Podcast: JamesPod #47 Pre-Christmas Message

Join James for his annual pre-Holiday show.

James is feeling down because he didn't win audio gear from the Canadian Podcast Buffet, audio equipment he really wanted but couldn't afford.

All James has is taco chips and Pizza Pops.

James's phone beeps for the first time in its 13 year history.

James discusses the tremendous impact his CBC interview on Freestyle had on his Fast Food News Podcast.

Skype spam comes in the chat window.

Neighborhood cat, who spends his afternoons digesting our cat's cat food on our couch, came in today and pissed on our Christmas tree.

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COMEDY CHRISTMAS SPECIAL (podcast)

"A Very James Christmas"

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A podcast Christmas Special hosted by comedian James Whittingham, with special guests, James's Mother, God, and musician Brit Dell. Plus a surprise visit by Santa!

James sings your Christmas favourites then discusses the history and significance of each song. He reads the Christmas Story from the Bible and adds important information you didn't already know.

There's plenty of surprises along the way so don't miss it!

(Caution: May be offensive to Christians, even though it was made by one.)

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Podcast: JamesPod #46 House Cleaning

Get up to date with what's going on with JamesPod host James Whittingham.

In this episode I talk about my venture into vlogging and the uncanny interest in the Fast Food News Podcast.

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As online viewing booms, the amateurs give way to big media

Whenever a new technology makes personal expression easier -- from desktop publishing in the 1980s to video sharing in 2006 -- denizens of Silicon Valley leap to the same conclusion: Finally, amateurs will triumph over those self-satisfied professionals, kicking aside the titans of the publishing industry/music industry/movie industry/TV industry.

The latest wave of innovation involves Web sites that simplify the process of editing and uploading video, making it globally accessible. Suddenly, anyone can become a broadcaster for free -- and no FCC license is required. YouTube, which now shows 100 million videos a day, has been at the forefront of this wave and was recently acquired by Google for $1.65 billion. But there are dozens of others, most of them headquartered in the Bay Area, and most of them less than two years old. (YouTube didn't launch until May 2005.)

Since the video publishing revolution began last year, much of the content that has been published and viewed on the Internet has been produced by amateurs: Chinese teens lip-syncing to the Backstreet Boys, motivational speaker Judson Laipply dancing to a medley of pop songs, an angry senior citizen scolding a fellow passenger on a Hong Kong bus, skateboard tricks gone awry, and kitties doing adorable things -- like prancing across a piano keyboard.

But as movie studios, advertisers and television networks make more of their content available online, viewers' habits may be starting to shift. If Web video was dominated by citizens with camcorders in 2005 and 2006, the pendulum in the coming year will likely swing toward professional content producers and big media companies.

Continue Reading: MercuryNews.com | 12/03/2006 | As online viewing booms, the amateurs give way to big media