Podcasting - Definition/History/Fact

Podcasting is becoming more and more popular in the blogging community.  Anyone who has a microphone, PC, and internet connection can podcast for anyone in the world to hear.  There are several types of podcasts such as audio books, music shows, news, humor, etc.  You can listen to podcasts on any portable digital player such as the basic Windows Media Player.  When you create a podcast, the quality of your microphone and the acoustics in your room are the most important factors.  Podcasts should be creative, informative, clear and flow nicely.  When creating a podcast you should create an outline, write your script, practice and when ready record your podcast on a program such as Audacity.  You can then upload the podcast on a host site such as the free Podbean.com. This wave of the future will eventually lead to even more new technology as we've only just begun to explore the endless possibilities out there!