An official EduCaster podcatcher?

I think I’m going to have to buy into this one. iPodder has no provided people with a way to create a custom podcatching client preloaded with the feeds of your choice. You buy the client, for a nominal fee. Then you preload it with feeds of your choice and make it available for download. Then, people can download your custom podcatcher, install it and just click ‘receive’ and it will go to work! They don’t need to waste time copying and pasting rss feeds, browsing through podcast alley or searching for other podcast directory sites. They can download and jump right in!

What a fantastic way to eliminate some of technical issues that keep people from diving into podcasting. Brilliant idea by the iPodder crew.

*Update*
Ok, the more I think about the idea, the more I like it. I had already registered the name EduCasters.net, and I’m going to try to put together a directory/repository for Educational related ‘casts. If you are interested in helping out in the project, leave a comment or send me an email!

6 Comments

Eric Jefcoat
4/21/2005

The preloaded podcatching client was a stroke of genius.

I love the idea. Perhaps we could pitch in and to put out that
EduCaster EduPodder. By the way, this comment field is
experiencing a partial “Flickr eclipse” as it is partially
obstructed by the the Flickr pics–not that there’s anything wrong
with that.

Cute dogs, BTW.

–Eric Jefcoat

Aaron Smtih
4/21/2005

Awesome idea! How can I help?

Tom Woodward
4/22/2005

I’d be happy to help as well.

Cyphase
4/26/2005

I’m currently working on a new podcatcher client, and am planning to include, among others, a feature to create a custom podcatcher. It’s going to be written in Python, and licensed under the GPL. Just thought you’d like to know.

I’m also willing to work on the backend of the EduCasters site. If you didn’t get my email from the reply form, post a comment with your email and I’ll email you my email.