Audacity, the cross-platform audio editor that has been used by many podcasters as an entry-level podcasting tool, appears to be dead on the Mac platform. “1.3.4 for OS X will appear when someone volunteers to compile it and sort the remaining bugs out,” writes richardash1981 at the Audacity Team Forum. “There is currently no one […]

RSS and podcasting pioneer Dave Winer has a new project, FlickrFan, that’s a platform for uploading and downloading Flickr images. Even more important, though, it’s an attempt to turn your HDTV into a platform that embraces the Internet. Here’s how he explains it: It’s all about pictures… Pictures from your Flickr contacts… High-def pics from […]

Paul Figgiani and Doug Kaye have made a great how-to video that shows how to use Skype to get broadcast-quality recordings:

Apple has quietly released updates to several of its podcasting-related applications: GarageBand 4 has been updated to 4.1.1. The update incorporates changes in the September 4.1 update, includes exporting to the iPhone, as well as overall stability fixes. QuickTime and QuickTime Broadcaster have also been updated. The latest version of QuickTime, 7.3.1, is a minor […]

Movable Type’s Anil Dash today announced that the popular blogging platform is being GPL’d, as Movable Type Open Source. It’s now open source and free for any use. The change makes sense for MT. WordPress was threatening to marginalize the Movable Type platform.¬† WordPress’s openness has been attracting the attention of developers and it’s become […]

Anne Zelenka at GigaOm has an interesting take on the idea of using WordPress as a social networking platform, looking at DiSo, Chris Messina’s project to build a social networking platform based on WordPress: “In contrast to social networking, blogging offers a person-centric way for individuals to come online. A social network like Facebook gives […]

This video offers a short tutorial on using the free Audacity audio editor for creating audio podcasts.

NCH Swift Sound‘s free WavePad audio editing software is now available for Mac OSX as well as for Windows. It’s a wav and mp3 editor, but also supports vox, gsm, real audio, au, aif, flac, ogg and other formats. WavePad is designed to let you make and edit music, voice and other audio recordings. When […]

What’s better than free dj software for Mac and PC that works with your iPod? Free dj software for Mac and PC that works with your iPod that doesn’t suck – which is what you get with Beatport Sync. Native Instruments, which makes the leading DJ software Traktor, and Beatport, an online music service for […]

by James Lewin Apple today released Final Cut Express 4, a update to its popular video editing software, with a new price of $199. With the reduced price, this looks to be the option for video podcasters and vloggers that found iMovie 8 to be incomplete and dumbed down. Final Cut Express 4 adds: support […]