Podcasting: That’s Hot
Even though I am iPodless (sigh), I’m still interested in the new technology called "podcating."
Podcasting (From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia) -
The term podcasting plays upon the terms broadcasting and webcasting and is derived from the name of the iPod portable music player, the playback device of choice of many early podcast listeners. Podcasting uses an XML-based technology called RSS, or Really Simple Syndication. Content publishers describe new content in an XML RSS file which includes dates, titles, descriptions, and links to MP3 files. This auto-generated file is called an RSS feed. The key to making podcasting work with RSS is enclosures, a feature supported by RSS 2.0.
I added several tech-related podcast feeds to my RSS reader, and I listen to them at work and home. I really like the WebTalk radio show whose Podcast can be found here.
Do you have a favorite Podcast site? Or a favorite show? Comment here with the details!
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I like the Engadget podcast (www.engadget.com) and have been a fan of the whole podcast thing since CNet did it a few years ago (only it wasn’t called podcasting yet).
I’d love to try podcasting myself one of these days.