Via Faces of Web 2.0 (“Odiogo translates your blog posts into podcasts“, 22 February 2008) I’ve just discovered the amazing Odiogo (pronounced “audio-go”).
Odiogo is an amazing innovation which enables you to have your text-based blog posts automatically translated into spoken audio recordings. The posts are then made available online as streaming audio or MP3 download.
In light of its feed-based nature, the recordings are also recognised by media players such as iTunes, Juice, and Windows Media Player. So your readers now have the option of listening to your posts …

Via Mashable (“Google Talk Turns Into a Chat Widget“, 27 February 2008):
“A new Google Talk feature called Chatback lets you put up a widget on your website which lets visitors send messages directly to your Google Talk account. Your visitors, however, don’t need a Google talk account; they can simply start writing messages directly into the widget. The chat opens up in a new window, so visitors can leave the actual site and keep chatting.”
Mashable’s statement that the new Google Talk feature “lets visitors send messages directly to your Google …