Podcasting Primer
One of Matthew's early posts, Podcasting 101, discusses his experience creating a podcast. For those of you who might not be ready to do your own podcasting or who might be unsure of what podcasts are, I'm going to step back and provide more information.
A podcast is like a radio or TV show, except the episodes are made available online. Using special software known as a podcatcher, you can download the episodes and listen to or watch them either on a mobile device, such as an iPod, or on your personal computer. Podcasts use syndication, so that you can subscribe and easily check to see if new episodes are available. (For those of you who want a more technical explaination, check out Adam Green's site.)
If you want to listen to a few podcasts, but you don't know where to start, I've picked out a few law and technology podcast that you might be interested in.
- This Week in Law - Denise Howell, Cathy Kirkman, Ernie Svenson, and John Palfrey discuss technology law including patents, copyrights, and more.
- Summary Judgments - A team of Stanford Law students led by Alan Bakowski and Michael Montaño interview prominent figures in the legal community and discuss legal news and policy issues relevant to the American Constitutional Society.
- Nolocasts - Richard Stim discusses the law, interviews authors and other experts, and answers to everyday questions.
- Legal Lad - Quick & Dirty Tips for a More Lawful Life - Michael Flynn provides useful information about constitutional law, employment law, privacy rights, liability, criminal law, international rights, family law and wills and estates.
- Law Technology Now - Monica Bay, editor-in-chief of Law Technology News, interviews members of the legal technology community. - K
Thanks for the podcast pointers! Very helpful! We recently provided a tech update to the Georgia Supreme Court Civil Justice Commission and covered the new podcasting. We're just starting up and have much to learn. We'll stay tuned here for more helpful advice.