see when they have all the pumpkins on display. They show over 1500 pumpkins! Look out for the Glass Pumpkin Patch next year at this time.

Although I’m still a little bleary-eyed from returning on the red-eye from Podcast and Portable Media Expo, I want to put my thoughts down while they are still fresh. This event attracted a wonderful and extremely energetic cross section of podcasters, podcast suppliers, and traditional media companies and outlets as well as a lot of newbies. It also underscored that we are on the precipice of an online media revolution.

A year ago, we knew that podcasting and what it meant to the industry was going to be BIG, however to some untrained eyes they saw the attendees as a group of hobbyists. This year we saw the same early adopter group back but with a new confidence that only success can bring. They have increased their user base, they are mentoring the newcomers, they are adding video, they are partnering and they are planning for the future.

The seeds of this revolution have been planted with traditional media. We ran into people that hailed from companies and organizations with well recognized names. Some are still trying to get a foothold, yet we found the majority have embraced this new paradigm for online media.

These are exciting times we live in. And, it promises to be an even more eventful year.
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