The Future of Podcasting

Directory at podcast.net, aggregator at ipodder.org
staccatomusic.org → CC music podcast

Podcast: an mp3 file attached to your blog as an enclosure
- published in RSS 2.0 enclosure feed

Podcast should have a reason for being audio

Costs of Podcasting

Software, hardware, hosting
Better quality audio increases likelihood of listeners
Time: ratio of production time to show length

*How does Matt tie his voice to the songs on his show?
Creates a playlist in iTunes, then captures it with Audio Hijack to make a single mp3 file

Who is the audience for podcasting?

public radio audience
internet with sound
local audiences
"pod-safe" music
how-to's, e.g. IT Conversations

Use CC licenses so people know it's OK to download

Parish said someone asked him if it was OK to download an MP3 on his site. He said, "I invented it [the MP3 standard], I gave it to you, of course it's OK." The person was afraid they'd get sued or something.

Business of podcasting

listeners help determine sponsors
get sponsors to donate podcasting supplies (e.g. hosting)

Don't focus on broadcasting → have fun!

Future of podcasting

wireless iPod, wireless broadcasting
how would you use RSS in your house?

Question: better to use blogging tools or roll your own?
- can use existing blogging software, but currently requires tweaks

Audio indexing: make show notes so search engines can index podcasts
- blinkx.com has some stuff like this

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