Odeo launches &c
Probably the last to mention that odeo, Evan William’s podcasting venture, launched last saturday. Also of note: macdevcenter interview with Ev which predates the launch, but sheds some light on the recording/hosting side of odeo which isn’t public yet. I like the odeo-directory a lot more than apple’s, but wonder: is there a simple way to use itunes for subscribing/downloading with the odeo directory? Because i really like the idea of having my music library and podcasts separated and afaik you’ll have to go through itunes if you wanna take advantage of this.
Speaking of itunes, a little clarification of this: when i found their implementation pretty nice i primarily referred to their decision to separate music library and podcasts in both itunes and ipod. Many of the ui-changes in itunes suck, however. Only today i found out that it’s possible to subscribe to podcasts outside apple’s directory. That functionality is hidden under “advanced” -> “subscribe to podcast…” - a very clunky solution. For many more poor ui design decisions & changes i recommend Sven’s rundown of the whole mess.