Summer finally has arrived! It's 30°C outside and not much cooler inside. But still there is a lot going on at the moment and I want to take some time to talk about it.

Today is the last day of Gnomedex in Seattle, WA. And it looks like a lot is happening with regard to podcasting. As an example (and already presented by Steve Jobs at WWDC earlier this year), iTunes 4.9 will include new functionality to support podcasting. You will be able to easily subscribe to any podcast you like and iTunes will download the latest edition for you. Also, Adam Curry mentioned in yesterdays Daily Source Code that there is going to be an initiative to dramatically increase the amount of podcast listeners. More about that and other topics should become available later today at Adam Currys keynote.

Besides that Apple reports that they sold 50 million songs on the European iTMS. Sounds like a lot but still only 2% of all music is sold through online channels. So still a long way to go for digital music, the iPod and iTMS.

Hope you enjoy the weekend.

Yours, Andi