Podcasting and iPod

So, what tools do you need to make a podcast?

Podcasting Input thoughts:

The hardware

Griffin has a $15 lapel mike that makes sound quality much better but works with iTalk device for $35 that plugs into an iPod.

http://www.griffintechnology.com/

http://www.griffintechnology.com/products/italk/index.php

http://www.griffintechnology.com/products/lapelmic/index.php


Starting to see Flash chip recorders (no moving parts) instead of in audio space with great quality; they are expensive but expect prices to fall. This includes two devices: the Marantz PMD 660 or 670 (see review and pictures ; see Froogle search for costs); the Edirol R-1 (about $425) or see Froogle search for costs. You can carry several Flash chips to increase your storage capacity. A 1 GB chip (currently around $100) has a capacity of 1 to 1 1/2 hours. Battery life can also be an issue with recording. A wireless microphone is a good investment, but there is a potential for interference from other kinds of wireless signals putting snap, crackle and pop into recordings.

Podcasting is syndicated media delivery:
audiocasting, narrowcasting equals podcasting, but don't need iPod to play the game.

Becoming Buzzword compliant

blogging (wiki, blogs, audioblogs, photoblogs, and moblogs)
Podcasting - "TIVO like" radio, time shifted narrowcasting.
Video blogging or vlogging or vogging - syndicatecd video feeds.
Screencasting - screenmovies using QT or Flash files.
RSS - Real Simple Syndication (XML), the engine for "casting", pull not push technology. The great thing is that it is relatively easy and with some programming skills can take it much further.
moblog - mobile blogging with whatever media capacity the phone can handle, video, text, audio, photos.

Wiki example on this topic- http://en.wikiipedia.org/wiki/Blogging
Go explore the wiki. Some wiki pages can be syndicated also.