So far I have been able to publish a new episode of IT Insight every week. The last one was about SOA and it seems that the subject is generating a lot of interest. I am currently preparing a white paper on successful SOA implementation for an upcoming episode and I sincerely hope that it will be received with the same kind of interest.

On a related note I can tell you that if you are planning on starting your own podcast you better prepare for a lot of work. This is not something that can go unplanned. You really need to put aside at least three or four hours each week just for production. Additionally you will need to plan the content of your show and that can also be time consuming. The fact is that it can quickly become a full-time job and it requires a lot of motivation to keep doing it week after week. I really think that we should be very thankful to all the people who entertain and educate us every week. People like Leo Laporte who produce great content week after week deserve a lot of recognition.

It took a while, but the IT Insight podcast (Spanish version) is finally available on iTunes. It turns out that in order to submit a podcast to the iTunes music store, you need to be an active iTunes customer. This is very problematic if you live in a country such as Mexico and do not have a credit card issued by a bank in the US or a country that has an iTunes Music Store. Well, the good news is that you can open an account if you have an iTunes gift card. One of my friends bought one at the Apple Store in Las Vegas earlier this year and he helped me get the podcast published. I will definitively buy one next week in Miami to open my own account.