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2:30PM Angus Kidman | Apple has expanded its iTunes U scheme to include primary and secondary schools, and there’s already a number of local schools providing education content that can freely be downloaded by anyone. More »
Apple Expands Australian iTunes U Content
2:30PM Angus Kidman | Apple has expanded its iTunes U scheme to include primary and secondary schools, and there’s already a number of local schools providing education content that can freely be downloaded by anyone. More » 
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Listen For Android Finds And Plays Podcasts
9:30PM Kevin Purdy | Android: Google is giving podcast fans a free and easy to find app, Listen, that searches, downloads, queues and plays audio shows. It’s great at finding and playing podcasts, but could be just a bit more intuitive in managing them. More »
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4:30PM Angus Kidman | Can’t keep up with all the podcasts you’ve subscribed to? PodShifter helps you get through more by speeding up the broadcasts.
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PodShifter Speeds Up Podcasts For Faster Listening
4:30PM Angus Kidman | Can’t keep up with all the podcasts you’ve subscribed to? PodShifter helps you get through more by speeding up the broadcasts.
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A Master List Of Free Online Language Lessons
10:00PM Kevin Purdy | Open Culture has a comprehensive list of totally free resources for anyone looking to learn a language though audio files. Whether you’re brushing up your Yiddish or delving into Dutch, you’ll find a free feed here. More »
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Over-The-Air Podcasts Coming To iPhone
11:00PM Kevin Purdy | Leaked screenshots of the upcoming iPhone 2.2 firmware update show a cleaned-up interface for the App Store, but, more importantly, the ability to download podcasts directly to your device over Wi-Fi or 3G. Direct downloads will be limited, however, to 10MB or less, so jailbreak-required apps like Podcaster still have a decent half-life. [via] More »
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3:39PM Angus Kidman | Getting a start in writing seems easier than ever in the blogging era, but getting your words into print in book form is still a daunting task. Seek inspiration from the author interview podcasts at the Sydney Writers Centre. Featured authors include comic novelist Nick Earl, hugely successful fantasy writer Garth Nix, and budget cookery specialist Rachael Bermingham, discussing how to get into print and tips for successful writing. You can grab the podcasts online or subscribe via iTunes.
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Australian Writers Podcast On How To Get Published
3:39PM Angus Kidman | Getting a start in writing seems easier than ever in the blogging era, but getting your words into print in book form is still a daunting task. Seek inspiration from the author interview podcasts at the Sydney Writers Centre. Featured authors include comic novelist Nick Earl, hugely successful fantasy writer Garth Nix, and budget cookery specialist Rachael Bermingham, discussing how to get into print and tips for successful writing. You can grab the podcasts online or subscribe via iTunes.
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How to Trim Podcasts and Movies in iTunes
11:00PM Gina Trapani | Save a little time by fast-tracking through podcast intro chatter and cutting off movie credits in iTunes by using the custom Start and Stop times on your songs and videos. Macworld explains that you can right-click on the item in question, and choose Get Info. In the Options tab, check off Start Time or Stop Time to set it. (Use this same technique to create a perfectly timed interval training iTunes playlist for your next trip to the gym or the track.) If you convert the item to another file format, only the snippet will go into the new file. iTunes’ Start and Stop Times [Macworld] More »
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How Coverville’s Brian Ibbott Gets Things Done
2:00AM Kevin Purdy | Podcaster Brian Ibbott has turned out Coverville, a 40-minute podcast of cover songs and commentary, three times a week since September 2004, with only a few misses here and there. Ibbott works freelance as a web consultant in the mornings, listens to and sorts dozens of requested songs every afternoon, and shuts down his laptop at 5PM to spend time with his wife and child. When he hits 500 episodes of Coverville on August 15, it’ll happen at a five-act Las Vegas concert he booked and organised mostly himself. Brian Ibbott, in other words, is a busy man, but his show is a light-hearted breath of fresh air for roughly 15,000 music fans each week. We spoke with the man behind one of the net’s earliest and most consistent podcasts about his organisation techniques, working as a true freelancer, and what it’s like to manage 108 GB of music as part of your job. More »
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12:13PM Angus Kidman | Apple has been pushing out podcasts from universities under the iTunes U brand for a while now, but the concept just got more interesting with the addition of half-a-dozen Australian universities: Australian National University, Griffith University, Swinburne University, University of Melbourne, University of NSW, and the University of WA (for New Zealanders, Otago University has also signed up.) Content includes audio and video versions of guest and regular lectures, as well as research profiles. Shame we got stuck with the US-centric ‘U’ branding; frankly, if you want to go to university, you need to be able to pronounce words of more than one syllable. Though admittedly ‘iTunes College’ wouldn’t be much better.
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iTunes U gets an Australian flavour
12:13PM Angus Kidman | Apple has been pushing out podcasts from universities under the iTunes U brand for a while now, but the concept just got more interesting with the addition of half-a-dozen Australian universities: Australian National University, Griffith University, Swinburne University, University of Melbourne, University of NSW, and the University of WA (for New Zealanders, Otago University has also signed up.) Content includes audio and video versions of guest and regular lectures, as well as research profiles. Shame we got stuck with the US-centric ‘U’ branding; frankly, if you want to go to university, you need to be able to pronounce words of more than one syllable. Though admittedly ‘iTunes College’ wouldn’t be much better.
iTunes U
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