Thing 21
I am afraid I am not a big fan of the podcast. I am a visual learner, and I will always prefer the written to the read. If I am in a rare multi-tasking mood, perhaps I might listen to something while I do something else. Every time I listened to one of the podcasts on my computer today, though, I kept thinking how much better they would be with video as well. Listening to someone read a picture book, when you cannot see the pictures, does not seem very entertaining. I listened to a few of Nancy Pearl's book reviews, and while I would have enjoyed hearing them in my car, I was frustrated listening to them on my computer. It would be so much faster to just read her comments. For people who like to multi-task and live with headphones stuck in their ears, I can see it might be nice to download things you want to listen to in order to entertain you throughout the day. Maybe if I was listening to an interesting story on NPR in the car, I might like to push a button so that my radio would save the rest of the program for me to hear on my next trip (like I can do with my television), but I am not an iPod person. I do not want to invest any more time in learning that technology. As for podcast search engines, I did best by Googling "librarian podcast" (where I found Nancy Pearl).
As for vidcasts - I do catch up with a lot of news that way, as well as episodes of programs I may have missed.
I am afraid I am not a big fan of the podcast. I am a visual learner, and I will always prefer the written to the read. If I am in a rare multi-tasking mood, perhaps I might listen to something while I do something else. Every time I listened to one of the podcasts on my computer today, though, I kept thinking how much better they would be with video as well. Listening to someone read a picture book, when you cannot see the pictures, does not seem very entertaining. I listened to a few of Nancy Pearl's book reviews, and while I would have enjoyed hearing them in my car, I was frustrated listening to them on my computer. It would be so much faster to just read her comments. For people who like to multi-task and live with headphones stuck in their ears, I can see it might be nice to download things you want to listen to in order to entertain you throughout the day. Maybe if I was listening to an interesting story on NPR in the car, I might like to push a button so that my radio would save the rest of the program for me to hear on my next trip (like I can do with my television), but I am not an iPod person. I do not want to invest any more time in learning that technology. As for podcast search engines, I did best by Googling "librarian podcast" (where I found Nancy Pearl).
As for vidcasts - I do catch up with a lot of news that way, as well as episodes of programs I may have missed.
