In de New York Times van 28/10 een verhaal over Podcasting. Hier alvast de passage waar wordt uitgelegd wat Podcasting precies inhoudt:

…While Internet-based recorded audio is not new, podcasting combines audio with an online subscription technology known as R.S.S., or Really Simple Syndication. To keep up with a multitude of Web sites, users can pull together their reading material, or feeds, in one place using software called an R.S.S. reader. In late August, Adam Curry, 40, a former MTV host turned entrepreneur, wrote a program allowing automatic downloads of new audio shows using R.S.S. The shows can be played on a computer or transferred to a portable MP3 player, like an iPod – hence the name. …

Maar er staat nog veel meer interessants in dit artikel. Adam Curry, De Podcaster van het allereerste uur -sterker nog … de uitvinder van PodCasting- komt zelf ook aan het woord.