Media Review: Digg Dialogg

I had a look at the latest show from revision3: Digg Dialogg. The idea is to apply the principles of Digg to interviews: Users submit the questions that they would like to see the interviewer ask and the community "Diggs" the questions they like. The 10 questions with the more "Diggs" are the ones that the interviewer will ask to the interviewed personality. I have seen two of the Digg Dialogg shows already (Trent Reznor and Richard Branson) and in my opinion the system works very well. Not only were the questions interesting but also covering things that a professional journalist would maybe not have asked.

Since we have not seen that many innovative non-fiction podcast shows recently Digg dialogg is a breath of fresh air that really takes advantage of the "two way" nature of the internet. Another point I noticed is that the celebrities interviewed seemed very comfortable answering the questions and the interviews seemed more "intimate" than what I am used to see on TV. I think that this is an advantage of the podcast media over TV: there is no schedule pressure, the guests can take as long as they want to answer the questions without fear of being cut. Also they are pretty sure that the audience is interested in what they have to say (they wouldn't download that episode of Digg dialogg if they weren't) and they seems more willing to go into details answering the questions.

As usual for a revision 3 show the technical aspects of the podcast are handled flawlessly and Digg Dialogg is available at the usual places such as iTunes or Miro in various formats from iPod to 720p HD. The show is definitely recommended as long as you are somewhat interested in the celebrity being interviewed.