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The pod things is a technology. Not a "product". Just like RSS, of which it is actually a subset. RSS can churn out blogs, press releases or anything else that is likely to change. Podcasts can be broadcasts, the aural equivalent of blogs, or anything that makes a noise. I have seen podcasts of lectures elsewhere. Some lecturers have even gone so far as to distribute talks to students by this route. Sadists. You can use it to get RSS feeds to distribute anything that is a sound file. I received a message pointing out that in this case it is not an mp3 file so much as a "stream". It may be recorded as an mp3 file, but you cannot download it in the same way that you can save podcasts. The way podcasts work is, as far as I can gather, that you put your mp3 files on a web page with links to them files. You set up an xml feed that will alert people to the arrival of new material with a link to the file. Then you can use iTunes or something similar to automatically find and retrieve the file for you. Then again, I may also be wrong. That's why I thought it worth raising among fellow PESTs, which often seem to be ahead of me when it comes to testing new communication routes. ____________________________ Michael Kenward ABSW e-minder http://www.absw.org.uk http://absw.blogspot.com/ -----Original Message----- From: psci-com: on public engagement with science [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Sallie Robins Sent: 07 December 2006 12:41 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [PSCI-COM] The pod thing (was RE: [PSCI-COM] Cybersurgery: robots in the operating theatre) My understanding of the pod thing is that podcasts are regular broadcasts that you subscribe to much like a magazine subscription, so a little piece of software sits on your computer and trawls to pick up the latest 'issue'. A recording of a lecture or discussion etc would be a one off and so you couldn't subscribe to it - unless of course they were regular events in which case that would work and you could subscribe to this - but hey I may be completely wrong about this! Wouldn't be the first time - Sallie -----Original Message----- From: psci-com: on public engagement with science [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Michael Kenward Sent: 07 December 2006 10:48 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: [PSCI-COM] The pod thing (was RE: [PSCI-COM] Cybersurgery: robots in the operating theatre) Interesting that you offer mp3 files without going so far as to declare them "podcasts". Would it be relatively straightforward to take that next step? Or does that land you with a major web task? I ask because I try to keep my eye on this podthingy. I have come across some really neat ones, such as the Naked Scientists, but have also seen one or two that are excruciatingly bad. (Names on personal request.) Maybe a lecture recording isn't suited to the pod/RSS approach. Has anyone here investigated this issue in any depth? ____________________________ Michael Kenward ABSW e-minder http://www.absw.org.uk http://absw.blogspot.com/ -----Original Message----- From: psci-com: on public engagement with science [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Hughes, Jane Sent: 06 December 2006 17:06 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [PSCI-COM] Cybersurgery: robots in the operating theatre Hi Mudit We record the lectures and make them available online as MP3 files. You can hear some of our most recent lectures through our webpages http://www.rcseng.ac.uk/museums/events/audio_and_transcripts.html It usually takes 2-3 days following the lecture to get the files up there, so do bear with us! Thank you for your interest in this event. 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