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2/25/2005

And It Is Called... Podcasting...

I never heard about this phenomenon until today when I first saw it mentioned on the innernext on a bloggers site NarcandDark //from Romania// who I have no idea who he/they are so proceed with due caution... and then just 2 seconds later spotted on the March cover of WIRED magazine... so upon futher/little investigation I decided it was WEIRD enough to mention... trying to educate as many as I can... I know... //sighs// I'm a giver...

The following is taken tight and right from the March Issue of the magazine...page 113...

HOW IT WORKS
1. The podcaster records a show as an audio file.
2. Then, he adds a hyperlink for the show to an RSS feed on a Web server.
3. The listener's podcast software checks RSS feeds at set intervals, downloading and adding new shows to a playlist.
4. When the listener docks his portable player, it updates with the latest shows.

HOW TO GET IT
To download podcasts to any portable (not just the iPod), start with the right software. Wired's pick:
iPodder: This free PC/Mac/Linux program lets you subscribe to podcasts from its directory listing or add your own. It periodically checks for and downloads new podcasts. If you use iTunes, you'll find the latest shows waiting whenever you dock your iPod. Free download,ipodder.org

HOW TO MAKE YOUR OWN PODCAST
1. Plug a USB headset with earphone and microphone into your computer.
2. Install the free Audacity MP3 recorder for Windows, Mac, or Linux. Make a recording, then save it as an MP3 file.
3. Upload the MP3 file to your Web site or blog. Follow the instructions at ipodder.org to create an RSS feed on your site.

WHAT'S NEXT
Ourmedia (ourmedia.org), a grassroots media project backed by the Internet Archive, will provide free podcasting tools and permanent hosting for podcasts beginning in mid-2005. Also, broadcasters such as the Canadian Broadcasting Company, BBC, and NPR are currently experimenting with podcasting.

You can read the whole article online here including an interview with former MTV D.J. Adam Curry!?!

Adam Curry is to Podcasting what Ed Begly Jr. is to The Electric Car...

The funny thing is that this magazine was totally going out of business a few years ago from what I remember after the whole dotbomb thing happend but strangely it is still around... good for them!!!

::Note:: ourmedia.org requires a login and password with no way to create one... so some homework for the hackers...

Man... this one has more links than a hot dog factory...

And a moment of silence... for the death of radio....

In a word ... radioyousuckedanyway...

///posted by the often humiliated but never decaffeinated X @ 2/25/2005

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