In a posting on ars technica from August 31st, 2008, author Matthew Lasar looks at the popularity of listening to podcasts, broken gender, and notes the large drop-off over the age of fifty, and ends with the following line:
“So enjoy podcasting while you can, kids. Because twenty years from now, after you’ve gotten through the first and second shift, you won’t have a lot of mental energy for much more than the car receiver dial, the remote, and the couch.”
One point caught my eye here, regarding the car receiver dial; I think it’s a bit presumptuous to assume that the car will be the primary mode of transport; one hopes that as more people take the issue of environmental damage seriously (or more prosaically just can’t afford the gas), they will use mass transit.
One huge advantage of mass transit is of course the fact that someone else is doing the driving, freeing up the commuter to read, sleep, or listen and watch audio and video podcasts; for me this is a great way to pass the time on my 60 minutes plus commute to and from work each day, and I think new commuters will find this to be the case as well; I can only see usage going up in this scenario.
It’s interesting how the high price of gas could be one of the best things to ever happen to Social Media 
Tags: Podcasting, Mass Transit
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