Back in summer of 2004 I first learned about podcasts. I don't remember how I learned about them but I started to listen to Adam Curry's podcast called the Daily Source Code. During this time he was living in the Netherlands and producing a sort of audio diary with commentary about his life, technology, politics, and music. His almost daily show was a welcome break from the drivel that was on traditional radio. Over the next couple of months I would search and find additional podcasts to help with my hour long daily commute. My commute has changed to a two hour daily commute and my podcast listening has helped ease that burden.In June of 2005 Apple updated iTunes to automatically sync the podcasts with my ipod and this is when the popularity of podcasts started to take off. The ease of adding these new shows to the ipod was a great boon and it simplified the process of finding new shows to add.
We are now in 2010 and I can safely say I have probably listened to broadcast radio less than a two hours total for the past 5 years. The only reason I turn the radio on now is to find out about traffic issues.
I was recently asked by a friend which podcasts I enjoy and that got me thinking I should do a review of the various podcasts I have tried and still listen to. Primarily my podcasting listening is broken down into the following niches: Photography, History, Technology, Music, and Story telling. So with that I'm going to write a series of review articles over the next couple of weeks that gives you my take on the podcast world.