This is the most important thing. It is typical for a podcast be composed of a series of topics, pieces or bits. All I ask is that each piece have a bookmark at the front so that when I hear a song I don't like or a piece that doesn't interest me, I can skip it. Remember skipping? Otherwise, podcasting is two steps forward and one step back.
I've been getting more and more into listening to podcasts in the last 30 days. But my listening process needs work. There are many more podcast listeners than podcasters. So far, the only single word I've seen for podcast listening is *podcatching* which will do as long as everyone uses it. But they don't. Probably because it is kind of lame and very lame compared to podcasting which has a certain ring to it.
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Right now, I have more podcasts on my iPod shuffle than I do songs. That ratio works great for listening in shuffle mode - as long as I eliminate *old* - already listened to - podcasts.
I'm looking for the ultimate podcast listening app. I'm using a mix of NetNewsWire 2 beta and iPodderX. I'm thinking maybe a dedicated app like iPodderX is better but right now it's a mess trying to use both. I've eliminated a lot of the podcast feeds from NNW2 but iPodder seems to not be set correctly, because it's not getting the podcasts over to iTunes consistently. As usual, there are a few trials and tribulations when using new technology. If I weren't such an infogeek, I would probably give up on it. I don't even commute so I don't have as much motivation as some to get this stuff working right.
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