Let’s talk about Podcasting. Podcasting you say? What’s that? Well if you actually have not used it or heard of it, I am about to open a whole new door to you, your iPod and iTunes!

Podcasting is all the rage these days. It has been featured on Fox News and the NY Times recently. Since I believe content drives innovation, technology, and broadband networks, this is really a cool way to use all of this. Podcasting is kind of like a narrowband, delayed broadcasting that brings the listener the content at no cost in almost all cases. There is literally a world of content available to you. Podcasting will compete with satellite radio, subscription based pay-for content like Napster or Audible, and well even traditional broadcasted content.

How does it work you ask? How do I use it? Well Podcasts are usually audio MP3 format and in some cases even video or PDFs, that is distributed via the web using RSS 2.0 (Really Simple Syndication). If you have ever used a RSS newsreader before, used My.Yahoo, or have seen the new coming version of Safari that will be included in the soon to be released Tiger 10.4, you may be familiar with RSS. Many popular websites use RSS as a way to distribute their content to people over the web.
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