Lucidity

In our interview with Tom Smith the topic of RSS adoption rates came up, along with some possible explanations and predictions for future uptake. Forrester released a report entitled What’s Holding RSS Back? in October, and reactions in the blogosphere were mixed – though it’s difficult to tell how many of the bloggers and commenters have read the report, which is available for download for $279 US. Steve Rubel of Micro Persuasion has, and appears to take it at face value. In response to commenters there suggesting that perhaps survey respondents didn’t understand the question, lead author Julie Katz herself pipes up to clarify the methodology. Mark Hopkins at Mashable is a dissenting voice however, and even the productivity-minded early adopters at Lifehacker seem divided on not only the findings but the technology itself. My only question: do podcasts count?