Thing 19 - A written reflection on Podcasts
NOTE: If I had the time, I would totally do this response in Podcast form… just like I should have done with Thing 18 and YouTube. Nevertheless, here I am typing.
Just before this, I posted a link to the Podcast of APHC’s News from Lake Wobegon segment, which is taken from Garrison Keillor’s live APHC show each week. If you missed it, here it is again…
In searching the directories listed on 23Things, I was surprised that iTunes was not referenced as a search tool for Podcasts in general. Instead Thing 19 only referred to it with the iTunes U service. Perhaps this is because several years have gone by and iTunes has become a more dominant force in Podcasting since. Nevertheless, I found that the larger podcast sites (such as Podcast.com) did not have nearly the selection of the iTunes Music Store - Podcast section. (NOTE: Although the service is through the iTunes Music Store, Podcast subscriptions are free.) It only took a brief search to find the News from Lake Wobegon on iTunes, while it took several turns to find it originally on Minnesota Public Radio.
iTunes interface: You always impress me!
Anyways, if I did have some content to produce regularly that I thought people might be interested in, I would definitely do a Podcast. But since I don’t, I won’t. I’m a firm believer that there should be a purpose and a market for doing these kinds of things. Otherwise, it’s a waste of time and storage.
