I fear I'll have to take a few days off from blogging as this is the end of the quarter and I am swamped with work. (Should there have been a comma somewhere in there?) Since this entry will be the topmost one for that period, I'd like to use it as an opportunity to invite everyone to take part in another round of audio blogging. Once again, here are the guidlines (revised and improved by tim):
Go to Audblog and set up a free trial account. This will allow you to make one free one-minute audio post to your blog (or you can sign up for the service for 13 four-minute posts a month). Select an interesting entry from another blog. It can't be something that was written by you or which is quoted in your blog. There is no limit on the age of the entry, but it must be from a blog that is still online and active. The entry you select must be short enough for you to be able to read it out loud in its entirety in the allotted one minute (or four if you signed up for the service). Make an audio post of yourself reading the selected entry. Do not make any additional comments. The only words you speak are those written in the entry. (Funny voices and sound effects are still allowed.) Do not reveal the source blog. If there is identifying information in the entry (like the name of the blog or blogger), omit or disguise it. Also, do not publish the text of the entry. Wait at least 24 hours, and then identify the source blog and provide a link to the entry.
If you plan to take part, just say so in the comments section. Then we'll all post our audio blogs on Friday, June 11. I'd love it if could get as many as ten people to participate, but I'll post mine even if no one else does. You can read the entries people did last time to get a sense of what this is all about. Tim liked the idea so much he's just made it into a weekly feature of his blog. (And it's made him famous). Receptionista and Snowball have been toying with the idea of taking part, and I really hope they do, and not only because, whenever they do a meme, hordes of people follow their example. Receptionista has a lovely voice and we need to hear more of it. (I'd also love to hear her speak the words she embroiders on tea towels; I doubt such a dainty voice would even be capable of uttering them.) Snowball's voice is, as yet, completely unknown in the blogosphere, and I'm curious to see if it goes with her feet. Oh, I almost forgot! Jenny in Australia is also hoping to do an audio post. She claims to have a strong aussie accent. Let's hope it's true.
This is the last time I'll try to organize a group Audio blogging day. Since the purpose is to promote the idea and get it out there, hopefully that will have been accomplished. After this, I'll continue to audio blog other people's entries, probably on a monthly basis. And I hope that other people will be doing it too. It's such a neat activity.
