What the f*ck is a podcast?
So glad you asked, because if you don’t know, then you’re definitely missing something great.
A podcast is a series of digital media files, usually either digital audio or video, that is made available for download via web syndication. The syndication aspect of the delivery is what differentiates podcasts from other ways of accessing files, such as simple download or streaming: it means that special client software applications known as podcatchers (such as Apple Inc.’s iTunes or Nullsoft’s Winamp) can automatically identify and retrieve new files in a series when they are made available, by accessing a centrally-maintained web feed that lists all files currently associated with that particular podcast. The files thus automatically downloaded are then stored locally on the user’s computer or other device, for offline use.
To dumb it down a notch…
A podcast is simply an .mp3 file that you’re podcast client(let’s say iTunes in this case) automatically downloads whenever new .mp3 files are available. The mp3 files in our case are the mixes we put up. The beauty of subscribing to a podcast is.
- You don’t have to always check frequently if we’ve uploaded a new mix show.
- You’re iTunes will automatically download any new podcast that is put up.
- You can easily set you’re iTunes to keep or delete older shows after a certain period of time.
Hope fully that explains it, and if it doesn’t, here’s a link to the wikipedia definition.
