Podcast special (25): Geek Dinner
Posted in Podcast on: Monday, February 27, 2006 by Paul Boag
This weeks “special” podcast comes from a geek dinner at which Paul was the speaker. Paul covers the subject of learning together as web designers as well as answering questions on web standards, podcasting and web 2.0.
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To be honest it is hard to provide comprehensive show notes for this episode, as the discussion was long and rambling! However, it was roughly based around the following two boagworld.com posts:
Of course, it didn’t take long to wander off topic into a variety of different subjects so the best I can advise is to download it and listen for yourself!
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It was great to be at the event. Thanks for an interesting evening.
Just a couple of points though: Google bought Measure Map, not Yahoo!.
For the person who asked about studies in usability, check out the Page Source Order and Accessibility talk by Roger Hudson and Russ Weakley found at the Web Standards Group Meeting PodCasts which talks about one such project.
Hey Paul, this was my favorite of your podcasts. Perhaps it’s a matter of “different strokes for different folks”…but I thoroughly enjoyed your commentary on the big picture. That’s not to say that I don’t also appreciate your depth of knowledge regarding web design…
….dunno’, I just really found myself captured by this episode. Good on ya, sir!
Regarding business models, for a podcast network that hosts podcasts, what are the features that would entice you to “type in your credit card number”?
Of course there is “bandwidth and disk space”….but that business is cutthroat and margins are non-existent and on the verge of shrinking further into “loss leader” territory. There is also the pseudo barter structure whereby you get unlimited bandwidth and disk space for the podcasts you upload to the “network”…but they plaster ads in YOUR podcasts in return for the “free hosting”.
So…you as a prolific podcaster…and if you weren’t accruing the benefit from your podcast of it being a marketing tool for your professional services….what features would a podcast hosting network have to offer you for you to take your hand off the mouse long enough to put it on your wallet?
CHEERS! DAVID
Paul – I very much enjoyed your podcast from the ‘Geek Dinner’. I was really relieved to hear you say that the pace of the web can be overwhelming for you. I sometimes feel adrift in a sea of information, new technology, new standards, etc. Glad to hear it’s not JUST me that sometimes struggles to keep up.
On that note, how about doing another bit on CMS? Maybe just stepping back a notch and describing the basics of how they operate? In any case, keep up the fine p-casting.
-Nora Brown
Hi David,
to be honest yoy have listed all the things I care about. I guess the only other one would be stats. All I need is unlimited bandwidth, unlimited storage and stats.
I regret that I couldn’t participate in this. I have the question. When the similar dinner?
I regret that I could not participate in this. I have the question. When the similar dinner?
Hi Paul! I regret that I could not participate in this. I have the question. When the similar dinner?