Tayari's Blog: Podcasts?
Posted by TayariJones on November 26, 2005 09:03 AM
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Tayari has a new toy. Yes, my new iPod has arrived. Of course I will miss the dearly departed "Persephone" who was last seem in the Chicago O'Hare airport. If you see anyone listening to an iPod with the name "T-Lovely" engraved on the back, slap this person, retrieve the pod and I will give you a reward. I've named my new iPod "Andromeda." She's black and gorgeous.
Anyway, being without an iPod for a week made me realize that I wasn't making the most of the technology available to me. So I started investigating this "podcasting" thing I had heard so much about. I'm hooked. My question to you all is what podcasts (if any) do you listen to?
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Comment #1, by Nichelle
I subscribe to about 10 podcasts but regularly listen to Coverville, Biddycast,On The Media, Ebert and Roeper and Eat Feed. They are available on iTunes for FREE!
November 26, 2005 08:28 PM
Comment #2, by LadyLee
Watch out now, Tayari... you'll be getting a TV before you know it :)
Not really understanding the whole IPOD craze. I almost bought the smallest one today... I'm especially interested in the whole podcast phenomena. The technology is changing so fast! Think I'll just sit back and watch for a moment, to see if they come up with more interesting uses...
November 27, 2005 11:59 PM
Comment #3, by Allison
Be careful LadyLee the technology bug will bite and forever change you, don't go small, bigger is better in the land of Pod. I'm waiting for my new toy to come via FedEx - an upgrade from the (pink) mini. Not a Podcaster yet, but I'm sure Ms. T will change all of that.
November 28, 2005 11:44 PM
Comment #4, by 2good2BTrue
Podcasting is a term used to describe a collection of technologies for automatically distributing audio and video programs over the Internet using a publisher/subscriber model. It differs from earlier online collections of audio or video material because it automatically transfers materials to the user's computer for later consumption; it is one example of push technology. Podcasting enables independent producers to create self-published, syndicated "radio shows," and gives broadcast radio or television programs a new distribution method. Any digital audio player or computer with audio-playing software can play podcasts. From the earliest RSS-enclosure tests in 2000 and 2001, feeds have been used to deliver video files as well as audio, and other media such as photographs and text are transferable by podcast. The term "podcast", however, still refers largely to audio content distribution.
A podcast is not the same as a webcast, which normally refers to a show distributed by streaming media. "Podcasting" is a portmanteau that combines the words "iPod" and "broadcasting." The term is often thought to be a misnomer since neither podcasting nor listening to podcasts requires an iPod or any portable player, and no broadcasting is required. The term is also sometimes criticized as giving undue credit to Apple for a technology which it had very little to do with creating. Aware of this potential misunderstanding, some writers have suggested alternative names. One such alternative is "blogcasting", which implies content based on, or similar in format to, blogs. Others include
"audioblogging" and "rsscasting". Some writers have also suggested reinterpretations of "pod", such as "Personal, On-Demand" or phonetically "Portable Audio". Podcasting as a medium is not limited to audio data. Podcasting of video data is called, among other things, "video blogging", "video vodcasting", "vlogging", "vodcasting", or "vidcasting".
December 4, 2005 05:12 AM
Comment #5, by podslap.com
The Slap! podslap.com
December 8, 2005 05:56 PM