Podcasting hype inflating the balloon?: "Word in the newsroom Monday was that multi-billions of dollars were being spent to acquire Internet companies. In my newsreader, I learned podcasters and web loggers and other techies will confer in Seattle in June at Gnomedex 5.0. And the Charlotte Observer online told me the Pitts Baptist Church has begun offering MP3 downloads of weekly sermons. All this enthusiasm, optimism, and spending reminds me of the parties of 1999..."—AlwaysOn Network