NotesI want to add an important feature to podcasting that can only work with RSS, it canât work with Spotify, Google, Audible etc. The idea is subscribing to subscription lists, which the influencers are likely to really love because they can create networks of podcasts. And when they want to edit the list, if this is done right, the users will automatically be updated. FeedUnfurl
NotesBefore a podcast was a âpodcast,â it was⊠well, it wasnât really much of anything. A few of the early believers called them âaudio blogs,â and the journalist often credited with coining the term âpodcastâ also offered âGuerillaMediaâ as an alternative in the very same article. (And actually, thereâs plenty of debate over exactly who coined the term and when. The history of the podcast is more contentious than youâd think.)Unfurl
NotesBefore there was Wikileaks, before there was Wikipedia⊠Before there was Facebook and Twitter and blogs⊠there was a computer programmer named Ward Cunningham. Heâs the guy who, back in 1995, invented the wiki. He also did something even more radical. He didnât patent it. He passed up billions of dollars in potential revenue, because he believed the internet needed to be more democratic. And why did he invent the wiki in the first place?Unfurl
NotesRight now, Daveâs working on a âmagnificent symphony of softwareâ â itâs the communication system he wants to use. It involves a minimal blogging tool with only RSS output (plus a dongle that will push the RSS to twitter, etc), a âRiver of Newsâ aggregator, and an overarching tool for creating content that can be picked apart and included on other platforms.Unfurl
Notes There's no shortage of podcast managers for Android, but they run the gamut from simplistic to feature-rich. We tested a few, but found that DoggCatcher is the best option to find, download, and organize your podcasts on your Android phone. More » FeedUnfurl
Notes"Personal Effects: Sword of Blood is a free podcast-exclusive novella written by J.C. Hutchins, author of the 7th Son trilogy. It is a prequel to Hutchinsâ print novel debut, Personal Effects: Dark Art."Unfurl
Notes"Listen in as Craig and Jerry discuss what's new in the Michigan Beer Scene, chat with notable figures in Michigan Beer brewing and evaluate different Michigan Beers"Unfurl
Notes"Hear the story of the evolution of PHP from being a purely procedural language to its current state of a full-fledged object oriented language, from its creator Rasmus Lerdorf."Unfurl
Notes"The Takeover is an audio drama that covers the merger between a web design company and Zombinc, a premier staffing service. Only, zombies run Zombinc, which causes for some workplace stress."Unfurl
Notes"Gruen was on the sixty-first master, and while his wisdom had grown steadily, he had worn very little. He was incredibly well-preservedâthe palms of his three-fingered hands still sported the deep, swirling ridges that had worn to nothing in most peoplEmbedUnfurl
Notes"instead of a description of what he calls Telephone 3.0, he delivers an entertaining and typically forthright argument in favor of anger and its power to drive innovation."Unfurl
Notes"Summer, David and Tim gather together to discuss Vernor Vingeâs Hugo Award-winning âA Fire Upon the Deepâ, but first give an update on Joe Murphy."Unfurl
Notes"Just got off the phone with a radio-research survey company. They asked me what my favorite radio station was. I told them âI listen to podcasts exclusivelyâ."Unfurl
Notes"Leda Cosmides, renowned pioneer of the controversial field evolutionary psychology, asks, 'Are We Already Transhuman?' Don't miss this Templeton Research Lecture recorded for All in the Mind at Arizona State University."Unfurl
Notes"Thanks to the fine folks at the BBC in Edinburgh, their international relations division in London and KQED's Howard Gelman, we had more than an hour of time to discuss genre, genres and the ties that bind them together for Stross."Unfurl
NotesIn this session from the first Podcast Academy, Daniel Steinberg of O'Reilly Media's Distributing the Future podcast demonstrates some techniques for getting better sounding audio through post-production editing.Unfurl
NotesAmazon's Adam Selipsky discusses Amazon S3 (Simple Storage Service). The new web service provides pay-as-you-go data storage for web developers. More information is available today at aws.amazon.com/s3. (MP3, 5:03 mins.)Unfurl
Notes'It's all about the draft OPML 2.0 spec and a few other things thrown in such as structured blogging, OPML tools, namespaces and microformats."Unfurl
Notes"Jon Udell is not happy about having to transcribe podcast URLs that iTunes displays, but does not allow to copy. While the general point about lock-in is good, here is a quick techie workaround in a meanwhile."Unfurl
Notes"Oh my goodness, people, look at this amazing piece of work." Hah, this kid did a clamation animation of a scene from Ancestor. Totally Airwolf.Unfurl
Notes"You are willing to follow a recipe? So many chefs of your caliber think themselves above the direction of others." Awesome story of cooking as alchemy.Unfurl
NotesWherein we learn of the *true* PodFather, Kevin Marks. "Wow, I stand corrected. Thanks to this posting I was able to find this video of Kevin Marks demoing an applescript downloading mp3 enclosures straight to his ipod."Unfurl
Notes"It's not my job, it's not Apple's job, it's not Britney Spears', Nomar Garciaparra's, Howard Stern's or anyone else's job to raise your kids. It's yours. Don't like it? Tough."Unfurl