Patrick, I love almost everything you write, both here and on your blog, but the idea of listening to anything for more than 5 minutes drives me nuts. Maybe it's my OCD, or my need to focus deeply on my work, or maybe it's just that the podcast form does not deliver the data densely enough. I will probably read your 79 minute podcast transcription in under 10 minutes, without losing focus, and being eternally grateful.
Andrew Warner of mixergy did this sporadically at one time, but never enough. Andrew, if you're reading this, please do what Patrick has done, every time. I'll never miss another show of yours!
Personally, I love the transcripts even though I listen to the interviews, because going back and reviewing what somebody said in an audio file is a royal pain. If I want to remember what that service was that so-and-so recommended, it's five seconds of skimming the text versus several minutes of scrubbing around the audio and listening for a little while to see if I'm at the right part.
or maybe it's just that the podcast form does not present the data densely enough.
You might find playing podcasts at faster speeds enjoyable/useful - any decent podcast app should let you play at 1.5x or 2x speed, which I find much more engaging for more informational podcasts (ie anything where comedic timing isn't critical).
Thank CastingWords and $115.50 for about 90% of it. (I did some light copy editing when I was concerned that our extemporaneous speaking didn't look intelligent when transcribed, but it made it about 60 minutes instead of a day.)
A note to patio11: I had already closed the page when I saw this comment. Went back and happily read the whole transcript (I never listen to podcasts.)
You might want to make it more obvious that there is text on this page.
While I like the option for transcripted podcasts, I actually find that I listen to podcasts more than I would go through and read the transcripts (except for research / review later on).
Perhaps it's just a factor of having a long commute, but I love being able to load up my ipod with podcasts and just listening to them like I would the radio.
Also, while I personally wouldn't call what Japan is in a "recession," that is how the Japanese refer to the current economic situation when compared to the bubble of the 80s. I wonder sometimes if the whole "recession" keyword is a method of social control, but that's getting into slightly tinfoil hat territory.
I was a huge fan of your earlier stuff, and wish you'd had a podcast like this long ago! I haven't listened to the podcast yet, but you've definitely got my attention for this one and the next one even if I don't like this one.
I hope you can remember what it took to get success in the first place and share some of that with listeners much in the way Andrew does on mixergy by asking entrepreneurs about the early days. Clearly there are some strategies that are highly effective for those who have already amassed great skills or made a name for themselves but not so effective for those who haven't.
Finally, I've noticed an ever increasing amount of your writing aimed at trying to push engineers to focus on less engineering and more business. This is understandable considering that it's the direction you took, but please remember that some of us have non-engineering business backgrounds and would love to learn how to improve on the tech side. Believe it or not, there are a lot of people who do a good job at sales and marketing of very low-tech things but struggle in internet/app driven businesses!
I just put " http://www.kalzumeus.com/feed/atom/ " into iTunes and it worked. YMMV. I'm not sure what the option is called in English and don't know if other clients will play well with Wordpress' atom feed.
Patrick. when AB testing your podcast, please try doing a 20 minute "snack size". I find I mostly have little pockets of time (i.e. when washing up after dinner) when I can listen to a podcast but anything longer than that requires me to set some time aside just to listen.
