The Podcast Asylum

Two categories of people are vulnerable to Locus Confusus: inexperienced computer users who don’t know what to do after they click the “subscribe” button on a podcast blog and the iPod-dependent who are used to having iTunes do everything for them automatically once they connect the player to the computer.

Locus Confusus is a serious condition because it prevents people from listening to or sharing podcasts because they don’t know where to find the podcast files on their computers.

Fortunately, it is not usually necessary to hire a private detective. This disease can be cured with a little information. A quick look at the “Preferences” or “Options” in your podcatcher’s menu will reveal the location of the downloaded files, allowing the anxious subscriber to listen at last.