About two years ago I did a podcast and put a LOT of effort into it (I am an ex-radio guy, after all). It took me several hours of editing to put together a single 22-minute show. Well, it lasted about six months and I finally gave it up because A) I had way too many other things going in my life to invest that much time in anything and B) Nobody was listening.
Well, thanks to Leo Laporte and Macbreak Weekly I have discovered an app that revives my interest in podcasting AND allows me to do it in almost real-time. It’s Audioboo for the iPhone and it allows you to record and then upload audio from your phone on wi-fi or 3G. You record with the built-in iPhone mike and it sounds REALLY good – It’s as good as any sub-$100 USB mike I have ever used. It compresses the audio before uploading to the server, you can syndicate it through RSS and… well, here, judge for yourself:
Again, not bad. You can even upload a picture (here’s the Tricorder toy I reviewed above) with the audio clip as well as your location (it is very similar to the Qik app, but that is only available for other smart phones and jailbroken iPhones). The app is FREE in the iPhone app store and it’s definitely worth trying out (you can listen to boos at audioboo.fm).