Podcasting
April 17th, 2008Yahoo has a GREAT basic tutorial at http://www.podcast411.com/f12.html
First and foremost a Podcast is an MP3 file and all you need to play it is an MP3 player. There are multiple 100’s of Millions of MP3 players out there - They are called computers. With the help of FREE software such as iTunes or Quicktime or Windows Media Player - You are already able to listen to a Podcast. You only need an iPod or other Mobile MP3 Player if you want to listen to a podcast while you are working out, driving to work or taking the dog for a walk.
Podcast can go directly into your Outlook Feeds folder just like other RSS feeds. You subscribe exactly the same way but when you open the email and click the link it launches the podcast – mine launches in Windows media player
Or you can set up an iTunes account
iTunes is a digital media player application, introduced by Apple on January 10, 2001 at the Macworld Expo in San Francisco,[2] for playing and organizing digital music and video files. The program is also an interface to manage the contents on Apple’s popular iPod digital media players as well as the recently introduced iPhone. Additionally, iTunes can connect to the iTunes Store (provided an internet connection is present) in order to purchase and download digital music, music videos, television shows, iPod games, audiobooks, various podcasts, feature length films, and ringtones.
iTunes is available as a free download for Mac OS X, Windows Vista, and Windows XP from Apple’s website. It is also bundled with all Macs, and some HP and Dell computers
Podcasts are just about everywhere now
Here are a few you can subscribe to:
Daily Reflector
http://www.reflector.com/news/content/shared/services/podcasts/
A bit of everything - http://podcast.com/
