"Podcasting"... subscriber based rich content distribution

 So "Podcasting" was a term that was new to me. Essentially users of portable devices like iPods (the entomology of the Podcasting term I suppose) can subscribe to rich media content feeds, mostly audio, and download the content to their portable music player.

I would presume with the iPod that supports photos users will be able to 'podcast' images and eventually movies.

Obvious application in the academic environment to disseminate information. Ereserves, data sets, what have you.

Some links:

• Podcasting.net - a large directory of published podcasts. Also I suppose would be an example of a 'folksonomy' in action (users can add keywords to their podcasts and then they are parsed and become tags). Users can subscribe to a tag feed. Subscribers receive updates of newly tagged content.

• Wikipedia - lots of historical/background info. Tons 'o links.