Podcasting

The origins of podcasting can be traced back to early 2004 when the Guardian journalist, Ben Hammersley observed that all the elements to make podcasting possible were there: MP3 players, iPods, cheap or free audio production, and weblogging. He concluded that this was the beginning of something new that was going to change everything. The real advantages of podcasting are that you listen to shows when you want, where you want, and as you want. Oh, and most importantly, they are portable. Very important for the fast-paced society we live in, where we are always on the go. Wikipedia describes it as, ” A collection of digital media files which is distributed over the Internet, often using syndication feeds, for playback on portable media players and personal computers.” Where the name originated from is a very controversial subject…these are the real problems of our world, people. Most people believe it is the combination of iPod and broadcasting…podcasting. But we do not always need an iPod to podcast, so other options have been presented. Capsule(pod) + broadcasting(casting) or Portable On Demand(pod) + casting or Personal Optional Digital(pod) + casting. This is a web 2.0 native tool, here we go with the 2.0’s again. Podcasting can be presented on blogs, including mine, except I choose not to do them because I prefer my identity to remain anonymous. 🙂