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Slightly off topic again, but what was Odeo like? I see it referenced everywhere, but what exactly where they trying to do, and what worked/didn't work?

• jonknee 10y ago
  > I see it referenced everywhere, but what exactly where they trying to do, and what worked/didn't work? It was discovery for podcasts and was destroyed when iTunes included podcasts.
  • uxp100 10y ago
    They also had Odeo messages, which was a replacement for the Seattle free Voice Mail numbers that Podcasts often used for audio feedback. For those who had a mic, but didn't want to fiddle with recording software and encoding and emailing an mp3. It was an awful flash app that rarely worked. Mostly a good way to freeze your browser.
• wiremine 10y ago
  As mentioned, it was a discovery tool for podcasts that. I don't recall the timing with podcasting support in iTunes, but I recall them having problems before iTunes started supporting it: it didn't seem to ever have a business model. That said, it was the wild west of podcasting back then, so any discovery was helpful. I remember one of the first podcasts I listened to was just Adam Curry driving around Amsterdam smoking and swearing at people. It was pretty awesome.
• throwaway_xx9 10y ago
  I had a chance to hear a lecture on Odeo by either Jack or one of the Odeo founders back in the day at Yahoo HQ. He looked and seemed like a typical know-nothing 20-something founder. And then Odeo was crushed and I never heard about it again.