While Exclaimable is a novel idea, I think the big news in podcasting is that people can now host live radio shows over the internet using nothing more than a telephone. There's a new service (not sure if it's officially launched yet) called BlogTalkRadio that enables users to host live shows over with call-ins from anywhere in the world. It's completely free and all you need is a telephone. That's what I call empowering instant gratification.

I used to suffer bouts of tech envy when all my smart phone-toting friends would brag about their search function capabilities. I admit it - I was totally jealous until I discovered the new lot of mobile Q&A services that turn green screens into "smart phones." My current rave is AskMeNow – put simply I can text ANY question to ASKME and in a few minutes I have an answer. So far, all my questions have been answered with 100% accuracy. It's efficient enough to make you wonder if smart phones are doomed as a result of these low-cost services.