Pod People

Podcasting is something I haven't used much because, frankly, I don't run around with a player any longer and I just don't have time for sitting around listening to stuff. I imagine that if you commuted in a car or listened to your iPod on the subway, this would be a great source of interesting material. Me, I read instead, so while I went and poked about, I haven't subscribed to anything (I hae quite enough in my bloglines as it is!). I noted a lot of talk shows, lots of politics, lots of tech talk, and piles of interviews with authors, and so on. As I say, interesting if you are likely to listen.

I have made podcasts at Odeo and imbedded a player in my blog before, which is fairly easy, but it would probably behoove me to get a better microphone before I start any bigger projects, because it was very faint.

I like the library's use of podcasting on kidspace for stories, and could see that it would work well for author talks, too, as a means of giving access to more people to hear them. I have missed a few that I might have made a point of listening to, for example, and I am certain I'm not alone.