Nod to The Legend · The techniques · 2004
The Birth of the Podcast
Adam Curry, Dave Winer and Ben Hammersley
Dave Winer's RSS feeds could carry audio files, and Adam Curry pushed shows out that way. In 2004 the journalist Ben Hammersley wrote the word "podcasting" in The Guardian, and it stuck.
Still heard: Every podcast feed still runs on RSS.
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- Harvey Fletcher and Wilden Munson: Bell Labs researchers
- Jack Mullin and Bing Crosby: The men who brought tape to America