Netcasts To Go
Podcasts or netcasts are wonderful and are totally free. If you download enough of them, it becomes like having your own personal talk radio station. I subscribe to a whole slew of RSS feeds pushing audio and video downloads into my computer that keep me informed about the world of technology and the world in general. I have never been so well informed and I listen to them in the bathroom when I get up, in the evening when I walk home and at night when I’m getting ready to go to bed. I also play them from time to time during my lessons as a learning resource.
You need to be a little nerdy to get netcasts on to your MP3 player, although Itunes users can easily find netcasts on the Itunes store and sync them onto their Ipods. Otherwise, you need to find the RSS feed, which is an XML file containing details about all the files that need to be downloaded. Then you need to copy the downloaded file onto your portable media player. I have been happily using Ipodder on my Ubuntu computer to do this, but it is not quite as user friendly as Itunes.
Here are some of my favourite netcasts. The http addresses are the RSS feeds you need to subscribe to each netcast. Please note the technology bias and all the video files are in the mp4 format for Ipods. You will also need a media player or computer that can display this type of video file.
BBC Newsnight Video Podcast
Video extracts from late night BBC news programme.
http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/rmhttp/downloadtrial/bbc2/newsnightvideopodcast/rss.xmlBBC Radio Newspod
Daily summary of BBC audio radio news stories from Radio 1,2,4,5
http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/rmhttp/downloadtrial/radionews/bbcradionewspod/rss.xmlBBC Ten O’Clock News
Weekly video summary of BBC Ten O’Clock News.
http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/rmhttp/downloadtrial/bbc1/tenoclocknews/rss.xmlBoag World
Weekly audio netcast about web design with a touch of sarcastic humour
http://feeds.feedburner.com/boagworldpodcastCNET Buzz Out Loud
Daily light hearted American discussion show about technology news.
http://www.cnet.com/i/pod/cnet_buzz.xmlCNET News
Daily news bulletin from CNET about technology issues.
http://news.com.com/html/ne/podcasts/daily_podcast.xml?tag=txtCommand N
Amber MacArthur’s weekly video podcast about cool websites, technology tips and news
http://feeds.feedburner.com/command-n/mpeg4Cranky Geeks
Weekly video panel show hosted by infmaous cynical blogger, John C Dvorak. With a range of guests, he discusses a range of technology news stories and generally berates the state of the modern world.
http://rssnewsapps.ziffdavis.com/audioblogs/crankygeeks/cg.ipod.xmlDigital Life TV
Twice a week geek video podcast covering the latest in hardware, gadgets, software and Internet issues.
rssnewsapps.ziffdavis.com/audioblogs/DLTVvidcast.xmlBBC Digital Planet
Weekly audio podcast from BBC World Service about global technology trends and issues.
http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/rmhttp/downloadtrial/worldservice/digitalplanet/rss.xmlGeek Brief TV
Daily video podcast about gadgets and technology news.
http://geekbrief.podshow.com/feed.xmlLab Rats
Weekly video podcast introducing geeky technology topics such as replacing a hard drive in an entertaining and accessible manner
http://www.labrats.tv/feed.xmlMark Kermode Weekly Film Reviews
He is the Jimi Hendrix of film reviews.
http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/rmhttp/downloadtrial/fivelive/markkermodesfilmreviews/rss.xmlPRI The World
Joint weekly audio production between the BBC and American PBS covering technology, science and environmental issues
http://www.theworld.org/rss/tech.xmlRadio Leo
Selection of excellent technology audio netcasts from Leo Laporte’s TWIT network.
http://leoville.tv/podcasts/leo.xmlSlashDot Review
Daily ten minute review of Digg, Reddit and SlashDot technology stories.
http://content.downloadradio.org/sdr-rss.xmlThis Week In Media
Weekly review of media stories and issues with a technology spin.
http://thisweekinmedia.libsyn.com/rss
Posted: March 5th, 2007 under ITGS, Internet, blogs, education, media, netcasts, news, technology.
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