2. What is podcasting? Podcasting itself is described as the
method of distributing multimedia files, such as audio or videos
files, over the internet for future playback on mobile devices
or computers. The term podcast, like 'radio', can mean both the
content and the method of delivery. A particular advantage to
podcasting is that the media is easily created by most recording
equipment (an iPod with a mic, a computer, a DV camera) and is
encoded into an industry standard (MP3) that is universally read
by computers and portable media devices. Podcasting also uses an
XML-based technology called Really Simple Syndication (RSS).
When you want to publish a new podcast, you add a description of
the podcast to an XML RSS file. You can include lots of
information about your podcast such as dates, ns, description
etc and importantly you link to your podcast file as well. This
file is published to the web as an item in a RSS feed and is the
means by which users access your podcast. They can either
download individual