Mobile Data Association honors Adam Curry : MDA Press Release
The MDA Personal Award for Innovation went to Adam Curry for his creation of Podcasting. A serial entrepreneur and pioneer of internet technologies, he is probably better known for his time as a Video Jockey with MTV in the late 80s. Through the 90s he established and ran a major web services group. In 2003 he combined his broadcasting and technology skills to create a method of delivering MP3 files to personal computers and mobile music players on a subscription basis using weblog syndication technology. With the Apple iPod as the intended mobile platform for the output he released this as Open Source software called iPodder and in 2004 began creating and distributing a daily audio file called the Daily Source Code which attracted first hundreds, then thousands of listeners. This regular audio feed spawned a whole new movement of copycat audio bloggers, able to create and distribute their own “radio” shows for iPods, known as podcasts.
Podcasts are now available in many languages, on a rich diversity of topics and able to be delivered to a whole range of personal audio players including the latest mp3 capable mobile phones.
Adam continues to lead the technology he created through his Daily Source Code Show and has been dubbed ‘The Podfather’ by his loyal band of listeners. His current projects include the company Podshow; bringing together podcasters with potential commercial sponsors, and the Podsafe Music Network; an online exchange of royalty free music licensed for distribution within podcasts.
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