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Kalzumeus Podcast 5: Quitting Consulting Via Productization
- kybernetyk 13y agoI'm happy that the audio quality significantly improved from the first episode. But still Patrick is a lot quieter than Keith - which leads me to adjust volume constantly. I don't know your setup, but maybe use a multi-track recording software and then adjust each speaker's track to match volume.
- patio11 13y agoThanks for the comment. I'll tell the audio engineer to add it to the list of things he adjusts for. Episode 6 is already in the can but ideally it will be better for you after episode 7.
- timjahn 13y agoOn that note, Patrick, ask him to move your audio to be in the center (stereo wise), rather than entirely on the right channel as it is now. If you listen with headphones to this episode, Keith is spread across both left and right while you are solely on the right channel. Confusing to the ears. Still listening, but as always, great episode thus far!
- umsm 13y agoI fixed this by pulling out the headphone plug slightly from the jack...
- mcargian 13y agoLevelator [1] does a great job of leveling audio between guests, I'd suggest running it on old episodes too. [1] http://www.conversationsnetwork.org/levelator http://www.conversationsnetwork.org/levelator
- aaronblohowiak 13y ago>maybe use a multi-track recording software and then adjust each speaker's track to match volume. Or just a compressor/limiter on the whole shebang will do a good job of normalizing the audio levels. http://auphonic.com/blog/2011/07/25/loudness-normalization-and-compression-podcasts-and-speech-audio/ http://auphonic.com/blog/2011/07/25/loudness-normalization-a... http://www.hometracked.com/2008/04/20/10-myths-about-normalization/ http://www.hometracked.com/2008/04/20/10-myths-about-normali...
- huhtenberg 13y agoIt was interesting to follow Patrick's reports few years ago, when they were specific and factual, but attempts to extrapolate from that into a field of full-on startup mentoring and coaching looks rather strange to put it mildly.
- monkeyspaw 13y agoI can't pretend to speak for Patrick, but I'm guessing that a lot of people asked him for more and more advice. I bet a lot of people wanted to pay him to help them. I don't find it strange at all. Given his success with his first video series, I bet he makes a mint on it. Patrick, if you read this, I very much appreciate your podcasts and articles. I've been working all year to switch from consulting to a product, so your advice is unbelievably well timed. Cheers, Travis
- Matti 13y agoFor a certain type of engineer everything involving sales, marketing, discussions about perceived value and getting paid tons of money for something that basically equates to "advice giving"... will seem strange and weird.
- megrimlock 13y agoPatrick has put his finger on this concern before, and (I feel) persuasively reframed things to resonate with an engineering mindset: http://www.kalzumeus.com/2012/01/23/salary-negotiation/ I've tried to use this same reframing approach when working with people to estimate a software schedule (for complex projects with external promises). Basically, if you can establish that engineering is about tradeoffs -- such as between runtime and memory footprint and code size and small vs large values of N and so on -- then certainly human development time is another resource subject to tradeoffs, where we should identify alternate scenarios and try to aim for the optimal one. Finding ways to talk to people in terms that resonate is tricky -- and often almost a matter of bridging micro-cultures, where subtle tribal affinity signals are needed to gain trust -- so I was impressed that Patrick could break down salary negotiation in a way that didn't seem skeezy to people who just want to build great things and not worry they are getting shafted.
- tomjen3 13y agoAnd already transcribed, awesome.
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- tocomment 13y agoI'm not much rails but why can't you upgrade to a more recent version instead of having he 10k patch agreement?
- dkrich 13y agoIt would be for businesses that have a large customer base and are less concerned with having the latest features and are much more interested in stability.
- steveklabnik 13y agohttp://www.kalzumeus.com/2013/06/17/if-your-business-uses-rails-2-3-you-need-to-move-to-a-supported-option-asap/ http://www.kalzumeus.com/2013/06/17/if-your-business-uses-ra...
- tocomment 13y agoWhy was I downvoted? Is it not a legitimate question?
- tomjen3 13y agoThere are a lot of voters who are quick to downvote. Sadly many of the dislike entirely legitimate questions (such as yours) because they know the answer. So don't sweat it, besides you are already reopvoted.
- nhangen 13y agoI'm a little leery anytime someone goes from doing 'Activity A' to no longer doing 'Activity A' and instead teaching people how to do it. I don't know Patrick personally, so I won't denigrate him for this approach, but I find this conversation quite disheartening.
- ericabiz 13y agoHey Nathan--Glad to see you over here. I know you personally and I know Patrick personally, and Patrick is definitely one of the good guys. I've been super impressed with him, having both worked with him (we both consulted at WP Engine at the same time last year) and on getting to know him on a personal level. As I mentioned in my other post on this thread, he got burned on consulting and is headed back into info products. He's not the "Internet marketer" type you and I are both disgusted with (the group we've both publicly disowned) at all.
- AVTizzle 13y agoPatrick runs not one, but TWO SaaS products as a solo entpreneur, runs a super-insightful blog, puts out info-products, and also runs this podcast. We should all be so productive...
- nhangen 13y agoPart of the reason I'm offering my opinion is because of the hero worship that happens on this site. Sometimes opinions aren't as balanced as I'd like them to be.
- jmduke 13y agoAnother way to think about this is that Patrick puts out an info product, and then runs customer development and marketing through blogging and podcasting. (I am 100% guilty of patio11 hero worship and will continue to do so, as his post on salary negotiation has made me more money than everything else on the Internet combined.)
- wikwocket 13y agoGee, thanks Patrick. You know, I used to listen to speculative fiction podcasts on my commute: Escape Pod for scifi, Podcastle for fantasy, maybe some Drabblecast or even video game podcasts... Now all I listen to is small business/bootstrapping casts! Kalzumeus, Product People, Techzing, Foolish Adventure, Eventual Millionaire, I have a whole backlog of this stuff! Will you guys knock it off with this excellent & actionable content, so I can listen to some fiction again?? Geez!
- rschmitty 13y agoDamn you to hell. I _was_ listening to some good fiction during my jogs via audible, but now I feel bad for not using that time to invest in myself learning from others!
- jfb 13y agoThat seems like potentially an impoverishing sort of attitude?
- saturdayplace 13y agoI imagine he was being sarcastic.
- saturdayplace 13y agoThank you very much for posting this list. I'd cast about a while back looking for similar stuff, but not found much I enjoyed. Looking forward to giving these a try.