Much has been said about podcasts and podcasting since they were popularized especially in the tech/geek scene more than a year back. Just like blogs, podcasts are yet another Web 2.0 offshoot, bringing content-generation away from centralized sources (i.e., radio, television) into the consumers themselves–we are now prosumers of information and content. We produce, and we consume.
Appraisal Podcast #3- Audio Version
Appraisal Podcast 3 is 24:26 minutes long and is a 16.9 MB file in MP3 format.
INTRO: Boombox by Mosquitos (Song found at iTunes)
OUTRO: Island Life by Michael Franks (Song found at iTunes)
PODCASTER: Jim Amorin, MAI, SRA
TOPIC: RSS- Really Simple Syndication - Keeping Up to Date the Easy Way
This podcast in a continuing series of appraisal related programs takes a look RSS. The podcast covers the basics of RSS and why an appraiser would want to use this technology. The technology of RSS allows Internet users to subscribe to websites that have provided RSS feeds; these are typically sites that change or add content regularly. RSS is widely used by the weblog community to share the latest entries’ headlines or their full text, and even attached multimedia files. On Web pages, RSS feeds are typically linked with an orange rectangle,
, or with the letters XML, 
, or RSS, 
. We thank you for tuning in and encourage feedback.
Sites for this show:
Web-Based RSS Readers:
Bloglines: www.bloglines.com
CompleteRSSr: www.completerss.com
Feedster: www.feedster.com
NewsIsFree: www.newsisfree.com
My Yahoo! Site and RSS reader: http://my.yahoo.com
Microsoft’s MSN site and RSS reader: http://my.msn.com
Syndic8: www.Syndic8.com
PubSub: www.PubSub.com
Software RSS Readers:
FeedDemon: www.feeddemon.com
Headline Viewer: www.headlineviewer.com
Straw: http://www.gnome.org/projects/straw/
HotSheet: www.johnmunsch.com/projects/HotSheet
RSS Readers for Mac and Linux:
NetNewsWire: http://ranchero.com/netnewswire
PulpFiction: http://freshlysqueezedsoftware.com/products/pulpfiction
Shrookc: www.shrook.com
Liferea For Linux (GTK/GNOME environment): http://liferea.sourceforge.net
NewzCrawler :www.newzcrawler.com
BottomFeeder: www.cincomsmalltalk.com/BottomFeeder
AmphetaDesk: www.amphetadesk.com
Directories:
Syndic8: www.syndic8.com/suggest.php?Mode=data
Blogstreet: www.blogstreet.com
Search4rss: www.search4rss.com
Feedster: www.feedster.com
CompleteRSS: www.completerss.com
PubSub: www.pubsub.com/add-feed.php
NewsisfreeNewsIsFree: www.newsisfree.com/contact.php?ctmode=suggest
Daypop: www.daypop.com/info/submit.htm
Blog Search Engine: www.blogsearchengine.com/add_link.html
Boingboing: www.boingboing.net/suggest.html
My Yahoo!:my.yahoo.com
Miscellaneous:
PowerPoint Tips Newsletter RSS feed:
www.ellenfinkelstein.com/powerpoint_tip.html
Congress.org Issues and Action page:
http://congress.org/congressorg/issuesaction/alert
Robin Good’s list of the top RSS directories and resources:
www.masternewmedia.org/rss/top55
Robin Goods’s Latest News RSS feed:
http://www.masternewmedia.org/2003/09/03/robin_good_rss_newsfeeds.htm
Pocket PC News Readers / RSS Software: pocketpccentral.net/software/news_rss.htm
Mobile RSS: www.mobilerss.net
Mobile RSS Reader for Web-enabled mobile phones: www.dace.fi
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Appraisal Podcast #2- Audio and Video Versions
Click here to Listen Audio Version
Click here to Watch Video Version
Appraisal Podcast 2 is 37:16 minutes long and is a 25.7 MB file in MP3 format or a
33.9 MB file in WMV format.
INTRO: Boombox by Mosquitos (Song found at iTunes)
OUTRO: Island Life by Michael Franks (Song found at iTunes)
PODCASTER: Jim Amorin, MAI, SRA
TOPIC: Site To Do Business Online - Part 1
This podcast in a continuing series of appraisal related programs takes a look the Site To Do Business Online (www.stdbonline.com). The podcast covers several topics ranging from the proper log-in procedure to selecting a geography. A review of the basic reports, creating custom reports and an introductory review of the Specialty Reports Tab is undertaken. Finally, the basics of creating polygons is covered. We thank you for tuning in and encourage feedback.
Downloads for this show:
How to Log-in to STDB Online
Overview of Geographies
How To Draw Polygons
Using the Specialty Reports Tab
STDB User Guide
Downloading and Installing the Plug-in’s Needed for STDB
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WHAT IS PODCASTING?
Podcasting is a way to receive audio files over the Internet. Many content providers offer podcast feeds at no cost. These feeds deliver audio broadcasts to your desktop. You can listen to these files on your computer or load them on to your MP3 player and take them with you.
GET STARTED
All you need to get started is podcasting software. Once you download and install the software, simply add podcast feeds. The podcasting software will automatically check for updates and download the files to your computer so you can load them onto your MP3 player.
• iTunes (Windows/OS X)
• Juice (Windows/OS X/Linux)
• jPodder (Windows)
• iPodderX (OS X)
Appraisal Podcast #1
Click here to listen.
Appraisal Podcast 1 is 15:34 minutes long and is a 10.8 MB file in MP3 format.
INTRO: Boombox by Mosquitos (Song found at iTunes)
OUTRO: Island Life by Michael Franks (Song found at iTunes)
PODCASTER: Jim Amorin, MAI, SRA
TOPIC: Re-addressing, Re-assigning and Re-Appraising Property
This first podcast in a continuing series of appraisal related programs takes a look at a lively topic that comes up early in the Appraisal Institute’s What Clients Would Like Their Appraisers to Know seminar. This podcasts helps to frame the issues around this topic and provides insight in how to best deal with a number of issues. The podcast refers to several documents which can be found in the following list. We thank you for tuning in and encourage feedback.
Downloads for this show:
OCC Bulletin 2005-6 - Appraisal Regulations and the Interagency Statement on Independent Appraisal and Evaluation Functions: Frequently Asked Questions
FIRREA Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery and Enforcement Act of 1989
Re-Addressing, Re-Assigning, Re-Appraising: Do’s And Don’ts by Stephanie Coleman, MAI, SRA Director of Screening for the Appraisal Institute (Members Only download)
Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice Appraisal Foundation
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