Holycrap, the Podcast Peer Awards!
Monday, July 16th, 2007‘Sup Babies
Calgary’s own All Axis Radio has been nominated for a Podcast Peer Award.
What the heck is a Podcast Peer Award, you ask? Well, you could go to the web site and find out for yourself. Once there, if you are a podcaster, you can sign up and vote for your favorites. Or I can tell you, then you can go to the site, sign up and vote.
The Podcast Peer Awards are the brain child of Dave Hitt, as a way for podcasters to acknowledge the work of the podcasting community. But Let’s let Dave explain it, shall we?
There are over 50,000 audio and video podcasts available. Most of them are lousy. How can you find the ones worth listening to?
Top Ten or Top Twenty-five lists are little more than popularity contests. You’ll find some great shows there, shows that deserve their popularity. But you’ll also find quite a few that are, well, let’s just say that more people listen to Brittany Spears than Miles Davis. If you rely on popularity based lists and awards you’ll be missing some of the best shows out there.
Where can you find the best podcasts in the universe? Right here, at the Podcast Peer Awards. These awards are given by the people who know podcasting best - other podcasters. They recognize quality. They celebrate creativity. They ferret out the small, unnoticed, and otherwise ignored shows you’ve missed. They debate and discuss and argue about these shows as they vote for (and against) audio and video podcasts that cover every style and every approach to podcasting. And in the end, only the best, only the very best, win.
So, why should you care? Because Ajay from All Axis Radio has been nominated, and, while it is an honor just to be nominated, we would love to see a podCALGARY podcast bring one home! So get the heck over there and show the love.
Your podcast bandito,