Sharewood Picnic is my weekly basket of hand-picked goodies discovered and found in the last seven days; it includes new Web sites, software tools, and online resources that can further enable your ability to become effective independent publishers online.

You are welcome to test, download and freely use any of the little gems listed here below.

They are all powerful digital weapons to start more actively participating in the user-driven publishing revolution I am chronicling.

Here is what I have found this week:

1. Blog editor for experienced bloggers
2. Video blogging software
3. Video blogs content host
4. Video clips clearinghouse and distribution outlet
5. RSS feeds creator for video and podcasts
6. Top 10 reasons to use RSS
7. Search engine indexing message boards
8. Software for uploading photos directly from cameraphones
9. Software for creating professional photo albums at home
10. Cutting-edge painting software
11. Custom bookmarklet builder

Here are the details on these fresh new media picks.