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VINCE said:
WHY DO YOU ALL THINK EVERYONE HAS AN IPOD ……HAVE YOU A FEED I CAN USE FOR MY PODSOFTWARE?
BEST REGARDS
# 4 July 2009 at 8:47 pm

CaptainSubtext said:
You don’t need an iPod to listen to podcasts.
Very enjoyable podcast again, I’m always enthousiastic about new SciFiNow podcasts. Please keep making them.
# 6 July 2009 at 9:45 am

Stu said:
Yeah, but the links just go to an iTunes software download page with no sign of the Podcast! Perhaps it shows up if you have iTunes installed, otherwise, the links are useless.
# 6 July 2009 at 3:32 pm

Aaron Asadi (author) said:
Who doesn’t have iTunes installed?
# 6 July 2009 at 3:41 pm

Stu said:
Your Readers?
# 6 July 2009 at 6:46 pm

Aaron Asadi (author) said:
Surprising, especially as iTunes is a free download. Forgive us for making a podcast under the assumption that everyone has a computer and access to the internet.
# 7 July 2009 at 9:37 am

Stu said:
Aah, well… there is the old Management rule: don’t assume anything, as it makes an “ass” out of “u” and “me”.
Yes, it is a blindingly obvious rule!
Computer + Internet != iTunes
More of a Zen man meself.
# 7 July 2009 at 2:45 pm

Aaron Asadi (author) said:
Our podcasts are available through iTunes.
# 7 July 2009 at 2:58 pm

Stu said:
Fair enough – there appears to be a little reticence in explaining why a simple MP3 is not made available for those without an iPod – guess you must have your reasons for not wanting the extra listeners. Forgive me if there’s a “charge” attached – in which case I’ve been downloading it illegally! Oops!
# 7 July 2009 at 4:09 pm

Aaron Asadi (author) said:
You don’t need an iPod to listen to our podcasts, just iTunes.
# 7 July 2009 at 4:19 pm

James Rundle said:
There’s no charge, it’s available through iTunes, therefore you need iTunes to listen to it. Which is free, and doesn’t need an iPod to run. Trust me, I don’t have an iPod, and I use it, it’s actually a decent piece of software.
It allows us far more ability to aggregate statistics on who’s listening to it, the amount of hits, that sort of thing.
Simple concept.
# 7 July 2009 at 4:22 pm

Stu said:
Ah, so it’s only for stats? Makes sense.
You do know your web software can also give you stats on the downloads outside of iTunes? Then you could just add the two together!
So in essence, you’re asking Readers to download and install an additional piece of bloated software just to download an MP3?
Not something I’d be happy with, must be honest.
# 7 July 2009 at 4:56 pm

Quaid said:
Or you could just listen to it through Quicktime and the browser at:
http://www.scifinow.co.uk/podcasts/SFN_012_Podcast.mp3
# 7 July 2009 at 7:50 pm

drax said:
Thanks a lot for the link Quaid
Installing iTunes does cause problems for Windows users, it mucks up your codecs and it’s difficult to completely uninstall. It mostly affects those who make audio recordings or those who use codecs like OGG and FLAC and would totally ruin anyone’s QuickTime Alternative install.
It was forbidden at BBC Broadcast / Red Bee coz it caused so many problems and I personally had to rebuild several workstations from the ground up while I was there because of it.
If you just need raw numbers of people downloading it then there’s a few other ways of doing that. If you’re getting some demographic data from iTunes then that’s a different story I guess.
# 9 July 2009 at 8:34 pm

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