How to use this blog

Listen. Read. Respond.

And now the technical details.

Leaving comments: Click on the comments link at the bottom of an entry. Comment on the written post or linked audio file. Remember we are trying to shape the programming of WCRS. So tell us more than whether or not you liked, agreed or disagreed with a post. (We'll take that too. That's good conversation.) Tell us how we might treat the same topic or idea on WCRS. What local flavor can we add? What creative production technique could we use? What perspective is missing that we could add? Who can tell the story?

Listening to audio: Each entry that contains audio will have a "download" link. Clicking on that link will launch an application on your computer that can play the file (such as Quicktime or Windows Media, etc., depending on your configuration). Or you can right click the file and save it to your computer to open later.

Subscribing to podcasts/blogs: The best way to access the audio is to subscribe to the blog feed. Using iTunes or similar software, you can have the software automatically check for new audio postings and download them to your computer where they can be played. iTunes and Juice are two popular "podcatchers."

For iTunes, download and install the software (it works on PC and Mac.) Once you install and launch iTunes, select the "advanced" menu at the top of the screen and select "subscribe to podcast." In the box that opens, paste in the address for the subscription feed for the blog.

Where is the subscription feed? Click the subscribe button on the top of the right side navigation box on the home page of this blog. Copy the address the page that opens. Paste that into iTunes. iTunes will automatically check for new podcasts and, depending on how you set your preferences in iTunes, will download one or more audio files. You can play the file in iTunes and you can transfer it to an iPod or other MP3 player.

You can also subscribe to the text entries for the blog. There are many different "news readers" or "RSS readers" to choose from. Here is a PC Magazine article on RSS reader options.