About
PlaneMadness (\ˈplān\ˈmad-nəs\):
1. Co-habitation in, and or residing at an airport for long periods of time.
2. An over-powering, often debilitating urge for aviation, in some form.
PlaneMadness.Com is a podcast, blog & website about all things aviation, but with a slightly twisted slant! From interesting news, to the exciting and new “goings” on, to thought provoking editorials and sky-high rants, PlaneMadness.Com is where you’re sure to get your aviation fix.
Oh yeah… My name’s Capt’n Chris. Thanks for coming and it’s a pleasure to meet you. I’ve been obsessed with aviation my entire life and I’m currently an Airline Captain in my present job. Here on PlaneMadness.Com you’ll get my rants and raves about all things aviation related (and some not) and everything else in between. In the mean time we’ll enjoy a journey somewhere cool (when we get there plz let me know…) and hopefully I can make you laugh once in a while along the way!
Now, for some explanations…
What is a Podcast?
Wikipedia Definition: A Podcast is a digital media file, or a related collection of such files, which is distributed over the Internet using Syndication Feeds (Web Syndication) for playback on portable media players and personal computers.
What is a Syndication Feed?
Wikipedia Definition: A Web Feed is a data format used for providing users (that’s you) with frequently updated content. Content distributors syndicate a Web Feed (that’s me), thereby allowing users to subscribe to it. Making a collection of Web Feeds accessible in one spot is known as Feed Aggregation, which is performed by a Feed Reader, which we’ll get to in a moment. A Web Feed is also sometimes referred to as a Syndicated Feed. You can look at the PlaneMadness.Com Syndication Feed here, or you can just click on the orange Feed Button.
What is Web Syndication?
Wikipedia Definition: Web Syndication is a general definition for a form of Syndication in which a section of a website is made available for other sites to use (often that section contains audio files- Podcasts). This could be simply by licensing the content so that other people can use it; however, in general, Web Syndication refers to making Web Feeds available from a site in order to provide other people with a summary of the website’s recently added content (for example, the latest news or blog posts) that they read with a Feed Reader or Aggregator on their home pc, mobile device, etc, without ever having to go to that website itself; Thereby allowing them (that’s you again) to follow multiple websites simultaneously on their Feed Reader without having to go each and every website (although I highly suggest it). ITunes is a Feed Reader also, but it’s just for collecting and managing Podcasts.
What is a Feed Reader?
Wikipedia Definition: In computing, a Feed Aggregator, also known as a Feed Reader or simply as an Aggregator, is client software or a Web application which aggregates Syndicated Web content such as news headlines, blogs, podcasts, and vlogs (Video Podcasts) in a single location for easy viewing.
What is a Podcast Directory?
Podcast directories allow listeners to find podcasts. A directory will be categorized either alphabetically or by topics. Below are a few examples.
You can subscribe to the PlaneMadness Podcast in iTunes, PodShow, Podcast Alley, and Podcast Ready, as well as many other podcast directories.
Or you can just subscribe to the entire PlaneMadness Syndication Feed in any feed reader. Here’s a few…
As you can see the choices are many. Most people just do what works best for them.
Why Register?
You can sign up for a free membership here on PlaneMadness.Com directly. This is different altogether then the Feed Subscriptions above. Signing up for a free site membership enables you to take part in the topics posted here (as well as reply to other’s comments), which makes for an enhanced experience.
Last but not least… Fly safe!
~Capt’n Chris
