Podcasting from the other side

I had a fun conversation this afternoon with Rich Tehrani of TMCNet.  (You can listen to the recording here).  I like Rich's podcasts, and I try to listen to as many as I can.  My favorites were the ones earlier this year with Chris Lyman (talking about his thoughts on working with the open source community) and another one with Jan Scheeren (great insights on what it's like to be in this industry for a long time). 

I'm been a daily podcast listener for years, so it's a real treat to appear on the shows that I've been listening to for myself.  A few weeks ago I was on one of Allen Miller's podcasts too, who is another name on my list of regular must-hear downloads.

Rich did the whole setup and publishing so seamlessly that I had to ask him afterwards what podcasting equipment or software he uses.  Interestingly, he uses the competition!  Well, sort of.  Microsoft doesn't have any podcasting features per se in our telephony software, so I don't blame Rich; in fact, I'll probably use it myself if I ever start doing podcasting at home.  But it got me thinking about the ways I wish podcasting could be made more mainstream and easy for everyone to participate in, both as listeners and as speakers.

I have more to say about this, but I'm on my way out the door and I'm busy queuing my next set of podcasts for the drive home.