The KOMO 1000 news ipodder feed is unbelievable! They are actually feeding each individual news story through their podcast feed. This make forwarding a news story extremely easy and efficient. It also opens up some interesting opportunities for playlist junkies, who may want to create their own 'format'. Start with something from a music feed, followed by two news stories, then the joke of the day etc.
5:14:49 PM
If you have an outliners that supports opml, you can help maintain the podcast directory by maintaining a 'node'. For instance, you could maintain the 'Food' category. All you need to do is create an outline of the podcasts with a link to the rss feed in each podcast's node. Export the file to OPML and upload to a public webserver and email me the url. I can then link the 'Food' (or other obviously) category to that node. The user experience is seamless, and you have complete control over your branch of the directory.
4:56:19 PM
Everything that's new is listed in the What's New node in reverse chronological order.
Category entries are alphabetical. If your feed is listed in What's New but not in a particular category or the wrong category, please resubmit by using the 'Suggest a link" page, found at the bottom of each category page.
And since developers will be using the opml feed from the directory for incoporation in their iPodder software, it's important we get this right :)
Wired: "To some, podcasting is one of the most exciting innovations to come along in quite awhile. They see it opening up an endlessly varied universe of audio content to anyone who wants it at any time."
2:34:24 PM
iPodder reached a milestone today with the launch of Public Radio's first Podcast.
Only three short weeks ago, when we were just starting out, public radio veteran Tony Kahn sent me an email about a short feature he directs and produces for WBGH in Boston called Morning Stories. The idea, basically, is to find people who've never worked on radio before and get them to talk about something that happened to them, funny or sad, that anyone can connect to. It's obvious why Tony connected to podcasting.
Although I don't have the details, Tony went to bat with the 'powers that be' within NPR to create a podcast feed of his program. He describes them as "Short, five minute personal stories to freshen up your morning pod-fast."
Thanks to Tony's pioneering work and technical assistance from Rick Wezowicz, I predict it will only a matter of weeks before we see a cavalcade of NPR programming available as podcasts.
