I’ve got a few entries brewing right now but I’m not ready to post just yet. In the mean time I’ll just mention how much I’m enjoying the new phenom Podcasting. Bjørn, if your reading, podcasting is for you—it’s cutting edge but still left of center. Apple describes podcasting as:
Radio-style shows — some from major media, others from passionate individuals — delivered over the Internet to your computer. Unlike streaming audio, which requires you to listen in real time, podcasting lets you control how and when you hear your favorite shows…Choose the time. Choose the place. Choose the show. Save for later or listen now. Podcasting makes it possible. iTunes makes it easy.
Take CBC Radio 3’s podcast for example (playing as I type) featuring unique independent Canadian Music. This is music you thrill to hear; it engages, without forcing itself upon you, in a way that mainstream radio falls hopelessly short of. This isn’t your “Incomplete” by the Backstreet Boys (which I cannot understand why anybody would pay to download from iTMS). After listening to the CBC 3’s debut “cast” I’m hooked, I’ve relistened to this cast 3 times already. Another podcast I’m interested in is LDS Voices , featuring words of wisdom both past and present. The compiler of this podcast is presumably presenting the best of LDS speech, firesides and talks, updated at the rate of one new cast a day. I also subscribed to Mommycast, two moms who comment on motherhood, being a modern woman, music and technology. I love this podcasting thing-it is the best of a new and old idea—listening to the ideas and expressions of others on radio. I can picture my grandparents of yesteryear gathered around listening to old radioshows, and it makes me smile to realize I’m doing the same thing in a new-fangled way.
So check it out, let me know what great podcasts you find. I’m thinking about starting my own podcast someday, its surprisingly easy to do. Apple has made it incredibly easy, see for yourself.
