Listeners of tomorrow are online today

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Jerry Del Colliano, Professor of Music Industry at USC and founder of Inside Radio, offers still another warning to radio broadcasters:

“When universal WiFi or its equivalent is available and consumers can take the Internet with them then it’s all over for radio. Ditto for satellite radio. That is, of course, assuming that terrestrial radio broadcasters don’t have an epiphany soon and decide to get into the Internet radio business.

Radio and the merged satellite radio company need to get into the Internet radio business now because tomorrow Internet radio will be the next radio. Why? Because that’s where the listeners will be and universal WiFi will make it all possible.” [via RAIN]

I’m tempted to email Mr. Del Colliano and ask if this applies equally to small and large market broadcasters. But I’m afraid of the answer.

NASA procedure for nuts in space

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“If you’re a NASA astronaut and you totally flip out in space, your crewmates are instructed to restrain you with duct tape, tie you down with bungee cords, and inject you with the anti-psychotic drug Haldol or a tranquilizer like Valium. The plan is outlined in 1,000+ page document that the Associated Press obtained this week outlining how to deal with medical emergencies.” [Boing Boing]

Seth Godin: Blogging makes you respectful and clear

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Seth Godin explains two of the biggest benefits of blogging:

“The act of writing a blog changes people, especially business people. The first thing it does is change posture. Once you realize that no one HAS to read your blog, that you can’t MAKE them read your blog, you approach writing with humility and view readers with gratitude. The second thing it does is force you to be clear. If you write something that’s confusing or in shorthand, you fail.

Respectful and clear. That’s a lot to get out of something that doesn’t take much time.”

I’ve been dealing with clients and customers for 35 years and there’s no question that the past five years of blogging has made me better at it.

Mt. Flushmore

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Mt. Flushmore

Longtime pal Randy Evans shares the delightful image above. It is the handiwork of one of the talented photographers at The Des Moines Register (where Randy toils as Assistant Managing Editor). Jerry Perkins, father of Learfield’s John Perkins, is George Washington; Randy is in Abe Lincoln’s spot and Thomas and Teddy are a couple of other Register ragamuffins. This puts my sad little effort to shame.