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This week's developments in podcasting by Apple, turning iTunes into a podcatcher, is enough for an entire 17-minute Morning Coffee Notes.  I booked a three-day trip to Cambridge for the weekend. I'll be a guest on Chris Lydon's first broadcast on WGBH on Monday. Had an itch to go north. Looks like I'll be in Chapel Hill, NC the first weekend in June.   August 2003: How to name a product.  News.Com: ABC, NBC News launch news podcasts.  Tod Maffin: "Canada’s major cellular providers have just joined forces to create a single Wi-Fi network across the country."  Interesting outside perspective on the fallout between myself and Adam Curry. I haven't read it in detail, but I will, before commenting. 
Apple's position is so powerful because they will have content people are interested in, the podcasts people have been hearing so much about. They are rushing to fill the gap left by the weak iPodder software. Tim Jarrett's critique of Microsoft applies. In years past, they would have jumped on the opportunity. Now that role is left to Apple. A few weeks ago a venture capitalist said we're in the first inning of RSS. I said that's wishful thinking, the first inning was six years ago. He asked what inning are we in? I said it's the inning when the big guys swoop in and take markets from the little guys, with lightning speed. The VCs invested too late in this market. They could learn the lesson, you have to risk to earn the reward. The time to build is before the big dudes see it. Way before.  Marc Hedlund says it's time to throw in the towel in the fight among techies over the perfect syndication format.   Chad Dickerson: "Maybe the beauty of podcasts is that we are forced to step away from our hyper-efficient RSS news aggregator world and actually listen for once." 
Talk of the Nation: Blogging Poses New Workplace Issues. 
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