This did not get off to a good start as I couldn't find the Yahoo : What is a podcast tutorial at all. Hmm. Then I fossicked around the sites a bit until inspired to find the ABC podcasts. The light came on! Now I get it! I can't get good radio reception in my house except on the clock radio by the bed. So I mainly listen when I'm waking up or if I'm driving. in the car.
On the weekend, several people talked about Geraldine Doogue's interviews in Bennelong on Saturday morning. Aha! I found it - it's a long podcast so I haven't listened to it all yet. But I can. So got that one and Romona Koval's Book Show onto my Google Reader. I restrained myself from grabbing anymore, because of course the time to listen is the next thing!
Perhaps it's because I'm an aging baby boomer that I've been so pathetically over cautious about these tools? Or maybe it was a good idea to stop looking at those prizewinning blogs and loose the "Oh I could never do that" foetal position! Podcasts are really very simple - at least to find and listen to! I am not quite up to audacity yet!
Author talks and other library events could become podcasts; a regular library podcast could promote what's new - books, dvds, events, options, technology. It's a different way to reach people, especially people who can't / don't listen to the radio!!
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