The term "podcasting" was coined in 2004 and in simply a few months it went from being an unknown conception and an uninvented word to a Google-search result in the millions!

Podcasts are springing up nearly every day, like weeds. But nice weeds!

The idea of causing files of sound over the Computer network is not new.

It was simply a matter of taking existing elements, like MP3 and RSS, and reworking them to allow technological visionaries to create a new form of communication.

Personal web journals called web logs, or "blogs" have been about for a piece so folk could voice opinions and provide information to others.

People use these blogs as a personal platform so it was only natural to add files of sound to their textu