iTunes Subversion

Oct 4, 2006 at 12:43 PM
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Thanks to Nik who is taking my campaign to rename "podcasts" to "netcast" right to the source: iTunes. Nik explains how to modify iTunes so it says "Netcasts" instead of the hated "Podcasts."

He warns that you can screw up your iTunes, but it's really pretty straightforward. You're just replacing the localized strings - a feature Apple has designed into all its programs for easy translation. The screen shot at left comes from iTunes 7.0.1.

Thanks, Nik!

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Is that Nik or just Will in disguise ;-)

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Netcast sounds pretty cool. I could get use to that name. Oh congrads on your award...I wrote about you on my news web blog, Leo...The Tech Guru. You have been such a great help to all of us and what's really cool about you is how humble you are. Thank you Leo

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Oh my, that sure is the way to modify iTunes.

I am still trying to decide which way to go on the issue, but rest assured your voice is getting out there. I think I will put this in my own show that I do here on my Vox.

Apple will never go with "Netcast"

Leo if this was Microsoft doing this you would be railing against them because of there evil company. Why do you allow apply to do this?

Isn't this anti-podcast campaign somewhat like biting the hand that feeds you? Let's face it, if it hadn't been for Apple/iTunes, most people would have never even heard of Podcasts let alone have downloaded them!

More of a reason to do it if they were Microsoft.

'I like Apple products' does not equal 'I like Apple' all the time.

To be fair, I believe Dave Winer, not Apple, is the source of the word podcast.

I guess 'netcast' would cover audio and video, but what about 'audcast' and 'vidcast' ?? eh? eh?

Buzz - absolutely. Podcast predates Apple and iTunes, yet the word "pod" definitely connotes an iPod to most users. The term was first used by Ben Hammersley in an article in the Guardian on February 12, 2004. I doubt Ben knew what he was starting. If he had, he might have chosen a better word.

My real point - and I think I haven't made this very clearly - is that while the word has been successful in many ways, it paints us into a corner now. For example, Microsoft will never use the word in its Zune or Vista. In fact, there's no support for podcasts in either product. If podcasting is to grow we need to transcend the impression that it requires Apple products to listen. If other companies are afraid to step on Apple's toes, that will never happen.

Well I have the netcasts name in iTunes, Instead of Netcasts why don't we just call it like we really want it..Lalacast..or Netaudio.

But hey I like netcasts, but I don't think Apple will really change it unless people stop calling them podcasts, ad that won't happen soon.

We had boogercasts in 7th grade dude. Old news. ;)

There's no podcast support in Zune (really? jeez) because there's no money in it. That's my conspiracy theory, and I'm sticking to it.

I had this installed in iTunes 7.0.0, but just updated to 7.0.2; will this work in it?

P.S. I love the Flaming Lips reference Leo.

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