I like podcasts.
Always have.
I am an auditory learner so the idea of a podcast has always held a certain appeal to me. I am a regular audio-book listener and fond of what Brent Kelly calls “Automobile University.” I learn on my 30-minute commute coming and going to work, and sometimes while doing the dishes or home-improvement projects.
But for the longest time I rarely listened to podcasts.
And this can be traced back to one central reason.
iTunes made me work too hard to keep podcasts updated in my phone.
In other words, iTunes made me hard too hard to get the goodies. (there is another post on buyer’s friction in there somewhere)
I don’t know about you, but I am not the best at syncing my iTunes with my phone. I don’t enjoy the ongoing maintenance of downloading the latest podcasts. It’s too much work requiring too much planning ahead. So I rarely listened to podcasts.
Then along came a Stitcher.
Why Stitcher is Awesome