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I hope you excuse me for a shameless plug, but it seems like a relevant enough thread to share my podcast about Emacs: https://emacscast.org/ https://emacscast.

I hope you excuse me for a shameless plug, but it seems like a relevant enough thread to share my podcast about Emacs: https://emacscast.org/ https://emacscast.org/ While it might seem strange to discuss a text editor in the audio format, I've been getting positive feedback on this project as I try to talk more about underlying philosophy and mindset, not specific details or settings.

spudlyo 7y ago
My feedback for you is you need to give listeners a reason to keep listening to your podcast right away, you simply can not go on a meandering personal discussion about yourself for the first 10 minutes of a podcast and expect to retain my attention.
- Koshkin 7y ago
  Well, that wouldn't be much different from the pervasive habit of many authors of YouTube videos to stick their own faces in the frame in one or the other ridiculous fashion. This is unsurprising, because it is self-advertisement that is the true goal of such podcasts and videos.
  - Myrmornis 7y ago
    I routinely follow one podcast (Software Engineering Daily) and one You Tube channel (3blue1brown). Neither fit your characterisation. Perhaps you should consider being a little more selective in your consumption of YouTube :)
  - spudlyo 7y ago
    I'd be more inclined to believe that has more to do with ScreenFlow's (a popular screencasting program) defaults rather than people's inherent narcissism.
- freetonik 7y ago
  Thank you, I think this is fair. I assume you've started listening to the latest episode: it was released after a long break and I guess in my mind it was geared towards existing listeners, with whom I've developed a relationship of sorts. Based on their feedback, it made sense to meander and focus on personal feelings and experience. I find it hard to balance between being insider-friendly and being attractive to new audiences. Perhaps, one of the earlier episodes could be better suited, but all of them contain personal stories. Your comment was quite a sharp revelation tbh, it got me thinking. For now, I chose to define my project as a weird, personal journal rather than anything else, and try to further evolve the relationship with its existing listeners.
- noobermin 7y ago
  Sheesh, give a person a chance. I'll give their podcast a listen based on the episode titles alone.
OrderlyTiamat 7y ago
It's nice to see you plug your podcast! I've been listening for a while, keep up the good work!
- freetonik 7y ago
  Thank you! Let me know if you have ideas or suggestions for future episodes (email in profile).

spudlyo 7y ago

My feedback for you is you need to give listeners a reason to keep listening to your podcast right away, you simply can not go on a meandering personal discussion about yourself for the first 10 minutes of a podcast and expect to retain my attention.

Koshkin 7y ago
Well, that wouldn't be much different from the pervasive habit of many authors of YouTube videos to stick their own faces in the frame in one or the other ridiculous fashion. This is unsurprising, because it is self-advertisement that is the true goal of such podcasts and videos.
- Myrmornis 7y ago
  I routinely follow one podcast (Software Engineering Daily) and one You Tube channel (3blue1brown). Neither fit your characterisation. Perhaps you should consider being a little more selective in your consumption of YouTube :)
- spudlyo 7y ago
  I'd be more inclined to believe that has more to do with ScreenFlow's (a popular screencasting program) defaults rather than people's inherent narcissism.
freetonik 7y ago
Thank you, I think this is fair. I assume you've started listening to the latest episode: it was released after a long break and I guess in my mind it was geared towards existing listeners, with whom I've developed a relationship of sorts. Based on their feedback, it made sense to meander and focus on personal feelings and experience. I find it hard to balance between being insider-friendly and being attractive to new audiences. Perhaps, one of the earlier episodes could be better suited, but all of them contain personal stories. Your comment was quite a sharp revelation tbh, it got me thinking. For now, I chose to define my project as a weird, personal journal rather than anything else, and try to further evolve the relationship with its existing listeners.
noobermin 7y ago
Sheesh, give a person a chance. I'll give their podcast a listen based on the episode titles alone.

OrderlyTiamat 7y ago

It's nice to see you plug your podcast! I've been listening for a while, keep up the good work!

freetonik 7y ago
Thank you! Let me know if you have ideas or suggestions for future episodes (email in profile).