The story of how podcasting came to be is like many other creation myths: there are many versions, many storytellers and many arguments over who did what first.
For the most part, however, the main characters and the technological tools that united to produce podcasting are undisputed.
Podcasting was invented when Dave Winer, the father of Real Simple Syndication (RSS), and Adam Curry, an internet entrepreneur and broadcaster, combined their technical faculties and creative abilities.
Tod Maffin, a Canadian technology expert, shares podcasting’s creation myth:
Winer and Curry were also the world’s first “podcasters”: people who produce podcasts. Their shows Morning Coffee Notes and The Daily Source Code, respectively, were the inspiration for the every podcast that is available today.
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