History of Podcast 1.1

Adam Curry - "Podfather"

Hello World,

the topic of today is the history of podcasts ( an short introduction)
First of all a video link which explains how RSS feeds work:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0klgLsSxGsU

Definition of Podcast:
“A podcast is a digital audio or video file that is episodic; downloadable; programme-driven, mainly with a host and/or theme; and convenient, usually via an automated feed with computer software.”

During the dot-com era between 1998 and 2001 the rise of podcasts begun. In the beginning big companies informed stakeholders with podcasts. This new tool got the attention of groups or individuals (in the beginning mostly nerds J), which enabled them to build a virtual community of podcasts all over the world. Adam Curry, an MTV moderator who is not the inventor of the corresponding Indian dish but the so called “Podfather”, since he is credited by coming up with the idea of the “idea to automate the delivery and syncing of textual content to portable audio players”(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Podcast on November the 9th).

The first application commonly available was iPodderX developed by two computer specialists August Trometer (Mac and IPhone developer) and Ray Slakinski (a web developer).
However the rise of Podcasts is also directly linked with the increasing capacity and speed of software and hardware.

As a consequence of the omnipresent use of the podcast, Apple introduced iTunes 4.9 with native support to make podcasts more convenient.

Bye till next week

Pius