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At the Wall Street Journal's D Conference, Steve Jobs tonight showed ipodder-like features in the next release of iTunes, supposedly available within about 60 days. I was glad to see this, since the "architecture of participation" has been the only one of the big Web 2.0 themes that Apple had seemed to be missing. He was slightly dismissive of populist podcasting, describing it as "Wayne's World for radio", and celebrating the arrival of professional radio stations into the market, but nonetheless, he was very high on the podcasting phenomenon, and the excitement that millions of users have displayed about it.
While I haven't caught the Podcast bug myself (either as a creator or subscriber), incorporating it into iTunes is a smart move for Apple. It's a popular movement that isn't owned by any copy (though it is called a Podcast for a reason). But so far it's only supported by third party applications, and anything that ties people to iTunes is good business for Apple.
Bill's been using Macs since the late 80s. When he's not making smartass remarks to amuse Kirk Hiner, he enjoys fighting for the user.
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