Sort of an autopublishing weblog thing with some site templating abilities, subscription to RSS newsfeeds (which includes other user's radios) etc. For $39/yr includes 10mb of space and access to the "Radio" community (they might actually be giving 20mb right now - that's what's reported on my radio, but the website says 10). You can also publish to the static website of your choice. Oh yeah, it's scriptable too using Userland's proprietary scripting language (resembles C and Python). Supports SOAP and XML-RPC. Runs it's own server on your desktop (and gracefully uses other ports if 80 is busy with another server).

Mix this with TWiki and it would be dangerously FUN!

http://radio.userland.com/

(expert from their site:)

"What is Radio UserLand ?

It's an easy-to-use Weblog tool that runs on your desktop, so it's fast, and ready to go when you are. Radio UserLand automatically builds your site, organizes and archives your posts, and publishes your content -- without any knowledge of HTML, FTP, or graphic design. All you need to do is install Radio and begin publishing, in minutes, not days. You can publish written text, links, photos, documents, and much more with just a single click of your mouse. Best of all, you can do all of this in your favorite browser. "

They have a 30 day free trial.

-- DavidLeBlanc - 28 Mar 2002

Three days into this 30 day trial, the blush is off the rose - it's slow, buggy and has a cruddy user interface. Still, there are some aspects of it that are good, at least in concept. I suppose I should also admit that part of my disenchantment with it is that this idea of spilling your guts for all the world to read doesn't exactly resonate with me at times. I especially feel this way when I realize that much of the praise for Radio is self-generated by the pundits/inner circle of Radio itself.

-- DavidLeBlanc - 30 Mar 2002