Information broadcasting applications are used to distribute information to team members and others. The types of applications that we include in this categoryare as follows:
- Blogs (short for weblogs) are online journals that let you combine text, images, and hyperlinks. - Podcasts (audio) and vodcasts (audio-video) let team members retrieve information on demand, unlike presentations and webinars that are typically scheduled. With very little equipment, you can create a podcast for distribution.
If you are not sure whether to blog or create podcasts, check out BlogTalkRadio (http://blogtalkradio.com). The service lets you extend your blog by adding real-time interaction with your readers (or your team). (However, it does not look like it is possible to control who listens to those blogs. ) Blogs Blogs let people share information personally and casually, typically in a journal format.
Bloggers (those who write a blog) might write about a specific subject, personal information, or a combination of these. If you are looking for blogs about a specific topic, visit Technorati (http://technorati.com).
This site tracks over 52 million blogs, organizes them by popularity and subject, and lets you track your favorite blogs (after registration). Most blogs allow the author to categorize the entries, which lets visitors see only those posts related to a specific topic. Some blogging software lets multiple bloggers post, either to the same blog or to multiple blogs that are linked together (called a blog farm).
Blogs can be hosted on the blogging software’s server or installed onto a company server. If the URL refers to the blogging software’s site, the blogger is using that server (for example, see Brenda’s blog at http://vagabond.blogsome.com), which is called "hosted services. " If the URL refers to the blogger’s home page or domain, the blogger has installed the software on his or her personal server (for example, see Char’s blog at http://helpstuff.com/blog), and is called "self-hosted".
The difference between hosted services and self-hosted blogs is maintenance: Hosted services manage all maintenance (including installation and updates).
You can customize your blog by modifying templates and style sheets, or by selecting a different theme. Team members can stay up to date with the latest blog entries by using an aggregator, which lets you specify the sites that you want to track. (The sites must have RSS or Atom feeds enabled. ) Blog Software To create a hosted blog, you need to create an account.
| Blog Application |
Hosted/Self-hosted |
Features |
|
Blogger http://blogger.com Free |
Hosted and self-hosted (Hosted requires Google accounts) |
Access control (public or specific readers) Audioblog (. mp3) Categories Customize layout Dynamic pages from a database FTP to specific website Google Data API Localization (UTF-8) Post from your phone Syndication (of posts and comments, in Atom or RSS) Team blogs Templates |
|
Blogware http://blogware.com Sold and installed through resellers; pricing varies. |
Hosted (through resellers) |
Access control Categories Localization (two languages) Photo album Post from your phone Spam blocking Statistics Syndication (posts, RSS) Templates WYSIWYG editor |
|
b2evolution http://b2evolution. net Free |
Self-hosted (included in Fantastico) |
Access control Blogger API Articlemarklet blogging Categories (multiple) Localization Multi-page posts Statistics Sub-categories Syndication (posts, in Atom or RSS) Team blogs (can be displayed on same page) Templates Themes |
|
Movable Type http://movabletype.org Ranges from five users and one year of support for $199. 95 to 50 or more users (call for price) |
Self-hosted |
Categories Customize layout Localization (UTF-8) Syndication Team blogs Templates |
|
WordPress http://wordpress.org Free |
Hosted and self-hosted (included in Fantastico) |
Access control Blogger API Localization Team blogs Templates Themes Workflow control |
Podcasts
Podcasts have been around for several years now, providing a way to distribute audio-video files across the Internet. The term might refer to audio only or both audio and video (which are sometimes called "vodcasts"). Podcasts are recordings that can be played through anyMP3 player, such as Windows Media Player or QuickTime.
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