Comments on: You know podcasting is really popular when…

By: hank

hank — Tue, 20 Dec 2005 00:32:00 +0000

Hehe “superlong mp3″. That’s a good one, I hope it catches on.

All you really need is a website, a mic and an audio editor. I’m liking Audacity (it’s free!).

And here’s a beginner’s guide to podcasting on the cheap.

Totally looking forward to it! Looks like my first dabble will be going up early in the new year…

By: Ross

Ross — Tue, 20 Dec 2005 00:16:43 +0000

Okay, now I am convinced… to the point where I am going to attempt to make my own podcast (or superlong mp3) over the xmas break, what tools would you recommend?

By: hank

hank — Fri, 16 Dec 2005 06:17:23 +0000

Not strictly connected to iPods, that’s just the name that stuck because podcasting only really took off big when iPods and other portable mp3 devices came along. So don’t get hung up on the name. Think of it as just the same as blogging. Regularly updated websites aren’t new, but the fact that anybody can do it really easily without being a technical guru has meant that the whole self publishing thing has exploded. Podcasting might be considered the audio version.

I don’t have an iPod, I listen to podcasts via my PC mostly. Why podcast? It’s just a way of getting content out there and communicating, like blogging but an audio version. It’s the whole advance of syndication (RSS) that’s making it really useful. The other part of it is it’s radio in the hands of the masses, not subject to commercial pressure or government licensing and censorship.

Anyway, check out the Wikipedia article on Podcasting for more details.

By: Ross

Ross — Fri, 16 Dec 2005 05:55:19 +0000

Okay, right I missed the oldman joke… … but I’m still not convinced of this podcast thing… if it is an Mp3 format you obviously don’t necessarily need an Ipod to play it…correct? so why podcast? Has this got something to do with the body-snatchers? sounds like another case of new and improved, lemon scented branding…

By: hank

hank — Wed, 14 Dec 2005 23:34:50 +0000

Whoooosh! (Note to self: maybe my attempt at humour was a little too subtle)

Podcasting is just a fancy-pants term for radio shows in mp3 format. Maybe you could call it an audio blog. It’s a series in MP3 format (yes, generally longer than a single music track) with an RSS feed to let podcast receiver software know when new episodes are released. eg in iTunes you subscribe to a podcast and any new episodes are regularly downloaded onto your iPod.

Try this on your PC – I’m using Juice (formerly iPodder)

By: Ross Radiation

Ross Radiation — Wed, 14 Dec 2005 23:18:54 +0000

BTW Call me old fashioned but these new podcast things just sound like longer Mp3’s… What is the technical difference here?

By: Ross Radiation

Ross Radiation — Wed, 14 Dec 2005 23:12:32 +0000

Are you sure he wasn’t just holding a transistor radio?

By: hank

hank — Wed, 14 Dec 2005 12:58:32 +0000

Actually it must have been WiFi because he kept calling it his wireless.

By: Ross Radiation

Ross Radiation — Wed, 14 Dec 2005 12:17:05 +0000

Weird, but I guess Gambling and Sex Industry types are usually the first to exploit new technologies. Thank Jesus he wasn’t enjoying a pod cast from the latter in a public place for your sakes…