The chicken and egg of RSS and "podcasts"

Anil Dash (@anildash.com) explains why "'Wherever you get your podcasts' is a radical statement" in simple terms: Being able to say, "wherever you get your podcasts" is a radical statement. Because what it represents is the triumph of exactly the kind of technology that's supposed to be impossible: open, empowering tech that's not owned by any one company, that can't be controlled by any one company, and that allows people to have ownership over their work and their relationship with their audience. By my count Anil uses the term "podcast" 22 times in this post. He never once mentions the technology that makes it possible: RSS enclosures.1 Anil is a fearless advocate for the open web. The omission of "RSS" is not a "dis" on open standards. He simply doesn't mention "RSS" because he doesn't have to. Celebrating the success of "podcasting" is inherently a celebration of the success of RSS! If Anil were to write a similar post about the enduring success of RSS, he might not mention HTTP…