PodcastReady.com is running a contest right now for podcasters. For us, the potential prize is being featured on new portable devices like the iRiver, etc. that will soon be shipping with the Podcast Ready software. This would be a huge publicity bonus for us and would help us get the word out to more people about our show. The more people know about our show, the more perceived credibility we have with developers as a legitimate press outlet, thus giving us the opportunity to get more software, games and gadgets for review, as well as interviews with a greater variety of industry insiders.

For you, the listener, just by signing up using our promo code (ttff), you have a chance to win a new video iPod. The cost to sign up is free, no credit card or anything ever needed.

So what is Podcast Ready? They can describe it better than I can, but the idea as I see it is this: it's software that resides on the drive in your mp3 player, whether an iPod or any other device. You go to podcastready.com and find podcasts to subscribe to. When you run the software on your device from any computer (Mac & Windows available), the software connects to your account and gets your podcasts for you. The site also has a "People who like this podcast also like..." system that surpasses iTunes' directory by far.

Here's what you do

So to enter the contest, copy the code "ttff" (sans quotes), click www.podcastready.com, and sign up for a free account, pasting the promo code (ttff) into the appropriate box. Remember, you must use the code to be entered into the contest.

The deadline is July 31, so do it now before you forget.