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Chapter 1
Get ting the Scoop on Podcasting
In This Chapter
Finding out what podcasting is
Creating a podcast
Finding and subscribing to podcasts
S
ometimes the invention that makes the biggest impact on our daily lives isn’t
an invention at all, but the convergence of existing technologies, processes,
and ideas. Podcasting may be the perfect example of that principle — and it’s
changing the relationship people have with their radios, music collections, books,
education, and more.
The podcasting movement is actually a spin-off of another communications
boom: personal Weblogs, commonly referred to as blogs. Blogs sprang up
right and left, providing non-programmers and designers a clean, elegant
interface that left many on the technology side wondering why they hadn’t
thought of it sooner. Everyday people could chronicle their lives, hopes, dreams,
and fears, and show them to anyone who cared to read. And oddly enough,
people did care to read — and still do.
Podcasting combines the instant information exchange of blogging with audio
and video files that can be played on a computer or portable media device.
When you make your podcast publicly available on the World Wide Web, you are
exposing your craft to anyone with a computer and a broadband Internet con-
nection. To put that in perspective, some online sources report the global online
population is over 1.2 billion users. In the United States, broadband connections
are now more popular than dialup among the 235 million Internet users. And to
top it all off, portable players are surging in popularity, with over 22 million adult
owners.
This chapter is for the consumers of the content (the audience) and those
who make the content (the podcasters) alike. We cover the basic steps to
record a podcast and lay out the basics of what you need to do to enjoy a
podcast on your media player.
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Chapter 1Get ting the Scoop on PodcastingIn This Chapter Finding out what podcasting is Creating a podcast Finding and subscribing to podcastsSome

Page 2 - You want to deliver audio

20Par t I: Podcasting on a Worldwide Frequency your best-sounding show. With LibSyn (shown in Figure 1-4), moving your audio files to the Web server i

Page 3 - You want to reach beyond

21 Chapter 1: Get ting the Scoop on Podcasting You can easily glance at a blog and get the gist of a conversation, but an audio file requires active

Page 4 - You have something to say

22Par t I: Podcasting on a Worldwide Frequency Internet to your computer automatically. In this section, we take a look at some of the different podca

Page 5 - Creating a Podcast

23 Chapter 1: Get ting the Scoop on PodcastingDownload Juice from http://juicereceiver.sourceforge.net. After you install it, subscribing to feeds is

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24Par t I: Podcasting on a Worldwide Frequency The 800-pound gorilla called iTunesWith the launch of iTunes version 4.9 in June 2005, podcasting went

Page 7 - Compressing your audio files

25 Chapter 1: Get ting the Scoop on PodcastingWith iTunes, podcasting reached into the mainstream markets around the world. (And if that doesn’t make

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26Par t I: Podcasting on a Worldwide Frequency new software on your system, or maybe you just like to be different. Hey, that’s okay! You too can be a

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27 Chapter 1: Get ting the Scoop on PodcastingFor more information and product comparisons, we suggest heading over to PodcatcherMatrix (http://podcat

Page 10 - Grabbing listeners

28Par t I: Podcasting on a Worldwide Frequency Podcast PickleGary Leland and the crew at Podcast Pickle (http://podcastpickle.com) take a slightly dif

Page 11 - Podcatching Client

29 Chapter 1: Get ting the Scoop on PodcastingDigg.comDigg.com is a site originally known for its innovative way of getting news to the masses by havi

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12Par t I: Podcasting on a Worldwide Frequency If you’re starting to get the idea that podcasting is revolutionary, ground-breaking, and possibly a ma

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30Par t I: Podcasting on a Worldwide Frequency If you’re watching your budget, there’s a fee to attend the conferences, but the expo floor is free of

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13 Chapter 1: Get ting the Scoop on PodcastingYou want to reach beyond the boundaries of radioIn radio, the number of people who can listen to a show

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14Par t I: Podcasting on a Worldwide Frequency Narrowcasting (the practice of delivering content to a select group) distinguishes podcasting from tr

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15 Chapter 1: Get ting the Scoop on PodcastingCreating a PodcastThere are two schools of thought when it comes to creating a podcast: The “I need the

Page 17 - Quest for Podcasts

16Par t I: Podcasting on a Worldwide Frequency Usually the built-in microphone in a laptop is located close to the edge of the keyboard or near the

Page 18 - Podcast Alley

17 Chapter 1: Get ting the Scoop on PodcastingRecording your first podcastWhen you have your computer set up and your microphone working, it’s time to

Page 19 - Other Podcast Resources

18Par t I: Podcasting on a Worldwide Frequency Figure 1-2: Apple iTunes, available for both Mac and Windows platforms, can create MP3 files from a va

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19 Chapter 1: Get ting the Scoop on Podcasting Figure 1-3: While com-pressing audio files, Apple gives a progress report on the con-version process.

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