Searching the New Digital Formats Podcasting Edition

1
Searching the New Digital Formats Podcasting
Edition

• Greg Schwartz
• 3/22/06

2
Whats Podcasting?

• A means of distributing audio content
• Extends RSS technology to audio
• Automatic downloading of new content

3
Whats Podcasting? (part 2)

• Time-shifted content Listen to whatever,
  whenever, wherever!
• Plain old mp3s No iPod required
• Diverse content from mainstream and independent
  media sources

4
How do I listen?

• Need a way to find content
• Directories
• Search Engines
• And a way to subscribe to content
• Aggregators
• Todays focus is on the former, but some tools
  will help you do both.

5
So how do I find the good stuff?
6
NPR http//www.npr.org/rss/podcast/podcast_directo
ry.php
7
(No Transcript)
8
Juice http//juicereceiver.sourceforge.net
9
(No Transcript)
10
Look for the podcast feed
11
One-click subscription options
12
A Brief Tour of Podcast Discovery Tools
Find a more comprehensive list at
http//www.masternewmedia.org/news/2005/05/20/wher
e_to_submit_your_podcasts.htm
13
Podcast Alley http//podcastalley.com
14
Podcast.net
15
iTunes http//apple.com/itunes
16
Loomia http//loomia.com
17
Blinkx http//blinkx.com
18
Podscope http//podscope.com
19
(No Transcript)
20
Podzinger http//podzinger.com
21
castingwords.com
22
So how do I find what Im looking for?

• Go directly to your favorite content producers
• Head to the directories
• Play with the full-text search tools

23
Questions?
greg.schwartz_at_gmail.com IM or Skype planetneutral