Mark Celsor

Dave Winer at Scripting News wrote a post on Monday about BlogTalkRadio’s simple new podcasting service. This is great stuff. I’ve worked on producing podcasts in the past and the day-to-day process can be cumbersome:

1. Set up a recording session.
2. Transfer the audio files to an editing computer.
3. Post-production on the audio files.
4. Convert them to mp3.
5. Upload them to a content management system.
6. Name and categorize the episode.
7. Write a description.
8. blah, blah, blah

This can be enough technical barriers to keep most people from recording episodes as regularly as they would like.

Here’s how BlogTalkRadio‘s service works:

1. Call 646-200-0000 from your phone (let’s say your phone number is 513-555-1234)
2. Record your podcast at the tone.
3. There is no step 3. People can now subscribe to your podcast at http://cinch.blogtalkradio.com/5135551234

Of course this isn’t ideal for music podcasts that require a lot of special production (like my old Mark’s Monday Music) but this service is great for talk and interviews podcasts. Developers can also work with the api and feeds from the service to integrate into existing web sites. I’ll let everyone know if I try it out. It sounds awesome.