Get your Daily Tech News in about 8 Minutes
September 18, 2007
I recently started watching a couple of video podcasts, and I think that the key, at least for me, is that I want a short format show.
If you want to catch up on your tech news, I would have to suggest TeXtra. The Podcast is part of the podshow network, and hosted by Natali Del Conte. I’m not particularly good with names, so the name didn’t really ring any bells with me, but if you read her podshow page, she has actually written for a number of well known web sites and / or publications.
As I mention in the title of this post, every episode I have watched to date has been right around 8 minutes long. This is a really great length for media on the computer.
I haven’t watched the last several episodes of Internet Millionaire because it’s just too darn long. At least it’s too long to watch on my computer. I would watch it if I had an easy way to get it on my television. I sure hope that the slingbox is going to be as good as it sounds, and I hope it comes out soon.
Back to the topic on hand, check out Textra, good news, short duration, and entertaining. I also have to thank them, because this is where I heard about TorchWood.
Turns out that I picked a bad time to post about this, since the host of the show is going on vacation for 2 weeks. You can still watch the most recent shows though.
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September 19th, 2007 at 5:46 pm
Textra is SOOOOO boring. The girl is reading the whole time. It’s obvious she has no clue as to what she is talking about.
September 19th, 2007 at 8:25 pm
Really? I don’t get that impression at all.
Have you watched it recently? I only just started to watch it, and I’m wondering if you are thinking of an earlier host or maybe she was real nervous.
The host now actually writes for Wired and PC Magazine, and has a long list of other publications.
November 28th, 2007 at 9:00 pm
[…] than a few minutes at a time. I’ve talked about some of my favorites, like Webb Alert and Textra, which are both short duration, but I hadn’t looked at CNET TV before […]