Tech columnist and author David Pogue has released a short podcast (4 MB) covering tips and techniques for using Mac OSX Tiger's Automator application to - you guessed it - automate such tasks as backups, zipping up applications (say for email or ftp transfer) and even setting alarms for automation processes. It's pretty interesting and touches on the raw drag-and-drop-programming muscle that Automator can flex.

Via MacMinute.