I realise it's been a long-ish time since I last put thoughts here.
Well, it's a new month and so it is with new resolve that I am trying to tackle podcasts.
(Why do so many of the words created to describe new Web 2.0 things sound so ugly: blog, podcast, vodcast, voip -- or is it just me?)
But, I digress.
There are many programs on the ABC radio AM band that I enjoy. My MP3 player broadcasts only the FM band, so I can't listen to these programs on the go, unless I am in the car, and then any listening is usually interrupted. I have tried the streaming audio, which is good, but then I have to listen sitting next to the computer. But to be able to store these programs on my MP3 player and listen to them while I wait for a tram, or while on the tram -- this would be rewarding! I have some instructions in front of me regarding how to download the audio files to the computer and then to my MP3 player, but so far I have not been able to master it. I will report back when I have had some success.
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On the ugly sound of Web 2.0 words, many of the words are portmanteaus -- two words blended or packed together to make one -- as in the cast of podcasts, which is the combination of iPod and broadcast. While I'm not too bothered about podcast & vodcast, I DO love the word portmanteau, and Lewis Carroll's reference in the Oxford English Dictionary, "You see it's like a portmanteau [also a bag, a suitcase]--there are two meanings packed up into one word."
Hmm, maybe we should thank our lucky stars that this rambling comment is written, rather than, say, having to listen it via your MP3 player!
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