Comments on: Tricky Concept: Feeds Aren\’t Really \”Push\” http://www.contentious.com/2005/11/11/tricky-concept-feeds-arent-really-push/ Amy Gahran's news and musings on how we communicate in the online age. Tue, 02 Dec 2008 20:08:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: Paul Chaney http://www.contentious.com/2005/11/11/tricky-concept-feeds-arent-really-push/#comment-43963 Paul Chaney Mon, 14 Nov 2005 23:23:02 +0000 #comment-43963 I consider RSS "pull" media. Email is "push" because for you to receive it I have to send the email to you. RSS is "pull" because the file sits there as you mention waiting for my reader to go get it. I think the distinction is a purely technical one really. I consider RSS “pull” media. Email is “push” because for you to receive it I have to send the email to you. RSS is “pull” because the file sits there as you mention waiting for my reader to go get it. I think the distinction is a purely technical one really.

]]> By: doug http://www.contentious.com/2005/11/11/tricky-concept-feeds-arent-really-push/#comment-43584 doug Fri, 11 Nov 2005 20:23:20 +0000 #comment-43584 I'm not sure I buy the push/pull distinction , and so I think that your idea is probably rather "visionary." First of all, the push/pull distinction is dying in my opinion. Tivo and DVR technology is going to completely destroy the notion of "push" in TV in the next 5-10 years. No one is going to sit down at a certain time to watch TV anymore (except for perhaps the news networks like CNN that are constantly streaming updated content). The iPod, P2P, and paid music services are doing the same thing for music. One of the draws of podcasts is that you can listen at any time. How much longer until most talk radio shows are available, with commercials, for free download? I wouldn't bet against it... Radio is dying a slow death. In short, <em>push</em> is dying...or perhaps, it's that push and pull are becoming outmoded descriptors for content delivery. I don't think we're too far away from a time when people will be "pulling" more content, and more often, than they are "pushed." I’m not sure I buy the push/pull distinction , and so I think that your idea is probably rather “visionary.”

First of all, the push/pull distinction is dying in my opinion. Tivo and DVR technology is going to completely destroy the notion of “push” in TV in the next 5-10 years. No one is going to sit down at a certain time to watch TV anymore (except for perhaps the news networks like CNN that are constantly streaming updated content).

The iPod, P2P, and paid music services are doing the same thing for music. One of the draws of podcasts is that you can listen at any time. How much longer until most talk radio shows are available, with commercials, for free download? I wouldn’t bet against it… Radio is dying a slow death.

In short, push is dying…or perhaps, it’s that push and pull are becoming outmoded descriptors for content delivery. I don’t think we’re too far away from a time when people will be “pulling” more content, and more often, than they are “pushed.”

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