Ever wanted to do a podcast, but didn’t have a lot to say or the time/desire/skill to produce one? If you have a phone and a Twitter account, you can start a micropodcast right away in two easy steps:

1) Go to http://www.twittergram.com/phone and plug in your phone number and Twitter credentials. Note: This will only work if you trust Dave Winer with your Twitter password.

2) Anytime you have something to say, call 646-716-6000 and leave a short message, 30-seconds or less. Hence the term “micropodcast”. (You can call in once every 10 minutes if you have more to say.)

Here’s what you get:

• A linked MP3 of your message will appear in your Twitter feed (example)
• If you checked the “global account” box in the registry form, your message will also appear in a global Twitter account at http://twitter.com/twittergram
• The actual Mp3 file will be on the twittergram server (example)
• An RSS feed of your messages will be updated on the twittegram server in this format: http://mp3.twittergram.com/username/rss.xml . For example, mine is: http://mp3.twittergram.com/mwoodman/rss.xml

The audio quality isn’t very good, but the process couldn’t be easier.   Note that there is no mechanism for edits/deletes, so choose your words carefully.   Happy micropodcasting!

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