I have been toying with the idea of doing an ‘enhanced’ version of The FredCast and I want to know if this is something you would like me to do. I listen to lots of podcasts, but it seems that the ones I find most useful are the ones that are enhanced.
In case you don’t know, an enhanced podcast is just another type of audio file that allows graphics and/or hot links to be included along with the audio. So if I am doing a story on, for instance, Team Slipstream/Chipotle, your iPod or iTunes could show a photo of the team along with a clickable hot link that would take you to the Team Slipstream web site. Cool, huh?
Also, enhanced podcasts include chapter markers (just like DVDs) so that, for instance, you could skip a news story in which you aren’t interested. Of course, you’re interested in every news story I do, right?!? 😉
The only problem with enhanced podcasts is that they aren’t supported by all portable media devices or desktop players, so I would continue to produce the standard mp3 podcast in the existing feed, and I would add a second feed that would include the enhanced podcast in AAC format.
If this is something that a lot of you want, then I will do it. Just be forewarned that the enhanced podcast might be slightly delayed (up to 24 hours) due to the additional post-production, but hopefully I will get the workflow down quickly and the delay would be non-existent or negligible.
So . . . are you interested? Is this something you would like and find useful? Give me your feedback in the comments section of this post. And stay tuned.
