Comments on: Sailboats and Cruise Ships, or, How My Work Podcast Was Dwarfed by a Mega Work Podcast

By: Tom

Tom — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 14:18:15 +0000

Thanks Harry. I wasn’t aware of Radio Lab. I’ll check them out.

By: Harry Miller

Harry Miller — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 20:18:37 +0000

If you like This American Life, you might like Radio Lab at http://radiolab.org. They have interesting stories that tend to be unified around some science discovery.

By: Jeffro

Jeffro — Fri, 22 May 2009 14:27:32 +0000

Yes. In fact, I just saw you browsing it via Woopra The split between where the shownotes posts were published is certainly a pain for longtime listeners of the show but that’s what happens when you move from place to place. On the WordPress Weekly information page, I’ve added direct links too all of the shownotes posts which are not on WPTavern.com to make it easy as possible to browse to them.

I believe episode 41 and up are all published on WPTavern as will future episodes/showotes.

By: Tom

Tom — Fri, 22 May 2009 14:21:19 +0000

I’m not sure I have a favorite episode. I really like the regularity of the show, the fact that you publish weekly. The audio is decent enough as well. Complaints and suggestions? Nothing stands out right now. But now that you’re looking for more feedback, I’ll try to give you feedback on your wptavern site with the shownotes of each show.

Actually, one thing that would be great is if your wptavern site had a podcast button that aggregated all the podcast posts, so that I could add comments there. I download it through iTunes, and the split with weblogtools collection and talkshoe sometimes confuses me about where the original content is posted. Surely there’s a podcast category of some kind on your wptavern site, right?

By: Jeffro

Jeffro — Fri, 22 May 2009 14:13:57 +0000

So what’s your favorite episode so far? Do you have any feedback with regards to what you would like to hear more of or less of on the show? Any complaints?

By: Tom

Tom — Fri, 22 May 2009 14:02:55 +0000

Jeffro, what are you doing with a Zune? Just kidding. Your podcasts have excellent content. I also like your cohost’s expertise as well. You guys have an excellent thing going on.

By: Tom

Tom — Fri, 22 May 2009 14:01:51 +0000

Janet, I like how you twisted the metaphor to more accurately describe the situation. Made me laugh.

By: Jeffro

Jeffro — Fri, 22 May 2009 01:44:54 +0000

Awesome to see that WordPress Weekly is one of the podcasts you listen to on a regular basis on your iPod. I get a tingling sensation whenever anyone tells me that. I may have to revisit my favorite podcasts post again to publish what it is I listen to every week on my (cover your eyes) Zune.

By: Janet Swisher

Janet Swisher — Thu, 21 May 2009 22:21:06 +0000

Another way the metaphor may apply to your situation: If your sailboat gets on the wrong (downwind) side of a cruise ship, it will take the wind out of your sails (so you can’t move), and then run you over (because it can’t turn).

Just a thought.