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A Podcast from Network Administrators
MakoStorm writes "The guys over at wehatetech.com have been working really hard on their Podcast. "After This Week in Tech", and others. It was time for a Podcast that others might enjoy. With a bit of ranting, whining, and over all dislike for the dreaded stuff we need to fix every day." The site also offers an open forum to dump your horror stories in an effort to prevent technophiles from going postal.
Stolen from Wiki:
Podcasting is a method of publishing audio broadcasts via the Internet, allowing users to subscribe to a feed of new files (usually MP3s). It became popular in late 2004, largely due to automatic downloading of audio onto portable players or personal computers.
Podcasting is distinct from other types of online media delivery because of its subscription model, which uses a feed (such as RSS or Atom) to deliver an enclosed file. Podcasting enables independent producers to create self-published, syndicated "radio shows," and gives broadcast radio programs a new distribution method. Listeners may subscribe to feeds using "podcatching" software (a type of aggregator), which periodically checks for and downloads new content automatically. Some podcatching software is also able to synchronise (copy) podcasts to portable music players. Any digital audio player or computer with audio-playing software can play podcasts. The same technique can deliver video files, and by 2005 some aggregators could play video as well as audio.
"Podcasting" is a portmanteau word that combines the words "broadcasting" and "iPod." The term can be misleading since neither podcasting nor listening to podcasts requires an iPod or any portable music player. For that reason, various writers have suggested reinterpreting the letters POD to create "backronyms" such as "Personal On-Demand."[1] The term "Radio Me" was coined by Peter Day of the BBC for the same reason. A little-used alternate is "blogcasting", although this usually only refers to recordings that are based on, or similar in format to, blogs.
Putting down another podcast while making a comment on one you like is just shameless advertising.
ok I finished listening to the podcast and I must say it's disappointing this is on the front page of slashdot. If the poor quality mp3 wasn't bad enough, the shrieking and random burping out loud while babbling on like 14 year olds is.
No wonder some of the commercial station podcasts are climbing up the charts as popular if this is what counts for an amateur one.
You have to weed thru them to find the good ones. Try http://itconversations.com/ and also http://www.thisweekintech.com/
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Yeah, I will admit the last podcast was not really that great. After the first 10 minutes it gets better. What can I say, I am sicker than a dog and we did it around 1 AM with a $10 Mic and a FREE encoding program. If you have any comments on how to make it better such as software and mics to use, let me know.
We need a good freely accessible ratings service for podcasts in different categories. help people sort the chaff from the soap.
Umm... Podcast Awards?
Try out the winners.
Spoon not. Fork, or fork not. There is no spoon.