Podcasting equipment by adactio via Flickr

This week we’re following up our talk about podcasting specs and myths with five ways to start podcasting in the next five minutes.

The sites discussed are:
12Seconds.tv – http://12seconds.tv
Utterli – http://utterli.com
TalkShoe – http://talkshoe.com
AudioBoo – http://audioboo.fm
Huffduffer – http://huffduffer.com

And you can change the “http://” to “itpc://” if you want to create a link that will open iTunes automatically from nearly any browser. Rob wrote more about this on his blog with the post itpc:// A Podcaster’s Best Friend

Rob’s 12Seconds account – http://12seconds.tv/channel/robblatt
Chris’ 12Seconds account – http://12seconds.tv/channel/chriscavs
Rob’s Utterli account – http://www.utterli.com/robblatt/
Rob’s AudioBoo recordings – http://audioboo.fm/profile/robblatt
Rob’s HuffDuffer podcast – http://huffduffer.com/robblatt/

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This week we talk about the podcast specification and what makes a podcast a podcast. Is it Apple? Is it mp3 files? Is it a blog? The answer is probably more simple than you think. The first file to ever be podcasted was “Truckin’” by the Greateful Dead on January 11th, 2001 on Dave Winer’s Scripting.com. The first printed mention of the word wasn’t until years later in the Guardian article Audible Revolution. Apple’s acceptance of podcasting didn’t come until 2005, which should give you an idea of how involved they were with creating podcasts.

There are many tools out there to help you learn about podcasts and podcasting. Create Consume Delete uses the WordPress blogging platform with a plug-in from Blubrry called PowerPress. PowerPress alters our RSS feed to properly accommodate enclosures. Blubrry has a forum with some helpful information in it. freepodcastcourse.com/ has many articles written about podcasting, and Apple has a very detailed technical specification written up about how to properly write a feed for the iTunes Store.