Six years later, the podcasting survivors look back

Mark Yoshimoto Nemcoff from his Blog World wrap-up:

I did see a bunch of friends and folks I’ve known since those olden podcasting days and the common joke we all shared was about being survivors. Every single one of us has parlayed our early indie experiences into career and brand-growing opportunities. All of us have expanded what we were originally doing and continue to thrive in new media… and all those annoying whiners and posers from the days of yore… there wasn’t a single one in sight.

And there, in a nutshell, is the evolution of podcasting.