Category: General

Bloggers find a (computerized) voice: Two services that turn Web logs and news feeds into audio files have launched on the Web. Talkr.com and Speakwire.com both use text-to-voice technology to generate audio files from Web pages. “If you can point us to a (Really Simple Syndication) feed, we will convert it,” a message on the […]

Quick reminder about our call with Lee LeFever from Common Craft. Full details…

(via Jeremy) A New Model for Paid Blogging

Robin Good is back with a master list of podcast directories.

Four journalists who brought news of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy into U.S. living rooms in 1963 have found a new level of fame by using the Internet to market their book about the experience. They are among a growing group of people exploring the potential of blogs, or Web logs, as a […]

I told him to wait downstair while I get them for him. While I was searching them, he is already in the house. He is still here right now, smoking, walking all around the house with his shoes on which btw I just washed the floor 2 days ago! Hopefully he will leave soon…

I love it: The hype comes from unemployed or partially employed marketing professionals and people who never made it as journalists wanting to believe. They want to believe there’s going to be this new revolution and their lives are going to be changed.

Steve Jobs showed off iTunes 4.9, which has support for iPodder like functionality. Although, he was “slightly” dismissive of the phenomena, describing it as “Wayne’s World for radio”.

(via Thomas) Richard’s PowerPoint presentation on blogging.

George over at Media Post says that the Pew report released last week is deflating bloggers: When bloggers start schlepping down to check the police blotter at 3 a.m. just to make sure the victim’s name is spelled correctly, then they can pull up a chair to the adult table. Granted, he is only looking […]