Sep 5, 2008
gdgt weekly already hits number one in iTunes!
Wow, we’re barely 24 hours out of the gate with our new show at gdgt, and we’re already the number one tech podcast on iTunes — as well as the number five podcast, period (trailing my fave show ever, This American Life). Of course, this can change day to day, but I’m still awestruck at the love and support for the show.
Real quick, I’d like to thank our pals at BitGravity for their help making us sing right out of the gate; my boy Scott over at iTunes for making sure the page got online alright; and, of course, everyone who listened in and subscribed! Man, I can only hope the rest of gdgt’s launch goes this swimmingly.
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Good luck and congrats.
I always liked the Engadget podcast and I think this will be similar.
I enjoyed episode one very much and look forward to seeing how the podcast and the site progress. The one thing I noticed while listening is that both you and Peter sound so similar that I often couldn’t figure out who was speaking! Are you guys brothers or something? Anyway great job and congratulations on the early success.
I listened Friday night and it was a great show. I’m looking forward to the next.
gojeffery: Listen to the inflections in the way they speak. Ryan is the one that sounds like Christopher Walken. :P
I thought I’d post this here since there are no comments on gdgt.com – I just downloaded gdgt today and I really enjoyed it, great work!
I enjoy the show.
I think that your discussion of the Kindle missed the chance to make the distinction between the successful iPod strategy and the nowhere-near-successful Sony PSP strategy which has a lot in common with the kindle approach.
The iPod does not lock out ripped CD’s or DVD’s or even Amazon mp3′s.
Sony’s PSP started out at roughly the same time as the iPod-with-video with a far better screen but took a real geek to get video other than Sony’s on board. And the lack of memory complicated attempts use the PSP for non-Sony video.
And being able to play video out from the iPod to a TV has always been possible. Most users may not know about this iPod feature, but those of us who do use it and love it. The PSP didn’t have this ability until 2007. And only in the updated 2007 model.
Likewise, the Zune approach to Wi-Fi has a lot in common with the Kindle system. Does anyone really “Squirt” songs?
The Apple approach to Wi-Fi in the iPod Touch demonstrates a whole different mindset from the Kindle-Zune systems. Safari haters are annoyed with the iPod Touch. What browser does the Zune have?
Apple locked up iTunes purchases to the iPod. That’s all. Apple grants enough freedom to the user to allow the non-geek to do all sorts of things that have no equivalent to the PSP-Zune-Kindle model.
There’s locked down and then there’s really locked down. The Apple approach is far from laissez faire until you compare it to the other systems.
Anyway, keep up the good work.