Diggnation

Digg.com is a special kind of website. Participants submit links to headline stories appearing on the web and others rate the stories according to their interest. The top rated links are then presented on the front page of the website - thus giving a clear picture of what the participants are interested in, each day.

The related podcast - diggnation - is an offspring of this online community. It is presented by Alex Albrecht and Kevin Rose, two technologically informed (read: geeks) slacker types who go over the most popular stories and give us their take on them.

I have to say... this is not a bad premise and should make for a decent video podcast. The stories are varied and the presenters are extremely likeable, even funny at times. However, the production shows signs of the slacker mentality. The presenters are usually seated together on a sofa with a laptop each on their laps. They sip from beer bottles and do their best to wittily exchange banter.
Somehow, they don´t quite manage to pull it off.
They are informed, they are likable... but they need just a little bit more polish, genuine sharp humour and much better production. The "two guys with laptops drinking beer" just isn´t enough.

As it is... the video podcast doesn´t add much to the pre-existing audio one and they could have a superior product if they would step back and revise the whole presentation. Video is a totally different medium than audio and they will have to step up their game.
But they deserve credit for embracing the technology so early. It will be interesting to see how they will develop in this new arena.

http://revision3.com/diggnation