About these Authors
Matt May is a Web accessibility specialist, and has written on the interaction of people and technology since 1995. He keeps his own weblog at
bestkungfu.com, and produces a podcast called
Staccato, which features Creative Commons-licensed music.
Alex Williamsblogs, consults and produces unconference style events, where people immerse in DIY media. These are fun occasions, designed for people who want to get together with authors, artists, technologists and leading thinkers to converse, eat, listen to music, write, shoot photos and post podcasts and videoblogs. Alex also works with companies to establish DIY approaches, where writing, photography, voice and video come together to create new conversations and communities. Alex is currently fascinated with digital photography. His girlfriend calls him a Flickrholic. Send Alex a nice message: alexhwilliams at gmail.com.
Nicole Simon loves blogging and podcasting, dashed with an European view. As consultant she helps to facilitate such tools for business purposes or personal publishing empires. She can be found at
cruel to be kind and on her private blog
Useful Sounds.
Roland Tanglao is a well known podcasting enthusiast and a passionate advocate of blogs, RSS, and social software as a means of online expression for people, organizations and businesses. He is a prominent participant in the blogosphere and online communities and one of the founders of Bryght and as Bryght's Chief Blogging Officer reads hundreds of blogs daily. He graduated from the University of Waterloo, worked at Nortel Networks where he ran its first internal corporate blog, has has been blogging since 1999, and was the first business blogging consultant in Canada.
Alex Williams
Matt May
Nicole Simon
Roland Tanglao
1. Penny Haynes on June 4, 2005 12:14 PM writes...
I had a colleague check into subscribing to Rush's podcast, but from the instructions Rush's people sent out, they have created their own download program, and it "pushes" the podcast onto the subscriber's computer, which they are supposed to leave open.
Do you know if this is true? Or will Limbaugh's podcast be available and downloadable via normal podcasting channels?
Permalink to Comment2. Brad Hutchings on June 25, 2005 11:03 PM writes...
I actually bought 6 months of the Rome podcast. Yes, it uses a dedicated downloader. The files come in to a folder (which you can choose) and each file name is "Jim Rome - [date] - hour X". You get an Hour 1, Hour 2, and Hour 3 file each day. They're just regular vanilla MP3s.
I'm actually writing a little calendar app to scan the folder, show me what shows I have, and make it easy to select a day and play. I plan to post something to my blog about it in the next couple of days. Check my blog. Right now, it's just for Rome and Mac OS X only. You still need to use their downloader. If there's interest, I could probably convinced to add Phil Hendrie ;-). Rush and Dr. Laura only if you'll send me a clothespin for my nose...
-Brad
Permalink to Comment3. Brad Hutchings on June 25, 2005 11:18 PM writes...
One more thing... on the deleted music and commercials... It's no big loss. I even like Rome better without all the bumper music. He still leaves callers singing in. We should know this Friday whether he can leave original show-related songs in. I think that's the day he's replaying the Three Day Weekend show. No idea how it would work with Rush, where many of his bits are knock-offs of songs. He kinda lost me with the pill popping stunt.
Permalink to Comment4. Rush2Pod on September 14, 2005 12:50 AM writes...
It is our pleasure to announce software to deal with one of the most annoying issues conservative podcasters face today -- content producers and their IT staffs that will publish podcasts in a half-hearted manner.
Consider the popular Rush Limbaugh podcast -- it arrives after the show is complete and does...nothing...it just sits on your hard drive.
We at Rush2Pod Media believe that such behavior is user-hostile. And we have created the Rush2Pod software to correct the problem.
Using our innovate product, the podcasts like the Rush Limbaugh Show, the Glenn Beck Show, or any audio content you choose will automagically be added to your iTunes library when they arrive at your computer. If you have your iPod configured for auto-updates, the podcasts will be added to your iPod as well.
We are sending you this announcement because we believe that you and your users will find value in our freeware product.
Thanks for you time,
announce@rush2pod.com
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