Odeo Should Have Stuck Around

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I say bring back Odeo.

An Insider's History Of How A Podcasting Startup Pivoted To Become Twitter

it started out in 2005 as Odeo, a podcasting company founded by Evan Williams. When Apple iTunes moved into podcasting, Odeo found itself going nowhere fast, and so it needed to pivot..... Noah Glass, who came up with the name Twttr .... Odeo's team pivoted to fully embrace the 140-character side project. The rest, as they say, is history (in progress).

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VoiceGem

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I could not get it to work on first attempt, but the promise of the service is amazing. You'd think someone would have done something like this a long time ago. I want to be podcasting with equal ease. The Twitter folks had it, but then they moved on to Twitter. They should not have shuttered down Odeo.

YC-Backed VoiceGem Brings Communication Back To The Future With Asynchronous Voice Messages

It doesn’t cost any money. It doesn’t require special software. It doesn’t have you send or open any kind of attachment. It doesn’t require a special international calling plan or card — or even a phone number at all. It doesn’t need a high-quality microphone system

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