Monday, December 13, 2004
What is Podcasting?
Have you noticed how many folks are walking around listening to iPods these days? Did you know that some of these folks are not listening to music, but to audio content that was posted on a website? Whether they have an iPod, MP3 player, or just a computer, they could be listening to your voice delivering your message.
What makes podcasting unique is the way it is delivered. I liken it to Tivo. If you are familiar with Tivo, you know that you only have to subscribe once to record every episode of a particular TV show.
Podcasting is similar. Listeners subscribe once to your podcast feed, and from then on, their computer will automatically download your podcasts and load it into their iPod.
This means that they didn't have to go to your website to look for updated content. It just appears on their iPod a day or two after you posted it to your website. It is just this ease-of-use that makes this process different than posting audio and waiting for someone to find look for it.
Does this interest you? Is this something that you would like to add to your website? Please contact me if you want to know more.
Cheers,
Thomas "Tech Coach Tom" Beutel
More About Podcasting
American Public Radio: http://www.publicradio.org/columns/futuretense/
Christian Science Monitor: http://www.csmonitor.com/2004/1210/p12s03-stct.html
Houston Chronical: http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/business/2902873
Macworld article on BBC Radio: http://www.macworld.com/news/2004/11/22/bbc/index.php
List of podcasts: http://Podcast.net
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