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I think podcasts and essays are close. Podcasts are just more efficient.... Not even for the founders dinner speakers? Looking Forward to Jessica's blog. I am

by dawie 19y ago

I think podcasts and essays are close. Podcasts are just more efficient.... Not even for the founders dinner speakers? Looking Forward to Jessica's blog. I am about to finish her book.

pg 19y ago
We could never record the speakers. Dinners are off the record so that speakers can say things they would never dare to say publicly.
- dawie 19y ago
  Makes sense. I am just so hungry for information and tired of reading. Are you writing a June essay?
  - pg 19y ago
    Actually I've been working on News.YC lately. And advising 19 new startups. I can just about remember what they're each working on...
    - brett 19y ago
      Think you're getting close to the upper limit of startups per session?
      - pg 19y ago
        I felt that way at the first dinner, but things are under control now.
bootload 19y ago
'... Podcasts are just more efficient ...' For users, not creators. They take a lot of work to do properly (Doug Kaye, The Secret Lives of MP3 Files, http://pa.gigavox.com/shows/detail1600.html http://pa.gigavox.com/shows/detail1600.html mp3, 54min, 25Mb ) and besides articles are way more bandwidth efficient given their size.
- dawie 19y ago
  I meant this relating to time. It takes a long time and a couple of revisions to write a good polished essay (or blog post) I think for creating a podcast you write down what you want to talk about in point form and then you talk and elaborate on these ideas.
  - philh 19y ago
    That would be the equivalent of writing down a few notes for your essay beforehand and then posting the first draft. The revisions are needed for a reason, which doesn't go away if you're talking instead of typing.
jward 19y ago
My personal feelings are strongly anti-podcast. I find them a great inconvenience. I can read faster than people can talk and I can't think or work effectively when someone is talking. Written communication is by far my favorite way of getting information.
- lupin_sansei 19y ago
  I agree, but podcasts are great when you are going for a walk, driving, or riding your bike.

by dawie 19y ago

I think podcasts and essays are close. Podcasts are just more efficient.... Not even for the founders dinner speakers? Looking Forward to Jessica's blog. I am about to finish her book.

pg 19y ago

We could never record the speakers. Dinners are off the record so that speakers can say things they would never dare to say publicly.

dawie 19y ago
Makes sense. I am just so hungry for information and tired of reading. Are you writing a June essay?
- pg 19y ago
  Actually I've been working on News.YC lately. And advising 19 new startups. I can just about remember what they're each working on...
  - brett 19y ago
    Think you're getting close to the upper limit of startups per session?
    - pg 19y ago
      I felt that way at the first dinner, but things are under control now.

bootload 19y ago

'... Podcasts are just more efficient ...' For users, not creators. They take a lot of work to do properly (Doug Kaye, The Secret Lives of MP3 Files, http://pa.gigavox.com/shows/detail1600.html http://pa.gigavox.com/shows/detail1600.html mp3, 54min, 25Mb ) and besides articles are way more bandwidth efficient given their size.

dawie 19y ago
I meant this relating to time. It takes a long time and a couple of revisions to write a good polished essay (or blog post) I think for creating a podcast you write down what you want to talk about in point form and then you talk and elaborate on these ideas.
- philh 19y ago
  That would be the equivalent of writing down a few notes for your essay beforehand and then posting the first draft. The revisions are needed for a reason, which doesn't go away if you're talking instead of typing.

jward 19y ago

My personal feelings are strongly anti-podcast. I find them a great inconvenience. I can read faster than people can talk and I can't think or work effectively when someone is talking. Written communication is by far my favorite way of getting information.

lupin_sansei 19y ago
I agree, but podcasts are great when you are going for a walk, driving, or riding your bike.