Podcast Nation

There's a whole lot of debating upon podcasting and the rest of the blogging blarney right now. I woke up at 5.30 am this morning and couldn't get back to sleep, so I got up and read the news. Ended up replying to Dan Gillmor's BBC article on citizen-driven media:

"In 2005 I covered the UK elections at five.org, and received this comment:

Thanks for making available these series of podcasts with the candidates in my constituency - much appreciated. I'm planning on listening to each one before casting my vote on Thursday. I've been away from Islington a lot recently so I've managed to avoid any direct canvassing from the candidates - and election flyers are not something I read. Hence your podcasts will probably be my primary tool for making the decision.

This convinced me of the social usefulness of podcasting. The self-organising of the UK podcast community will prove to be very important next phase.

Deek Deekster, London"

With this in mind, Podcast Nation is now underway and should prove to be a worthy successor to Five.