Comments on: After 200 episodes is it time to change Boagworld?

By: Marati Ottinger

Marati Ottinger — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 00:03:22 +0000

I do have a preference for the segmented version as long as the three weekly podcasts are downloaded with one subscription and all I have to do is hit the "next" key on my Apple remote. I started with podcast #1 in late summer and have averaged slightly more than one a day to almost catch up. There are many I plan on listening to again and only wish that they had been segmented from the start, or "enhanced" as some are, with "chapters,"so that I could more easily find the segments I would like to hear again. I am not asking you to do this, but the next best thing is for new episodes to be segmented.

I am new to the world of web design and have much enjoyed, as well as agree with, the world of web design according to Boag (and Lillington et al). The Web is still in its infancy and it needs all the sane voices it can muster, even though being sane never precludes being a bit wacky. Thanks. :-)

By: José Marques

José Marques — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 21:36:51 +0000

I love your show but there's one thing that get's on my nerves sometimes: the audio quality, I think you guys should invest a little more in that department.

By: Ivan Villafane

Ivan Villafane — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 21:29:29 +0000

This is great guys. Thanks for adding the bite size podcasts

By: Simon F

Simon F — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 15:00:41 +0000

Great idea (interesting in targetting content for time attributes not just devices) even though I will stay with the 1 hour show. Please don't let any of this change the "infotainment" (or is that enterinfo, entertorial or someother BS term) aspects of the 1 hour show.

By: Simon

Simon — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 12:45:22 +0000

Hi Paul, Marcus,

I've been listening for a year-ish and love it. I used to spend MUCH more than an hour rummaging around the webs for news stories and now you guys aggregate it for me.. so the current format is absolutely fine by me!

Obviously others would find the 'bitesize' chunks more useful, though, so it'd be great to try it out at least and see how it affects your subscriptions.

My only concerns are for poor old Marcus who's going to have so much more work on his plate. Marcus, will you make a new intro for each segment? How about a joke at the end of each segment, too? Or, make it 4x20 and give Lillington 20 minutes per week to come up with a decent gag (unlikely).

Whatever you do I'll stay subscribed and look forward to your shows each week, keep it up :)

Cheers.

By: Jai

Jai — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 19:29:11 +0000

Good idea, guys. I'm definitely more interested in just getting to the content and skipping the ahem witty cough banter (I'm looking at you, Marcus).

But can the stupid joke still be at the end of the bites? Cause... I like to laugh at the joke... not at the joke itself, but at the joke because their usually just so ridiculous that I laugh at the ridiculousness of it... which, to your credit, still gets me to laugh - which is the point of a joke, right?

By: Mel

Mel — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 14:26:24 +0000

I think it sounds like a lot of extra work for people who can't hit "pause." But, if you are willing to do it, and the longer versions will still exist, why not? It's great stuff either way. Cheers!

By: Marc

Marc — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 19:58:01 +0000

I think the show is great how it is and see no need for change. I spend a lot of time listing to Podcasts and Audiobooks, so maybe my listening habits are different from most people. I agree with the sentiments of others who have said that lots of small segments would make the show seem less organic.

Admittedly I do listen mainly for the news, however it's nice to sometimes here unexpected stuff, like an interview that turns out to be useful. On a more general note, with TV and Radio going on-demand, are we loosing something when we only ever see and hear exactly what we want to? The reason I bought an iMac 10 years ago was after catching an unexpected feature about them on breakfast TV. I never usually watched that show, but I happened to be off that day, and it happened to be on TV.

The idea that a podcast might showcase a piece of software that changes the way I work, or interviews someone who inspires me - that element of surprise is what I like.

Either way I'm sure to keep listening :)

By: Jane

Jane — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 17:40:49 +0000

I'd prefer the podcast to be split into 3.

By: terraGirl

terraGirl — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 16:34:33 +0000

Hi Paul – yes, very sorry, had a daft start to the day – realised my mistake a few minutes later. Suffering from acute Boagworld withdrawal and very much looking forward to the show next week! In my eagerness I mistook the 2 minute Bite for a 2 hour episode 196 … sigh, another 6 days to wait … but we know it’s worth the wait :)