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Beginners Guide to Podcasting

forevergeek.com — Very in-depth look at podcasting for beginners.

Who dugg this? Made popular Apr 6, 2006

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  • Jeebugorn, on 10/12/2007, -0/+9you missed a few steps.....

    6. Post to myspace
    7. Whore it on digg.com
    8. Done
  • inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+8I listen/watch Diggnation.
  • nyls, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3Digg. An easy to follow introduction. The article mentions using Audacity: it is a very good audio recording program, especially given that it is free. But it is not the easiest program to use for beginners.
    The best software by far for making podcasts is Apple's Garageband 3 - see http://www.thegaragedoor.com
    For PC users there is a list of free recording software on
    http://www.software4free.org/recording.html
    with features and recommendations.
  • AhmedF, on 10/12/2007, -3/+5This is interesting. I don't personally care much for podcasts, but as someone in the field (blogs etc) it is a good read for me to figure out how things work.

    Personally I do think that as more and more old people get online (50+), 'podcasts' will become more and more popular. Not sure how much it will pan out with the multi-tasking culture that are most of us (here at digg).
  • burke, on 10/12/2007, -2/+4the term 'podcasting' was in use years before Apple started using it. I guess listening to mp3s makes us Apple-loving ***** because they sell an mp3 player as well?
  • Vinnie87, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3I find
    Diggnation
    This Week in Tech(TWiT)
    All Games Interactive
    PC Gamer Podcast
    IGN podcast
    Gamespot Podcast
    ESPN Radio
    All excellent podcasts.
  • farfromsubtl, on 10/12/2007, -4/+6160,000 Rocketboom subscribers and 260,000 TikiBarTV subscribers would beg to differ there little man.
  • inactive, on 10/12/2007, -5/+6HERE is MY beginners guide to podcasting:

    1. Get Microphone.
    2. Open up Sound Recorder.
    4. Record Voice.
    5. Convert WAV to MP3

    6. DONE!!!!!
  • digiprod, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2I found this great informative blog post on podcasting with tons of info. Check it out:
    http://www.reelsmart.com/2005/09/16/simple-steps-to-creating-a-podcast/
  • farfromsubtl, on 10/12/2007, -4/+5Interesting that you reference a podcast you enjoy in your post about how podcasts suck.
  • Bishoco, on 10/12/2007, -2/+3I've really gotten into podcasts lately. I listen to talk radio a lot, and podcasts are like creating your own talk radio station.

    Some of my favorites:
    diggNation
    Penn Jillette's (of Penn & Teller) radio show
    The official Lost podcast
    The Ricky Gervais show is great, but you have to pay for the new ones
    Various NPR podcasts
    Ask a Ninja is silly fun.

    Anybody have any good podcast reccomendations?
  • silvercold88, on 10/12/2007, -2/+3heres a VERY useful video for starters from systm with Kevin Rose, Dan Huard, and Leo Laporte.
    http://revision3.com/systm/podcasting/
  • inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1"Alternative means of recording include importing an existing voice recording (say, from a portable media player with recording features, or from CD), and recording a VoIP conversation/interview (i.e. roundtable discussions)."

    Currently I am using talkr for our podcast. it is a very simple install. I looked into using one of the voices at nextup.com and some of them are very life like, but who really wants to hear a computer voice.
    http://www.debtconsolidationpodcast.com
  • jbno, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1News from Neptune www.newsfromneptune.com for analysis of world news.
    Mediageek radio.mediageek.net for analysis of media news.

    http://www.newsfromneptune.com/
    http://radio.mediageek.net/

    I don't know why digg is screwing up the links. I tried to make them genuine links by prepending "http://" but it made the links an offset of something on digg.com instead.

    I posted these "links" to another related thread that few are probably reading by now.
  • wisewaif, on 10/12/2007, -3/+3Some good podcasts are:

    http://the1upshow.1up.com/
    http://www.75minutes.com
    http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/history/inourtime/inourtime.shtml
    http://www.c-span.org/podcast/
    http://www.kcrw.com/show/lr
    http://www.sciam.com/podcast/
  • ayeroxor, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1back in my day, we called this "Recording *****." Still, even today, nobody wants to hear you talking or making a "mix tape" so STFU and GBTW.
  • diggumjonez, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1great podcast on how to create your own podcast using Adobe Audition over at http://audio2u.com/buildingthepod.htm

    Bruce is a bright guy and has lots of good tips on making recordings sound professional, getting Skype phone conversations recorded to separate tracks, and more.
  • IcerC, on 10/12/2007, -2/+2No digg, blah

    Tiki Bar TV ..Fun to watch, greay acting and good stories
    This WEEK in TECH ...tech show
    The Onion Radio News ...Hilarious
    Sex is Fun ..Original and Interesting
    Penn Jilette ...*****
    NPR: Tech, Story of the day, Movies
    Diggnation
    ASK A NINJA! ..it's great
  • Dafish, on 10/12/2007, -2/+2switchpod.com is a great place for begining podcasters. They offer free podcast hosting, automatic rss creation, stats, and more.
  • inactive, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1Lol...I think your a year and a half too late :D
  • cohman2001, on 10/12/2007, -7/+6o shut up, just cause you dont, doesn't mean that we don't.
  • Boohickey11, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1http://realgamerz.blogspot.com
  • remo2012, on 10/12/2007, -3/+1http://returnofwhatever.blogspot.com/

    A great educational podcast!
  • wisewaif, on 10/12/2007, -4/+1A good way to get started is using some server side software called Loudblog:

    http://loudblog.de/
  • silverSurfer84, on 10/12/2007, -5/+1That guide is crap. All you need to know about podcasting you can learn right here... http://youtube.com/watch?v=OEmss2lg-ug
  • Konquest, on 10/12/2007, -6/+1Please tell me how the words "very in-depth" can go along with "for beginners" without making people looks at you strange.
  • llafDOg, on 10/12/2007, -7/+1All no0bs should stop right now, before they make some horrible sounding crap..
  • madcat87, on 10/12/2007, -10/+2Am i the only one who thinks that podcasting sucks ass? I mean whats so special about it ? Some guy recorded his voice and posted it in the Internet ... Big Deal. I prefer to read an Article rather than listen some ***** voice.
  • teckjunkie, on 10/12/2007, -15/+3Podcasts suck... besides if i wanted to learn how to do a podcast/vidcast I'd rather watch a clip done by french maids telling me how to do it.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch.php?v=TnnaI-ttFVE
  • inactive, on 10/12/2007, -24/+2Yeah, but I call it "listening to MP3s" because I'm not an Apple loving *****-sucker.
  • kofspades, on 10/12/2007, -29/+5Then have a look at this post:
    http://digg.com/links/Nobody_Actually_Listens_To_Podcasts

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