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Audacity Updated
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The very popular among podcasters audio recording application, Audacity has received an update. Podcasting News has a full rundown of the changes, including many bug fixes. It is nice to see some interface fixes, too, as I’ve felt Audacity has always suffered on the UI side.
Got a Podcaster Birthday Coming Up?
2/14/2008
Don’t forget that I’ve put together the finest collection of gifts for your favorite podcasting friend, family member, neighbor, or stranger! This isn’t just a list for holiday gifts, but great to find something to buy for a birthday gift or something for yourself, too. Filled with books, hardware and more, the store is broken out into … Continue reading »
Greg Cangialosi on B2B Podcasting
2/13/2008
While on business and conference-going on the west coast, my co-author of The Business Podcasting Book Greg Cangialosi was interviewed today for the City Biz List about B2B podcasting. After a short introduction Greg gets right to the point about why podcasting matters to business:
Simply put, podcasting presents yet another opportunity for an … Continue reading »
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F - ABC of Podcasting
F is for FIND
Where can I find podcasts that I want to listen to?
iTunes Music Store
Apple took the podcasting world by storm last June when they announced their support for podcasts in iTunes and their podcast directory in the iTunes Music Store. This is by far the easiest and probably best way to find and subscribe to podcasts. If you’re an iPod user, it’s also the easiest way to get podcasts onto your iPod.
Podcast Alley
This was one of the first podcast directories that was created and includes a voting system and busy forum where you can talk with others about podcasting. I would generally recommend that you ignore the voting system there and use the site purely for its listings. The forums are also helpful, if you’re looking for some help or specific information about podcasting.
AmigoFish
A new kid on the block, AmigoFish recommends new podcasts based on how you’ve rated other podcasts you know about. This may be a little confusing for people new to podcasting, but it certainly a nice way to find new podcasts.
Odeo
Odeo is a lot of things. It’s a place to create podcasts, listen to podcasts and of course find podcasts. Odeo has a great community and you can get recommendations from people on a good podcast to listen to by viewing their subscription list. If you’d like, Odeo can also act as your subscription tool, just use it to find, subscribe and download your favorite podcasts.
Yahoo! Podcasts
Yahoo! Podcasts is a classic podcast directory and it doesn’t require you to create an account to browse the podcast listings. On the front page you can choose a category or genre you’re interested in or you can search all of the podcasts and find some matches. Yahoo! Podcasts also lets you use their website to subscribe to and download podcasts.
Podcast Pickle
Another site that offers listings of podcasts, but this one gives you a nice breakdown on the sidebar of the new podcasts, favorite podcasts and podcasts by genre, those that want sponsors, etc. This is probably the least usable of all of the sites (the fonts are just too small), but it may be worth looking into if you can’t find what you need anywhere else.
Podfeed
Podfeed is a nice directory that puts the genre listings right in front of you on the main page.
Podcast Bunker
Podcast Bunker claims to only list the highest quality podcasts and are not just about quantity. I’m not sure how they know what’s what, and I don’t know if quantity isn’t such a bad thing at this point in podcasting. Anyway, it seems like a site that has some useful stuff on it, but it is so unusable and difficult to read that I would recommend you use one of the other sites instead.
This is part of the series ABC of Podcasting from Podcast Free America.
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