What's a Podcast?

I wanted to say welcome to all the new visitors!  AND THANKS to all of you that check this page and podcast regularly...  I really appreciate it all so much!

Just a re-cap that The Candie Cast is a podcast about jewelry making using all sorts of materials. It features me talking about tutorials on metalsmithing to beading, using wood and plastics and complex to simple techniques.  And then I've added links here and there to things related to jewelry such as galleries or artists.  Soon there will be jewelry book and product reviews. And then at the beginning I share tid bits about living in China or adventures I'm on.  The show is still in it's infant stages so I'm developing as I go on content.  Basically, I am trying to create a show that has something for everyone.  And this is the part where I say, please be patient with me :-) as I figure out everything. Thanks!

Secondly, What's a Podcast?  A podcast is basically an audio file or MP3 that you can download and save to your computer and listen to using whatever program your computer is set up to use (i.e. Windows Media Player or RealPlayer).  Podcasts have all sorts of information from crafting to traveling to Wine tasting...ANYTHING!!! And anyone can make one.  And for me, Podcasting is a new way to share information about my passion:  making jewelry.  I can share with you my trials and errors and successes in this field, stories about where I live and how it influences the creative life.  Already, I've met so many new friends from all over the world who love to make things too!  And it is this that really gets me excited about podcasting and helping people to create in the comfort of their homes.

How Do I listen to the Candie Cast?  Hmmmm, this question has a ton of different answers, but I will give you a couple of simple answers and if anyone else has any suggestions, please feel free to respond to this post.  First off, let me say it is soooooo simple to do.  Here's how I told my mom to do it...

In the show notes you will see something like "listen to this show" or "Play Weekend Special."  Okay, at this point you can click on those words and it will start downloading, but the thing is, you can't tell that the computer is doing anything!!!  So all of a sudden, say 30 minutes later depending on how fast your internet connection is, you will hear my voice or music start to play.  You must leave the Candie Cast page up while you download it.

Another easy way to get the show is to RIGHT CLICK on "listen to this show" or "Play Weekend Special" and click on SAVE TARGET AS.  Then you can carefully choose a directory on your computer where you want to save the file etc...and hit SAVE.  Then later you can open the file with Windows Media Player or Real Player and play it.  Or you can drag and drop it onto your MP3 player if you have one.  The key is though you don't need an iPod to play a podcast-isn't life sweet?!?!?!

Lastly you can use a podcatcher-it means just how it sounds.  iTunes is the podcatcher I use and I subscribe to all sorts of podcasts with it.  When a new show is out, iTunes automatically gets the latest shows and downloads it for me.  You have to download iTunes from http://www.apple.com/itunes/download/.  They walk you through the steps and then once you have it on your computer you can go to the iTunes "Music Store."  Do a search for The Candie Cast.  Then it will have a little button next to the show saying Subscribe.  Click on it and then it will of course ask you if "you are sure".  That's up to you, but if you say yes...from here on out iTunes will download the shows for you in your own Podcasts section on the left side of the screen.  How nice huh?

My Podcast feed....  http://candiecast.libsyn.com/rss

Are your heads spinning yet.  Mine is.  This techie lingo just doesn't flow to my fingers so easily! I hope some of this helps though.

You can visit this site for more help....

http://www.noipodrequired.com/

Thanks again for stopping by!  Take care-Candie

Comments

[Lindsay]

Trying to help my GF get this podcast without having to use itunes.

You really need to put a link to: http://candiecast.libsyn.com/rss

on your website. Most podcasters will include this in the site bar. It might be just best to use the RSS icon and feed from http://candiecast.libsyn.com/

Using something like juice receiver is also a good alternative to signing up for itunes.