So what’s a podcaster to do when he can’t find the time or organization to produce a weekly or twice-monthly podcast?

Why, create a daily podcast, logically!

Enter The Daily Boo, launched last night just a few days after an epiphany in the shower of a San Diego hotel (hey, don’t tell me you’ve never had a good idea in the shower).

The podcast is recorded using an iPhone application called AudioBoo (recordings are known as “Boos”–hence the title), which is gaining some traction over in the UK and first caught my attention when Neville Hobson tested it out on his blog.

AudioBoo is a drop-dead-simple application for recording and publishing audio files, and the sound quality is outstanding, too. It’s precisely because AudioBoo is so easy to ease that I’ll be able to create a show on a daily basis.

Media, communications, and technology content

Readers who remember New Comm Road, the show podcast I podfaded on in late 2007, might be pleased to know that the The Daily Boo will feature somewhat-similar content. I’ll be focusing on the intersection of communications, online media, and technology, with plenty of discussions about the connection between brands and social media that I dig into in my role at LiveWorld.

Unlike New Comm Road, production values will be kept to a minimum. No music or sound effects, and no editing. It’ll just be me (and guests, when I have them) talking into my iPhone, and then I’ll embed the resulting online AudioBoo file into the Daily Boo site as a blog post.

Expect plenty of interviews on the podcast. I’m on the road regularly for events and meetings (typically a couple of times a month) and bump into all sorts of smart and interesting people along the way. I’ll be sharing their insights as often as I can.

Unless or until there’s a change, AudioBoo has a time limit of 5 minutes per recording, so the episodes will never be longer than that. Plus, brevity can be a blessing. As Ron Ploof reminded me during a conversation over lunch in Carlsbad, California last week, constraints feul creativity. I’m looking forward to that challenge.

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