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Blogging/Podcasting

 

Website: audacity.sourceforge.net
Price: Free
Platform: Linux/Unix, Mac OS X 10.3 and higher, Windows 98/Me/2000/XP/Vista
Open-source software that allows you to record and edit audio files. Includes tools for recording live audio, converting analog recordings to digital formats and sound mixing.

 

Website: blogger.com
Price: Free
Platform: Browser-based
Blog creation tool. Includes design templates, and allows you to send photos and text to your blog from your cell phone. Blogs can be hosted on blogspot or on another server.

 

Website: feedburner.com
Price: Free
Platform: Browser-based
Web-based service that helps deliver blogs, podcasts and RSS feeds to a wider audience. Allows you to measure your audience and profit from your work.

 

Website: hipcast.com
Price: $49.95 per year
Platform: Browser-based
Audio, video and podcast publishing service. Allows you to record or phone in audio and distribute your podcast via your own blog.

 

Website: industrialaudiosoftware.com
Price: $89.95
Platform: Windows 2000/XP/Vista
Allows you to record, edit and upload podcasts. Also lets you add music and sound effects. Includes iTunes support for publishing your podcast to its directory.

 

Website: movabletype.com
Phone: (415) 344-0056
Price: $236 (five users)
Platform: BSD, Linux, Mac OS X, Solaris/Unix, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003
Server-based blog publishing software that supports unlimited blogs. Includes customizable templates as well as feeds for managing comments and feedback on your blog. Free version is available for personal, noncommercial use.

 

Website: typepad.com
Phone: (415) 344-0056
Price: $14.95 per month
Platform: Browser-based
Hosted blog publishing service; allows multiple authors and unlimited blogs. You can choose between WYSIWYG or HTML editing environments, and add images, audio, video and widgets to your blogs. Also lets you publish content directly to your Facebook account.

 

Website: textpattern.com
Price: Free
Platform: Server must support PHP 4.3 or newer, MySQL 3.23 or newer
Content management program for websites and blogs. Includes a system for converting plain text to XHTML for web publishing. Requires a web server.

 

Website: wordpress.org
Price: Free
Platform: Server must support PHP 4.2 or newer, MySQL 4.0 or newer
Personal blog publishing software that requires you to supply your own web host. The WordPress.com service will host your blog for free, and it also offers an application designed for publishing posts directly to Facebook.

 

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