Podcasting at the Park
Friday April 29, 2005 at 6:47 pm | Filed under Me, On the Web
Today at work I got to lead the charge in launching a page on our site that was a bit different than the usual pages on our site. Its focus is on the 50th Anniversary press events that are happening next week, but more so it communicates that we’re “podcasting” some of the happenings during the opening events for the 50th Celebration.
What is Podcasting? Well, we turn to the Wiki to find out things we don’t know, right?
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Podcasting is a way of publishing sound files to Internet, allowing users to subscribe to a feed and receive new audio files automatically. Podcasting is distinctive from other types of audio content delivery by its use of the RSS protocol. This technique has enabled a number of individuals to create self-published, syndicated radio shows.
Users subscribe to podcasts using “podcatching” software (also called “aggregator” software) which periodically checks for and downloads new content. It can then sync the content to the user’s portable music player, hence the portmanteau of Apple’s “iPod” and “broadcasting.” Podcasting does not require an iPod, however; any digital audio player or computer with the appropriate software can play podcasts.
Take a look at the page, and learn what podcasting is all about. If you have a portable mp3 player you can even take part. If you don’t have a player, you can still hear the audio files, you just have to listen to them on your computer instead of a player. At any rate, it’s a cool project to be working on, and it’s got me looking into podcasting more. I’m listening to one right now from reelreviewsradio.com (the site belonging to the guy that’s going to host the podcasts at Disneyland) that is a round table discussion about the movie Sideways with wine experts from Grape Radio.
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