If you like the enhanced podcasts we do here on MAKE, you might like this one from G4’s – Attack of the Show. They’re starting to record their production meetings- then adding images and links. You can get see and listen in on how a TV show is created. Link. See our HOW TO here on making enhanced podcasts if you want make your own.
Javacast is an Enhanced Podcast to Java MIDlet (J2ME) converter for Mobile Phones. It is to be used by Podcasters to convert their Enhanced Podcasts to Java MIDlets. The resulting Java Phone application would be downloaded via WAP/OTA as any Java application. It does not require iTunes, iPodder or any podcast downloader. Link.
No matter what you think of podcasts, this is really cool. One day before landing, STS-114 Mission Specialist Steve Robinson transmitted the first podcast from space. Link.
Over on ODEO we have a roundup of our top five favorite podcasts on ODEO. Warranties get voided, we are no longer afraid to look under the hood, mod, tweak and bend technology – oh yes, a new era of tinkerers is coming. And this revolution can be downloaded. Diggnation and 2600 are syncing up now! Link.
Robotic! Here you kind find a podcast of google news. I (well cron) pulls the news 4 times a day and feeds it to festival. This gets posted here in the form of mp3 and xml. Just for fun, one version of the news gets fed through a Markov chain Algorithm. This creates random sentences out of the input. The program that I use for this is explained in the excellent book “The Practice of Programming”. Link.
Some good tips from Eric Rice- guidelines for creating short, organized shows that can help you either get started in podcasting or organize your existing podcast into manageable, predictable chunks. As a society, people have become conditioned over generations to expect certain patterns in radio-like content. Podcasting is no exception. Even if your podcast sounds like radio, the most important piece of the podcasting puzzle is that it’s made by everyday folk. Link.
Interesting article on Forbes- Standard & Poor’s Equity Research reiterated a “sell” rating on Audible. They cite podcasting as a growing threat. It does seem that a lot of people are listening to more things they might have discovered (and bought) on Audible, I think the market for Audible content is actually increasing if they can become the hub for all great things in spoken word (free and fee). Link.
