Podcasts, I’ve always wondered what it meant. I won’t lie, when I first heard that word the firs thought that I came up with was that it was only for iPods. The only reason why was because all of my own friends that had iPods knew all about it.

This is definitely my first experience dealing with podcasts, and really it’s not that bad. Confusing at first, yes, but other then that quite simple. I went through my iTunes and chose to subscribe to this podcast under Education all about Byzantine rulers. Ha, I know, I just love to learn and I’ll always be that way. I loved how iTunes podcasts selection was so varied and widespread. My only complaint about this system is when I first subscribed, I only had one cast to listen to. I did end up figuring out that you need to go back to that channel and hit the get episode, which is basically everything posted prior to subscribing.

For podcasts and the use in libraries, I don’t know how we couldn’t use it! Imagine you are in a public library and you are searching for a new way to put information out there. Well podcasts would be perfect! Once a week, someone could have a write up with what had happened in the library, new releases, and maybe even some suggested readings. There could be an option to subscribe to reviews written by those in the library, or spotlights on different authors that may offer to read for the podcast. Besides, it would be easy to have something from an author, since podcasts are all online.

Here’s my youtube video, please don’t take offense to it, I just really enjoy spoofs on the iPhone apps.  I know that I chuckled when I first saw it!

Keep snacking and make it a pumpkin pie!