Hi Kevin,
I'd like to applaud your message, quoted below. You plucked everything
right out of my brain and summed it up quite succinctly. I'm under the
impression that Gabe is one of those people who falls into the camp that
if it works, no matter how difficult or cumbersome it may be, then don't
try to improve it. I tend to be of the mind that there is always room
for improvement.
Podcasting is a way of delivering audio content quickly and efficiently
to large numbers of people automatically, by combining two existing
technologies. This is not the same as slapping a link up on a web site
and expecting people to download it. One big reason why podcasting
doesn't fall into the category of a "fashion" is that it has come into
being as broadband has become more readily available to the masses.
Podcasting, in its current form, could not have been reasonably viable
in the days of dial-up. Ergo, you cannot dismiss it as a fad. As I
stated before, progress is a wonderful thing. *grin*
Kevin Reeves wrote:
No gabe. We don't call it podcasting because it's cool. We call it
podcasting because of the incorporation of rss enclosure tags into the
picture. Folks like The Snowman and Blind Kiss have been uploading
shows to servers for years, but only the geeky ones who were adept
enough to download the file and burn it to a CD were the ones
listening to the shows. Podcasting has automated this process and with
the help of folks like Podshow, people can set up channels of content
to be delivered to wherever they want. As far as podcast recording
software, sound studio is great for recording the audio, but what he
was refering to is a program like cast laster, which will record the
show, allow you to fill in your show notes, and publish to the blog
and ftp server. There is currenly one in development for the mac. but
for now, you'll have to record it with the helpof something like
sound studio and upload and publish it manually. Before you go off
saying that everything is a fassion, just remember gabe that your
computer skills are more advanced than the average Joe user.
Therefore, it's easy for you to search out some little known 3rd party
program that will fill the need for something like iTunes. however,
most folks want to be able to use what's out there because iTunes does
make it easy to get music. Stop thinking from the perspective of the
geeky tech guy who can and will find alternatives. It's not about us.
It's about the average consumer. We can sit all day long on version
tracker, source forge, etc and find the cool replacements. what we
need to do as a community is to push for accessibility for themost
commonly used aps because that will benefit the greater good.
- Re: Podcasting Josh de Lioncourt
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