Daily Podcast News

November 25, 2004

Podcasting on BBC

Filed under: Reviews

The Culture Show Podcasting feature in detail:

Adam’s show introduction starts proceedings.
Reporter talks about the technology and how it’s DIY radio.
Adam explains podcasting in his words to Zina.
Dawn and Drew show introduction played.
Adam details how to subscribe and that there’s over 500/600 podcasts available.
Tokyo Calling introduction played.
Heather Hollick said: “It’s user friendly”.
Adam chats about the history of podcasting, now has 50,000 listeners.
Zina goes on to say that most podcasts aren’t as slick as The Daily Source Code.
Lee Wellbrook says that he listens to humorous shows.
Sample of tap dancing podcast is played.
Followed by Adam saying how good it is.
Paul Cleghorn is quoted as saying “it’s talk by geeks about open source software”.
The reporter says that the podcaster rejoices in the amateur status.
How American radio stations have created their own podcasts.
Adam: “Radio not challenged like what we have seen with magazines, newspaper and T.V.
Will established radio muscle in and will amateurs survive?
Adam defends by saying how good The Dawn and Drew Show, Engaget and Geek Show really are.
Ends with Adam saying: “Party Along”. Should be up on the Internet by tomorrow hopefully.

November 12, 2004

Podfeeder

Filed under: Reviews

Podfeeder is a great website, although to the visual eye it’s not the most aesthetic site around to view, with this said, it does serve the basic purpose of having 186 shows available. Each of these have the xml file location, and the show type which is very handy, so at least you know what you’re downloading. The blog hasn’t been updated for over a month now but does feature some interesting news and also a plugin for Mozilla users.

The site layout does continue throughtout the site, but is pretty simple with navigation placed at the top and uses the simple white background. The download page has links to dircaster (which creates enclosures automatically for you) and also a python script that uses rsslib to generate an RSS feed. You can also add your podcast or do it on behalf of someone else. Check out their OPML file of all their shows:

http://podfeeder.com/allshows.opml. Overall 6.5/10 [needs to update more]

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