Hey Josh and Kevin,
Yes I agree - i am trying to learn to Podcast - with all the technical
stuff - creating and uploading them and all that good stuff.
And as far as progress is concerned, no operating system or assistive
technology is perfect - you can't please all the people all the time.
Take care
James
----- Original Message -----
From: "Josh de Lioncourt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac OS X by
theblind" <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, August 08, 2006 5:23 PM
Subject: Re: Podcasting
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.
