Welcome the Wakefield Doctrine (the theory of clarks, scotts and rogers)

Friend of the Doctrine, Mel¹ over at Mostly Teachable has very recently started doing ‘podcasts’² and ever since he put us on the blogroll at ‘Spatula in the Wilderness’³ we have always looked to Mel and them, for things to copy…imitate  to also try our hands at.  So when we saw the recent podcast at ‘Teachable’ (which, btw, is sporting a new and tres cool ‘little black blog’ look), we totally thought, “Shit! Now we got to learn some new technology”
Fortunately for us,  we have DS#1 and Ms AKH on the scene everyday, and their reaction to my concern was, “What the hell!  Just do a Video Friday and we’ll duct tape some fins on it, a little aluminum foil and…”Podcast”!

1)  you know, I believe he uses his real name now, but for a lot of us here, he’ll  always be ‘Mel’

2) Wikipedia!!  yo!  podcasts are?

‘A podcast is a type of digital media consisting of an episodic series of audio files subscribed to and downloaded through web syndication or streamed online to a computer or mobile device. The word is a neologism derived from “broadcast” and “pod” from the success of the iPod, as podcasts are often listened to on portable media players.

A list of all the audio or video files currently associated with a given series is maintained centrally on the distributor’s server as a web feed, and the listener or viewer employs special client application software, known as a podcatcher, that can access this web feed, check it for updates, and download any new files in the series. This process can be automated so that new files are downloaded automatically. Files are stored locally on the user’s computer or other device ready for offline use, giving simple and convenient access to episodic content. In this way it is contrasted to webcasting (Internet streaming).’  
(courtesy Wikipedia:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Podcast )

3) ‘Spatula in the Wilderness’ is where we ‘met’ Mel (it may or may not have been his first blog…we suspect not…but provided a source of encouragement to our fledgling efforts, way back in ‘aught 9)