Monday, November 19, 2007

Week 9 -- Podcasts Smodcasts

For the three suggested podcast directories and finding tools, I found the Podcast.net is the easiest one to use and does not require downloading additional files to play. The directory type is intuitive but I wish the coverage could be little more comprehensive. Podcastalley.com is similar but requires downloading. For a lot of people who have their own tools to manage feeds, blogs, etc. this is definitely a drawback. Yahoo podcast is the least favorable. It is searching all audio files and the result does not limit to podcast. Searching "craft" returned bunch of audio files with artist name "craft". Some of them requires fee to download the piece.

I found the best way to search library related podcast is simply type "library podcast" in any search engine. Denver Public library had a clever idea. They podcast their storytime. I added their site to my blogline and listened to one of the story time story. The teller sounded very professional. Kudos to Denver Pubic library.

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