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I remember when the folks at TWiT were still trying to make "netcasts" happen and shared they had hit over $1 million in revenue and it feeling like the medium

I remember when the folks at TWiT were still trying to make "netcasts" happen and shared they had hit over $1 million in revenue and it feeling like the medium was going big. Pretty crazy to look at the numbers 10 years later and seeing how much further it's all come.

BinaryIdiot 7y ago
I did like their term of "netcast" because podcasts grew way beyond the iPod. But like with many terms nowadays it seems Podcast was the one to catch on as the generic term. Leo Laporte even mentioned that they gave up on "netcast" because it was obvious it would never happen and it was causing a lot of confusion with new listeners.
- nerfhammer 7y ago
  the mechanical cash register sound effect is still used to represent money in media despite the fact that the kids these days have never seen a mechanical cash register and have no reason to be able recognize that sound from real life.
  - TylerE 7y ago
    I wonder what percentage of the world's population was born after new computers stopped shipping with 3 1/2" drives. Probably at least 25%.
  - will_pseudonym 7y ago
    The one that comes to mind for me is the floppy disk icon for Save.
    - nerfhammer 7y ago
      and it's called "floppy" even though they weren't "floppy" anymore! And we still call "hard drive" that because they weren't floppy even while floppies weren't floppy! And we call it a "drive" after the tape drive motor from reel-to-reel tape storage!
      - luckman212 7y ago
        The actual magnetic media encased within the hard plastic 3.5" shell was "floppy".
  - erikpukinskis 7y ago
    I’m 38 and I doubt I’ve ever seen a “cha-ching” style cash register in active use either. Didn’t those get phased out in like the 60s? Maybe when you say “kids” you’re talking about me though!
    - nerfhammer 7y ago
      I didn't mean "kids these days" to be taken exactly literally. I'm not at all sure in which decade digital cash registers became overwhelmingly common.

BinaryIdiot 7y ago

I did like their term of "netcast" because podcasts grew way beyond the iPod. But like with many terms nowadays it seems Podcast was the one to catch on as the generic term. Leo Laporte even mentioned that they gave up on "netcast" because it was obvious it would never happen and it was causing a lot of confusion with new listeners.

nerfhammer 7y ago
the mechanical cash register sound effect is still used to represent money in media despite the fact that the kids these days have never seen a mechanical cash register and have no reason to be able recognize that sound from real life.
- TylerE 7y ago
  I wonder what percentage of the world's population was born after new computers stopped shipping with 3 1/2" drives. Probably at least 25%.
- will_pseudonym 7y ago
  The one that comes to mind for me is the floppy disk icon for Save.
  - nerfhammer 7y ago
    and it's called "floppy" even though they weren't "floppy" anymore! And we still call "hard drive" that because they weren't floppy even while floppies weren't floppy! And we call it a "drive" after the tape drive motor from reel-to-reel tape storage!
    - luckman212 7y ago
      The actual magnetic media encased within the hard plastic 3.5" shell was "floppy".
- erikpukinskis 7y ago
  I’m 38 and I doubt I’ve ever seen a “cha-ching” style cash register in active use either. Didn’t those get phased out in like the 60s? Maybe when you say “kids” you’re talking about me though!
  - nerfhammer 7y ago
    I didn't mean "kids these days" to be taken exactly literally. I'm not at all sure in which decade digital cash registers became overwhelmingly common.