I know I am going to regret saying this but AudioBoo just makes me want to cry. After 10 minutes listening and adopting a ‘I really must try to get into this’ attitude all I can say is that I now hugely appreciate the talent of even the worst radio DJ. I know we live in a brave new world where everyone is a publisher, video maker, commentator.... but ‘blah blah blah’ is all that springs to mind after the AudioBoo experience. But maybe that is because the booers I listened to just aren’t interesting enough and that is maybe not the fault of the format itself. Twitter is an excellent means of broadcasting ‘news’ snippets and thoughts to people with vaguely similar interests to you. But I can’t imagine a situation where I would want to listen to what is in effect is a very short podcast from either my nearest and dearest or people in the industry I highly respect unless they seriously master the art of wit and can keep it brief.... and think about whether anyone is really interested in the cat or the fact your girlfriend has detoured into Karen Millen whilst you sit in your car! If you want to waste time listening to what sounds like a bunch of abstract, boring answer phone messages ... take a look
www.audioboo.fm ...