ColdFusion Podcast Explosion
Ok, so maybe it isn't an "explosion", but we now have not one, but two sites offering podcasts of interest to ColdFusion developers.
The first is "The ColdFusion Podcast", located at http://www.coldfusionpodcast.com/. Run by Bryan and Michael (sorry guys, don't know your last name), the site has two episodes up so far on a variety of topics. Well worth your time.
The other podcast is from Hal Helms and Jeff Peters. These podcasts may be found here: http://helmsandpeters.com/ These podcasts are less CF-oriented and more project oriented, which makes them probably even more important and well worth your time.
(FYI, BlogCFC does allow you to podcast as well. As far as I know, no one using BlogCFC is using that yet though.)
Comments
I'd say it is just convenience(sp) - I know many people love to listen to books, so this works in the same space. For me - I find it a bit hard to pay attention, but at the same time, I know if I travelled more I'd listen to a lot more.
# Posted By Raymond Camden
| 11/1/05 3:31 PM
The term seeems to get misused quite a bit. The whole idea is to take audio files (.mp3) and allow users to subscribe to feeds for those audio files via mechanisms like RSS and Atom. That's where the power and novelty are - in the ability to make the broadcasts available via feed (subscription). No subscription based delivery, no podcast.
The main benefit to this model of distribution from a traditional media standpoint (think radio shows as an example) is the ability to have on-demand, time shifted delivery on a subscription basis.
The main benefit to this model of distribution from a traditional media standpoint (think radio shows as an example) is the ability to have on-demand, time shifted delivery on a subscription basis.
# Posted By Rob Brooks-Bilson
| 11/1/05 3:49 PM
I should probably have expanded a bit on the subscription idea. If you subscribe to a particular podcast, you can use an aggregator (or program like iTunes) to automatically download new content as it becomes available. This is what makes podcasting so much more than simply making an mp3 file available for someone to download. Right now, most podcasts use mp3 as the format, but the concept is really format independent.
# Posted By Rob Brooks-Bilson
| 11/1/05 3:52 PM
I've subscribed to http://www.coldfusionpodcast.com, but can't figure out how to subscribe to http://helmsandpeters.com.
# Posted By Phillip Senn
| 11/1/05 8:52 PM
me too, i can't figure out how to subscribe to helms and peters
# Posted By Gavin Cooney
| 11/1/05 9:58 PM
well, i have found that WE, the geeks of the world, are the least likely to need podcasts. WE are up on things, WE are reading the blogs and the news and the various media, most of the time, most of the days... the people who need the convenience of the podcast are the ones who really have no access to it anyway.
quite a strange conundrum if you asked me. i subscribed to the ESPN radio one, the Talking Tree one (Ray, you might see if Erat is still planning on doing his) and some others, and i basically have found them to be worthless. kinda like the daily paper in my hometown. why would i need it when i have the web at my fingertips 20 hours a day?
just not sold yet.
quite a strange conundrum if you asked me. i subscribed to the ESPN radio one, the Talking Tree one (Ray, you might see if Erat is still planning on doing his) and some others, and i basically have found them to be worthless. kinda like the daily paper in my hometown. why would i need it when i have the web at my fingertips 20 hours a day?
just not sold yet.
# Posted By tony of the weeg clan
| 11/1/05 10:10 PM
You sleep 4 hours a night?
# Posted By Gav
| 11/1/05 10:14 PM
maybe 4.
# Posted By tony of the weeg clan
| 11/2/05 7:49 AM
We setup podcasting on our blog and it worked really well. We used MP3 files and iPodder (http://ipodder.sourceforge.net) to test it out.
URL we used for iPodder was just /blog/rss.cfm?mode=full and it automatically knew when an entry had an Enclosure and downloaded it.
We aren't going through with it on a regular basis due to bandwidth issues and because it is a radio show so each MP3 file is over 10MB but the test worked great!
URL we used for iPodder was just /blog/rss.cfm?mode=full and it automatically knew when an entry had an Enclosure and downloaded it.
We aren't going through with it on a regular basis due to bandwidth issues and because it is a radio show so each MP3 file is over 10MB but the test worked great!
# Posted By Andrew
| 11/2/05 12:49 PM
To subscribe to the Helms and Peters stuff use the RSS buttons on their website.
Right-click on the button, copy the link, go to iTunes and hit Advanced > Subscribe to Podcast... then paste in the link.
By default iTunes only downloads the most recent entry so you'll need to manually "get" all the other enclosures. I just downloaded everything from the H+P site that way. Now I just need to find the time to listen to it all...
Right-click on the button, copy the link, go to iTunes and hit Advanced > Subscribe to Podcast... then paste in the link.
By default iTunes only downloads the most recent entry so you'll need to manually "get" all the other enclosures. I just downloaded everything from the H+P site that way. Now I just need to find the time to listen to it all...
# Posted By Sean Corfield
| 11/2/05 8:31 PM
helmsandpeters.com says "Podcast Listeners: Get the 4 most recent episodes of "Helms and Peters Out Loud" on your own schedule".
But I can't figure out how to get last week's podcast.
But I can't figure out how to get last week's podcast.
# Posted By Phillip Senn
| 11/30/05 10:05 AM
If you use Itunes, you can copy the RSS link into the Podcasts area.
# Posted By Raymond Camden
| 11/30/05 5:31 PM
Hi, im liked feed player http://www.coldfusionpodcast.com/ and cms coldfusion there, how and where download cms podcast coldfusion ? let me know
# Posted By hcl
| 9/30/07 9:36 PM
Am I missing something that makes this so super cool, or are people just realizing 'OHH, I can record a radio show to a MP3!!'
Can someone tell me the BFD?
(not trying to be sarcastic, I really dont understand the big whopdee)