It seems that everybody's jumping on the bandwagon: BBC NEWS | Technology | Podcasting set for 'huge growth'. Apple says that over a million people subscribed to podcasts in the first few days after the release of iTunes 4.9, which now supports podcast subscriptions.

I spent awhile this morning listening to podcasts at random on iTunes. With over 3000 to choose from, it's completely random! Accident Hash, Black Coffee Radio, Culture Cafe and a few others. I think almost all of the hosts declared 'it's our FIRST frickin' podcast!' - and it really showed. Yeah, they sounded saw and homey, amateur and cool and dumb and savvy all at the same time. That's what I love about podcasting - it's a little of everything.

It's also easy to test-listen to a number of podcasts once you get in the iTunes Store and find the podcast area. Many of them didn't appeal to me - not to worry, there are more listed right next to it.

And if you read the last post, you saw that I managed to get listed on iTunes. I still don't know if it's good or not, I think it's too early to tell. Need to wait a few weeks and sift through the metrics of the website and determine if listenership and bandwidth use increased exponentially or stayed the same!