I recently came across a couple of ringtones podcasts and thought what a great idea it was.

Check them out: Ringtone Podcast and KSSX Ringtones.

The first one seems to be updated regularly while the second offers just a couple of ringtones from the Eric Rice show.

I got a Sony PSP given to me for Christmas last year and I have to confess I haven’t used it that much. I’m not into all these modern games so much and would prefer playing the old classics like Tetris.

So I was looking at it the other day and thinking what else could I use it for other than playing games and having a wireless TV. Going through the menus I noticed the RSS Channel which wasn’t there when I first got it so must have been part of an upgrade.

So I delved a little deeper into it and it turns out that the Sony PSP now supports Podcasts. You simply enter the RSS feed of the podcast you want to subscribe to into the internet browser and it will recognize it as a feed and ask you if you want to add it to the RSS Channels. Once you’ve done this you can then select the feed in the RSS Channels menu and it will list all of the available episodes.

You then have more options with the episodes and can choose to stream it live on your PSP or save it to your memory stick. Saving it I think is a better option if you’ve got room as once your playing the file you can fast forward and rewind until your hearts content without having to wait for the PSP to catch up with its buffering.

When you’ve saved the file it appears under the Music menus as it is an MP3 and the Sony PSP thinks it will be a music file.

So if you don’t have an iPod and normally listen to podcasts on your PC a Sony PSP is a good way of listening to podcasts on the move.

If you don’t get the chance to catch Scott Mills on the radio then have a listen to his daily podcasts. Some of these are hilarious.

Scott Mills Daily
A daily slice of Scott, with more silly features, immature banter, crank calls, and Flirt Divert, taken from their show every day on Radio 1 from 4pm to 7pm.

Mills: Amy’s Mum 18 Nov 08
18 Nov 2008 at 11:21am
Amy’s mum has left her so many strange messages on her answering machine, she’s made a CD of them! Plus, why Scott is on the BBC Sport website?! And there’s no Chappers this week, so Anna Lee pops in to play Oh! What’s Occurring?
Listen

Mills: It’s Only Bley Friday 17 Nov 08
17 Nov 2008 at 11:12am
Scott thinks It’s Only Bley Friday would sound better if he played the organ at the same time. Plus, he’s found some old people who love singing about Ridin’ Dirty!
Listen

Mills: Chappers is in the pub 14 Nov 08
14 Nov 2008 at 1:33pm
Well, not entirely true… he’s hosting some pub awards somewhere. We miss him so much we give him his very own theme tune. Zane comes in to play Oh! What’s Occurring and we speak to boxing champion Joe Calzaghe!
Listen

Mills: Katy Perry 13 Nov 08
13 Nov 2008 at 2:45pm
There’s something going on and Chappers is very suspicious… Scott and the team are all dressed up but no one told him, so he’s fearing the worst. Plus, Oh! What’s Occurring featuring Greg James and Britney Spears.
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Mills: Leona Lewis 12 Nov 08
12 Nov 2008 at 11:31am
Leona pops in for a chat and as a special treat, Scott has written her a song! Oh! What’s Occurring is back and today it features Tess Daly, a horse and Bob the Builder. Plus, Scott’s getting worried about famous people who do book signings… what if no one turns up?
Listen

So you’ve created your first podcast and now you want to start promoting it. First you go a podcast directory and the first thing they ask you for is the link to your podcast feed.

Now for a lot of webmasters especially newbie’s and non-technical types the first that springs to mind is “What is a podcast feed?”.

A podcast feed is basically an rss xml file which describes your podcast, any episodes you may have and the location of the files.

In order to simplify the process I have launched a free podcast feed generator on my site Podcastblaster.com. Once you setup an account you only need to fill in the simple forms and the feed will be generated for you. When you add new episodes you can come back to the site and enter the details and re-generate your feed.

I’ve never felt the need to buy an iPod before as the only music I tend to listen to is what I hear on the radio but now I have had a change of heart.

There are so many great podcasts available which I do try to listen to but find it distracting to listen to these on my PC. So now I’ve decided to order an iPod so I can download the podcasts onto it and hopefully I’ll have more of a chance to listen to them when I’m on the move.

Some of the podcasts I listen to regularly are:

The Best of Chris Moyles
Scott Mills Daily
Webmaster Radio

I’m sure I will be listening to more once my iPod arrives.