Podcasting 12 Stepper
I'm addicted to podcasting. I never thought I would be but it's happened. Firstly my hardware/software set-up is perfect for a newbie poddie :
- Apple Imac g5 20" as the main hub !
- Apple Ipod Shuffle 512M for my podcasts and music from CDs, limewire, edonkey, bittorrent (azureus, torrentspy)
- Ipodder software to get updated podcasts through RSS
- Itunes which converts downloaded mp3s into my shuffle !
The hardest thing about podcasting isn't setting up the above esp on mac - there are heaps of explanations on what to download and the steps : basically download ipodder or ipodderx or similar 'reader', and use itunes... or something comparable to get onto your ipod/player.
The real challenge is in finding 'podcasts' that suit your style : At the moment podcasts are generally skewed towards commentary about podcasts and the internet (just as blogs are self-referential).. but they are also to steal a phrase from 'The Dollar Show' "shitcasting" - where 2 friends or husband and wife talk shit !
Some are good, some bad, others awful.. but there is the sublime, esp as you go for a brisk morning walk as you head to work with your IPOD.
I listened to a great interview with the VP of bus dev for feedburner.com (a great company) the founder of Newsgator (the leader in RSS) Bill Gates on Windows Mobile, Paris Hiltons first podcast... as well as normal people with fascinating stories. (and seasoned media operators embracing a new medium and enjoying the anarchy - such as Adam Curry)
In terms of podcast specific search tools, there is nothing excellent out there similar to the way feedster.com and technorati and blogpulse let you search for blogs or monitor trends in the podcast-sphere.
The leading podcast search tool (still in beta) is www.podscope.com - which searches for keywords within the podcast - but you have to search broadly eg "hollywood" "technology" ie not too specific eg I searched for "rss" and I got no results. Once you get results though they are from good sources, and it allows you to hear samples, visit their website and 'capture' the URL of the podcast's 'feed' so you can place it in your 'ipodder' reader.
There are also alot of amateur or early days directory services for podcasting incl www.podcastalley.com (their top 25 is a good place to start)
The so-called godfather of podcasting Adam Curry is also a good place to start - dailysourcecode.com : He also authored the ipodder client and has just launched a 4 hour daily broadcast on sirius satellite radio in the US covering and sampling the best podcasts. Get his daily source code, which is a good starter in the way podcasts 'riff' with their audience - adam likes smoking a joint while talking about podcasting, planes, MTV days and generally he's pretty chill.
From there you'll want to either go harder into the podcast world or more mainstream : Paris Hilton's first podcast for her Movie with Warner Bros House of Wax was a must download, not because it was good (the "podcasting community" hated it) but because it was the classic example of watching a train crash or seeing behind the veneer of 21st century celebrity.
Some of the kewl couples podcasting out there that I am now downloading and running over my download limits (avg podcast size is about 20 meg which once you are downloading 4-5 a day, adds up pretty quick if you have small file size limit)
- The Dollar Show : 2 guys very funny : chilled out Howard Stern
- Slashdot Review : 10 minute summary of tech news each day from slashdot.org
- Keith & the Girl : Bitter funny dirty crude diatribes on Paris Hilton, sex scandals
- Sam and Jim go to Hollywood : 2 guys sell their restaurant and houses and get a job at disney for $30K while waiting from HBO on a TV deal : good stuff !
- Podcast 411 : Good interviews with technology executives at Web 2.0 companies
- Verge of the Fringe : Guy places a personals ad in craigslist and documents the date on his podcast. oh and he's bald and has one testicle
- Dawn & Drew Show : Funny couple talk about "stuff"
- Podcasting Network - Australian guys with global content incl G'Day world and guest appearances from the mercurial evangelist Frank Arrigo of MS "where is Longhorn" fame
Sorry the URLs for the sites and podcast feeds arent there but if you search on google or go to podcastalley.com or podcastingnews.com you will find the links you need there.
Podcasting wont replace radio but I cant wait till it goes mainstream and I can get all my new and old media onto the ipod, psp, iriver, xda etc :)
Im just learning now how to run my own podcasts using tools like garage band (on the mac) and australian built www.podifier.com or a premium service ($50 US) www.makepropaganda.com, plus a microphone and skype.com connection (so i can interview others around the world and record it, for free)
You gotta love all this growth in creativity and the challenge it presents !! Get onto it.
Also - Ive just got my feedburner RSS feed running, so for all you newsgator RSS addicts out there subscribe to my blog at http://feeds.feedburner.com/blogspot/Fumd
- Apple Imac g5 20" as the main hub !
- Apple Ipod Shuffle 512M for my podcasts and music from CDs, limewire, edonkey, bittorrent (azureus, torrentspy)
- Ipodder software to get updated podcasts through RSS
- Itunes which converts downloaded mp3s into my shuffle !
The hardest thing about podcasting isn't setting up the above esp on mac - there are heaps of explanations on what to download and the steps : basically download ipodder or ipodderx or similar 'reader', and use itunes... or something comparable to get onto your ipod/player.
The real challenge is in finding 'podcasts' that suit your style : At the moment podcasts are generally skewed towards commentary about podcasts and the internet (just as blogs are self-referential).. but they are also to steal a phrase from 'The Dollar Show' "shitcasting" - where 2 friends or husband and wife talk shit !
Some are good, some bad, others awful.. but there is the sublime, esp as you go for a brisk morning walk as you head to work with your IPOD.
I listened to a great interview with the VP of bus dev for feedburner.com (a great company) the founder of Newsgator (the leader in RSS) Bill Gates on Windows Mobile, Paris Hiltons first podcast... as well as normal people with fascinating stories. (and seasoned media operators embracing a new medium and enjoying the anarchy - such as Adam Curry)
In terms of podcast specific search tools, there is nothing excellent out there similar to the way feedster.com and technorati and blogpulse let you search for blogs or monitor trends in the podcast-sphere.
The leading podcast search tool (still in beta) is www.podscope.com - which searches for keywords within the podcast - but you have to search broadly eg "hollywood" "technology" ie not too specific eg I searched for "rss" and I got no results. Once you get results though they are from good sources, and it allows you to hear samples, visit their website and 'capture' the URL of the podcast's 'feed' so you can place it in your 'ipodder' reader.
There are also alot of amateur or early days directory services for podcasting incl www.podcastalley.com (their top 25 is a good place to start)
The so-called godfather of podcasting Adam Curry is also a good place to start - dailysourcecode.com : He also authored the ipodder client and has just launched a 4 hour daily broadcast on sirius satellite radio in the US covering and sampling the best podcasts. Get his daily source code, which is a good starter in the way podcasts 'riff' with their audience - adam likes smoking a joint while talking about podcasting, planes, MTV days and generally he's pretty chill.
From there you'll want to either go harder into the podcast world or more mainstream : Paris Hilton's first podcast for her Movie with Warner Bros House of Wax was a must download, not because it was good (the "podcasting community" hated it) but because it was the classic example of watching a train crash or seeing behind the veneer of 21st century celebrity.
Some of the kewl couples podcasting out there that I am now downloading and running over my download limits (avg podcast size is about 20 meg which once you are downloading 4-5 a day, adds up pretty quick if you have small file size limit)
- The Dollar Show : 2 guys very funny : chilled out Howard Stern
- Slashdot Review : 10 minute summary of tech news each day from slashdot.org
- Keith & the Girl : Bitter funny dirty crude diatribes on Paris Hilton, sex scandals
- Sam and Jim go to Hollywood : 2 guys sell their restaurant and houses and get a job at disney for $30K while waiting from HBO on a TV deal : good stuff !
- Podcast 411 : Good interviews with technology executives at Web 2.0 companies
- Verge of the Fringe : Guy places a personals ad in craigslist and documents the date on his podcast. oh and he's bald and has one testicle
- Dawn & Drew Show : Funny couple talk about "stuff"
- Podcasting Network - Australian guys with global content incl G'Day world and guest appearances from the mercurial evangelist Frank Arrigo of MS "where is Longhorn" fame
Sorry the URLs for the sites and podcast feeds arent there but if you search on google or go to podcastalley.com or podcastingnews.com you will find the links you need there.
Podcasting wont replace radio but I cant wait till it goes mainstream and I can get all my new and old media onto the ipod, psp, iriver, xda etc :)
Im just learning now how to run my own podcasts using tools like garage band (on the mac) and australian built www.podifier.com or a premium service ($50 US) www.makepropaganda.com, plus a microphone and skype.com connection (so i can interview others around the world and record it, for free)
You gotta love all this growth in creativity and the challenge it presents !! Get onto it.
Also - Ive just got my feedburner RSS feed running, so for all you newsgator RSS addicts out there subscribe to my blog at http://feeds.feedburner.com/blogspot/Fumd
posted by redbarren at 5:07 PM
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