Thing 19

Podcasting was really fun to try. I listened to the NPR podcast since I've listened to that on the radio before. That was pretty cool, and I found out about brand new book information. I thought that it seemed much more convenient that having to drop everything to listen to the show live. Now I can just listen when it is a good time for me.

I looked through some of the directories and found podcast.net the easiest to get around in and to actually find podcasts of interest to me. I think that podcasts would be a great benefit to libraries to get material out to people who can't come to presentations live.

One of the things I tried was a video podcast called Diggnation, which has my favorite guy from old Tech TV Kevin Rose, who is also one of the founders of Digg. This is just a videotaped podcast where you can see everything that is going on and it is videotaped for an audience.

I am thinking about trying my hand at a podcast. I have another blog on LiveJournal that has a phone in podcasting type feature. It is rather cool as it also transcribes the text I submit via a phone. My LiveJournal account is paid, although, I'm a permanent member so I'm not sure what the monthly cost of this would be. I also have free RSS feeds for my page, so I think that would make it easy for sharing. If I can get this posted, I'll try to link it here.

Podcasting seems like a great way to reach out to busy library staff and patrons. It could be one more way to share information with people who already are listening to and enjoying podcasts.