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April 14, 2006
Funniest description of podcasting I've ever seen
It's not usuual for people to want to ask an expert in a specific field questions, and get good answers. Most public librarians are generalist experts, we need to know how to find a little bit of everything. And, well, we'd *like* to think that people would think to come to us first, but unfortunately, that's not always the case.
There are other experts out there that people might think to go to (you know, after hitting their friends up for information) before hitting the library. For instance, there's the new "Ask A Mexican" column in the Orange County Weekly where readers can ask the questions they've always been afraid to cross the political correctness line for answers. You can hit "Ask a Linguist" for all your crazy language needs. You can "Go Ask Alice!", quite emphatically, about any health service needs you might have (and questions that you don't want to ask your parents). There's even a company striving to create a business model out of creating "Ask a" web sites.
With all these ways of getting information on the internet, who would think to "Ask a Ninja"? If explaining podcasting was an interpretive dance, this would be it. There's even an animated fan remix of The Ninja's explanation, in all its entertaining hillarity.
Enjoy this fun Friday tidbit.
April 14, 2006 3:10 PM