The Podcast

April 16, 2009 erikawase
Tags: apple, Ipod, podcast

According to Wikipedia a podcast is “a series of digital media files that is made available to download via Web syndication.” This term was created on February 12, 2004 with its definition for portable listening to audioblogs. There were many events that occurred before, after, and during the creation of the “podcast”. For a full timeline click here.

“It can also be thought of as the internet equivalent of timeshift-capable digital video recorders (DVRs) such as TiVo, which let users automatically record and store television programs for later viewing,” says Wikipedia.“The system most commonly involves audio files in mp3 format, but other formats and other types of files, such as video, can also be podcasted.”Podcast is like the term “broadcast” except used on the web and a podcaster is used to describe the person who creates the podcast. The Apple Ipod was created to make the transfer from computer to the device easier for podcasts but podcasts could be downloaded on to any type of device and even listened to on your desktop.

The popularity of the podcast has boomed in the past few years. There are so many different types that could appeal to everyone. Most podcasts today are conducted like a radio program and some of them are actual radio programs with a podcast version. Some individuals even make their own podcasts like for example a class podcast for others who have missed their class that day. All you need to record your own podcast is a high quality microphone, audio editing software, and a program like Audacity. Here is a video I found that gives a step by step instruction of how to create a podcast.

As you can see, creating a podcast is simple and fun. The growing popularity is just starting and who knows, maybe podcast will become the new technology for homeschooling or the new radio where podcasts will be played on a computer screen in your car.

Listening to podcasts and finding the ones you want is a very simple task. There are websites like podcastalley.com and podcastawards.com where you can find thousands of podcasts. There are all different genres for everyones liking.

For example if you are into Golf, there are different podcasts on Golf tips or if you are into cooking, there are cooking ones as well.

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