Comments on: and another thing… http://www.bobandaj.info/57/ The Favourite Montreal podcast of those who don't like the other 5 Fri, 10 Dec 2010 17:55:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Administrator http://www.bobandaj.info/57/comment-page-1/#comment-179 Administrator Thu, 07 Jul 2005 15:51:32 +0000 http://www.bobandaj.info/?p=57#comment-179 Good Points. I guess for the iPod user, iTunes is really the way to go (not that you have a choice..). For people with other mp3 players, and for podcasters, the way Apple has bungled the podcast support, ignored existing standards, published erroneous specs, and made itself pretty much unavailable has really left a bad impression with myself and many other podcasters. Apple has a history of kicking butt, and this really isn't like them. They rushed it out, and it shows. They'll likely end up fixing things, and all will be cool then, I hope. In the meantime, they've alienated the creators of the content they're trying to push. Good Points. I guess for the iPod user, iTunes is really the way to go (not that you have a choice..).

For people with other mp3 players, and for podcasters, the way Apple has bungled the podcast support, ignored existing standards, published erroneous specs, and made itself pretty much unavailable has really left a bad impression with myself and many other podcasters.

Apple has a history of kicking butt, and this really isn’t like them. They rushed it out, and it shows. They’ll likely end up fixing things, and all will be cool then, I hope. In the meantime, they’ve alienated the creators of the content they’re trying to push.

]]> By: jon from vancouver http://www.bobandaj.info/57/comment-page-1/#comment-178 jon from vancouver Thu, 07 Jul 2005 15:39:07 +0000 http://www.bobandaj.info/?p=57#comment-178 It does the job for me and it is convenient because it syncs with my iPod in one place. I used iPodderX and iPodder Lemon, it was a resource hog. Then it needs to open iTunes to transfer the podcasts, which puts it in another playlist instead of one location called Podcasts as the current iPod firmware does. Perhaps because I own an iPod and use iTunes, I don't know how the other side deals with syncing their standard mp3 players and other software. It's just nice to have the iPod sync and know it all works. It does the job for me and it is convenient because it syncs with my iPod in one place. I used iPodderX and iPodder Lemon, it was a resource hog. Then it needs to open iTunes to transfer the podcasts, which puts it in another playlist instead of one location called Podcasts as the current iPod firmware does. Perhaps because I own an iPod and use iTunes, I don’t know how the other side deals with syncing their standard mp3 players and other software. It’s just nice to have the iPod sync and know it all works.

]]> By: Administrator http://www.bobandaj.info/57/comment-page-1/#comment-176 Administrator Wed, 06 Jul 2005 14:10:55 +0000 http://www.bobandaj.info/?p=57#comment-176 OK, maybe that was a bit drastic. But seriously, you have to admit, in it's current form, iTunes isn't a very good podcatcher. OK, maybe that was a bit drastic.

But seriously, you have to admit, in it’s current form, iTunes isn’t a very good podcatcher.

]]> By: jon from vancouver http://www.bobandaj.info/57/comment-page-1/#comment-175 jon from vancouver Wed, 06 Jul 2005 14:06:38 +0000 http://www.bobandaj.info/?p=57#comment-175 Uninstall iTunes? The horror. Install another program... double the horror. Seriously, there's 30 million iTunes users and you don't want to lose new future listeners. That's a huge market for you guys. Uninstall iTunes? The horror. Install another program… double the horror.
Seriously, there’s 30 million iTunes users and you don’t want to lose new future listeners. That’s a huge market for you guys.

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