Note to Self: Try Out Voice Blogging
As you may have noticed, I've added another component to my RSS feed and sideblog. It's a voice blog I'm calling "Notes to Self (http://www.evernote.com/pub/sumocat/notes)". I've played with voice blogging a couple (http://sumocat.blogspot.com/2006/06/race-to-zero.html) of times (http://sumocat.blogspot.com/2006/06/audio-cheesecake-factory.html), but neither attempt stuck. This time I've got the right tools for the job: my always-connected iPhone 3G and, more importantly, voice recording via Evernote (http://www.evernote.com/).
Using a public notebook in Evernote, I can publish voice recordings from my iPhone. It has an RSS feed, which I splice into my main blog feed using Yahoo! Pipes (http://pipes.yahoo.com/pipes/pipe.info?_id=dEBP0tpR3RG0bZCoJZhxuA) and weave into the sidebar using Feedburner (http://www.feedburner.com/fb/a/home). Tap on an item, and it will take you to the notebook to listen to the voice note. Yeah, it takes two taps to listen to an entry, but it prevents the entries from dragging down the page load.
The inspiration for the voice blog is Norm MacDonald (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norm_Macdonald_(comedian)), star of the movie Dirty Work (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dirty_Work_(movie)). In the movie, Norm would record notes to himself on a tape recorder. I tried that with my old Pocket PC, but organizing was a hassle. With Evernote, organizing is mostly automatic and, thanks to their recognition engine, the notes are searchable. That makes a world of difference. And they're location-aware too.
As for the format, I intend to keep the notes brief and whimsical, similar to the style of Rambles. I'll try to catch some of the funny and/or smart ass comments I say that won't fully translate to ink.
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Note to Self: Try Out Voice Blogging
posted by Sumocat at 1/30/2009 07:34:00 PM
2 Comments:
Excellent idea, a great innovative use of Evernote and the sort of out of the box thinking I expected from you.
Cheers
Phil
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Phil, at 1/31/2009 09:57:00 AM
Thanks! As it is with Adrian Monk, my tendency to think outside the box is both a blessing and a curse.
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Sumocat, at 1/31/2009 07:08:00 PM
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