Hours spent in front of the TV are essentially a waste of life for me. But once in a while, something happens and my brain actually works for a few seconds. On this particular occasion I was on the couch, TV blaring some insignificant noise at me, browsing on my laptop for my daily information overload.
I remembered that I wanted to check if TED has an rss feed. Sure they do, so I subscribed using my rss reader. Of course, this gave me 200+ updates, and while browsing through them, I noticed that they contained direct links to mp4 files. Hey! Wait a minute! iTunes should be able to make sense of this feed! So I tried it, and what do you know – I’m now subscribed to the TED’s videos.
So here’s the quick&dirty. Navigate to http://www.ted.com. Scroll down to the rss feed link. Right-click on it and copy the URL. Now open iTunes, click on “Advanced” –> “Subscribe to podcast” and paste the URL into the box. And that’s it! Sit back and let the videos come to you! As a bonus, the videos are the right format for the iPhone. My daily commute just improved a whole lot!
Update (2009/05/05): Of course, the next morning, with a fresh mind, I realised that the TED talks were available as a podcast on the iTunes store.