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• The Gillmor Gang is back (sort of)

  One of my long-standing favorite podcasts was the Gillmor Gang, and there was definitely a void on my iPod over the past year. Thankfully, the Gang is back . Well, sort of. Steve says "to be clear, this will not be a resumption of The Gillmor Gang; the reasons the show was stopped remain in force. But fundamentally The Gang was a representation of a conversation I’ve been a part of for years and one that continues as we speak." Steve's always been a little, shall we say, quirky, about what he wants to call things, but fundamentally the conversation is back on my iPod and that's something I'm glad for. The content is as good and raw (unedited) as ever, even if Steve is continuing his annoying habit of dividing episodes into 4 parts (at least there's not 5+ minutes of advertising in each episode this time around, yet). Join the Facebook group here . Judging from a recent message, it sounds like Steve is trying to find ways to let the members of the group actively... Posted Nov 26 2007, 02:38 PM by Tim with | with no comments Filed under: Technology, Audio, Podcast

• Podcast support in Windows Media Player 11

  There is one other issue I need to deal with before I can totally switch to Windows Media Player 11 - podcast support. Microsoft made the head-scratching decision not to include native podcast support - one area where iTunes really excelled. Someone wrote a plugin over the summer , but it doesn't work in WMP 11 and Vista and he's not maintaining it right now . There are countless other third party aggregators (Doppler is an old favorite), but I need to spend some time figuring it all out. My key requirements are: Automatic downloads (no manual intervention) Synchronization to the device (at most 1 click, preferably none) Removal of old podcasts (preferably removed from the device after they've been listened to, but I'll accept support for the last, say, 3 episodes - as long as Steve Gillmor doesn't break CalacanisCast into 17 parts). For those of you not using iTunes, how are you managing your subscriptions? Note: I'll update this post over time as I refine the strategy. Posted Dec 28 2006, 02:56 PM by Tim with | with 2 comment(s) Filed under: Technology, Software Development, Rants, Gadgets, Music, Blogging, Apple, Audio, Podcast