Friday, September 24, 2004

I've been lurking on the ipodder-dev list, and have been totally impressed with how productive this community of users and developers has been. At the core is an activity they call podcasting, a really simple idea with powerful implications. Think of an iPod that can subscribe to audio feeds the same way a desktop aggregator subscribes to text feeds. (Via Scripting News.) This could be very cool. I could leave my iPod in its cradle overnight, downloading selected radio items, which I could then listen to in the gym in the morning. Portable, feed-based audio time-shifting is so right. I know that Steve does it manually, but I want the automation. 6:29:41 PM