The other day my wife--an avid iTunes user--mentioned that Stanford is putting lectures, interviews, and music up on iTunes. Very cool. This seems like a win for Stanford (spreading the brand, connecting to alumni and supporters, etc) and for the general public (free, high-quality content). (See Jamais Cascio for a mild critique about the service, mostly because it requires iTunes.)
Then, a few days later, Oren Sreebny reminded me that lots of great University of Washington content (in Computer Science, in this case) is available. Other quality stuff of this ilk can be found on the Research Channel.
It'll be even better when these folks start a) distributing this type of content as a podcast (ie, as RSS enclosures), and b) formatting it for the new video iPod. Of course, I'd actually need to go get a video iPod. But, if I had one, I could totally see myself listening to a good lecture on my bus ride to work. (Yes, I know that sounds kinda dorky.)
Posted by Karl
October 30, 2005 07:01 PM