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Am I the only one that can't stand this video garbage? The internet is one of the few areas where the written word communicates substance over style. Please, le
by run4yourlives 15y ago
Am I the only one that can't stand this video garbage? The internet is one of the few areas where the written word communicates substance over style. Please, let's not lose this.
Unless the concept lends itself to video, don't use it.
- vaporstun 15y agoOr at least include a transcript at the bottom so people can parse out the useful info without sitting through the video or trying to skip through and (likely) skipping right past the relevant nuggets.
- jeremymcanally 15y agoMixergy always has transcripts; this one just isn't ready yet.
- AndrewWarner 15y agoIt takes a couple of days for the transcript to be up, but I always have one. (Unless the interviewee specifically asks me not to because he/she doesn't want what he says to be google-able.
- run4yourlives 15y agoEven transcripts are a problem for me though. A written piece flows like a book, a transcript doesn't. It's like reading a play.
- AndrewWarner 15y agoI'm trying to hire a writer to help pull out the key points for you. Hit me up by email if you want to tell me what your ideal version would be.
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- run4yourlives 15y agoAn article? I'm pretty sure most of the print media out there do exactly what you're doing - performing one or more interviews about particular topic. The good ones though take that material and turn it into an article that attempts to make a point using the information gained from the interviews as support. There isn't anything wrong with what Mixergy is doing per se, it's just that there on the internet, I normally prefer the article format that can be skimmed first to determine my level of interest. When something is written, you present the content and then ask for the readers time. With video, you demand the time and then present the content. Since my time - especially on the net - is precious, I'm rarely inclined to give it to you for free.
- strooltz 15y agoMixergy also has audio versions of their shows - we stream it over the office sound system every morning... Link for the latest -http://s3.amazonaws.com/Mixergy/Audio/Jason-Fried-(Sortfolio)-on-Mixergy.mp3 http://s3.amazonaws.com/Mixergy/Audio/Jason-Fried-(Sortfolio...
- RRiccio 15y agoYes, I only listen to the audio versions of Andrew's interviews. I add them to iTunes and then listed when I'm on the bus or walking to some place. Since I don't have much time to watch/listen online, it helps me make my commuting time much more productive.
- jcampbell1 15y agoWith HTML5, it is possible to speed up the playback, which can make video tolerable. Unfortunatly, the wistia player is flash only. Once you get used to hearing pitch corrected audio at 1.5x-2x, watching videos can be tolerable.
- mikecolella 15y agohttp://www.enounce.com/ http://www.enounce.com/ works for this.
- AndrewWarner 15y agoYou can also download the MP3 of each interview and use your iPhone/Android/whatever's speed options.
- csavage 15y agoWistia does support HTML5, it's just that the current implementation of tweetperview is not capturing the HTML5 version of the video. The video is currently being loading in an iFrame by tweetperview. We'll reach out to those guys and see what we can do.