ALTHOUGH PODCASTING MAY BE FLAT, social audio continues to grow. One evidence of that strength lies in Audioboo, a free iPhone and Android application that I've used since discovering Neville Hobson chattering there. I've made some audio clips with Audioboo too, including several done with an old Sony ICD MX-20 lined into my laptop to upload segments longer than the normal five minute limit. I got the idea from Christian Payne (Documentally) when I saw long-form Audioboo's dropping onto my SonyEricsson Xperia X10 Listen list. It's too early to tell if Audioboo will rekindle the chatty nature of early podcasts but the indications are favourable since it doesn't take more than a tap on a screen and a chatty voice to create and upload three minute clips (the average length of the Boos I hear). Since my complete Convoboo didn't upload to the Audioboo server (it was longer than five minutes, the cap on "file upload" at Audioboo), I'm putting the whole clip here on my blog. Enjoy!
See Audioboo for the short Convoboo to Ladydot.
Direct link to http://www.insideview.ie/files/convoboo_ladydot_100520.mp3
Bonus Link: Paul O'Mahony's red chair.
Disclosure: SonyEricsson is letting me break its test copy of an Xperia X10 and I won't have to pay for it.
