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Re: Podcasting is getting huge

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Post by Spearchucker » Wed, Dec 16, 2015, 12:51 PM UTC

Lewton wrote: post #20

oliao wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I like the idea. I find the advertising inside podcasts also particularly annoying. You can't ignore them by looking away like you would on a screen. Maybe we need an adblock for podcasts (even if it will be difficult to automize -> some manual stripping of the parts where they are promoting stuff)

> I find the advertising inside podcasts also particularly annoying. Really? Most podcast apps replace the skip buttons with "jump forward/back 15/30 sec". Hitting a button twice is too much effort in exchange for getting content for free?

Yes I could FF through ads. The point (for me) is that I can leave my phone in my pocket and use two hands to do something, or keep them in my pockets when trudging home through snow. Which adds to the aggravation of ads - put stuff down, fish phone out of pocket, turn on phone, FF, stash phone. Or listen to the ad.

Thanks, but no sale.

Re: Podcasting is getting huge

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Post by bovermyer » Wed, Dec 16, 2015, 12:55 PM UTC

This quote made me feel really old:

> Podcasting has been around for about a decade — the term is a reference to the iPod, which older readers will remember as an iPhone that only played music.

Now I'm in the category of "older readers." Lovely.

Re: Podcasting is getting huge

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Post by Zach_the_Lizard » Wed, Dec 16, 2015, 1:00 PM UTC

bane wrote: post #21

jacquesm wrote: post #17

I've tried consuming podcasts on a number of occasions. I've utterly failed at finding a way to appreciate them, even on subjects that interest me. Reading faster than people speak is a factor (much faster) and being able to skim and dive in where I'm interested, ability to bookmark, to cut-and-paste bits for my notes files and so on. Besides reading is a lot easier for me to stay concentrated on the content rather t…

If you have a long commute, car/bike/train/etc. they're basically perfect audio companions. I couldn't figure out what to do with them either until I decided to stop listening to the news on a daily basis during my commute (it made me too aggravated).

>If you have a long commute, car/bike/train/etc. they're basically perfect audio companions.

On bikes, at least where I live, using headphones is illegal. I'd love to listen to music or podcasts on my bike but I just can't do it with only one ear covered. It's probably not advisable anyways.

Interestingly, it is legal to ride a bike or even drive a car while deaf. It would be illegal for a deaf person to cover both ears while driving or biking if I'm reading the statutes correctly.

Re: Podcasting is getting huge

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Post by jamespo » Wed, Dec 16, 2015, 1:01 PM UTC

jacquesm wrote: post #17

I've tried consuming podcasts on a number of occasions. I've utterly failed at finding a way to appreciate them, even on subjects that interest me. Reading faster than people speak is a factor (much faster) and being able to skim and dive in where I'm interested, ability to bookmark, to cut-and-paste bits for my notes files and so on. Besides reading is a lot easier for me to stay concentrated on the content rather t…

Podcasts also cover music of course, and I'd recommend Beats in Space and particularly the Music for Programming podcasts.

Re: Podcasting is getting huge

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Post by ekianjo » Wed, Dec 16, 2015, 1:01 PM UTC

Podcasting was hard at the time of the iPod ? Seriously ? Isnt't that the other way around, it was hard until iTune made it easy to suscribe to thousands of podcast from a single, unified interface ?

Vox has short memory.

Re: Podcasting is getting huge

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Post by ekianjo » Wed, Dec 16, 2015, 1:03 PM UTC

bane wrote: post #21

jacquesm wrote: post #17

I've tried consuming podcasts on a number of occasions. I've utterly failed at finding a way to appreciate them, even on subjects that interest me. Reading faster than people speak is a factor (much faster) and being able to skim and dive in where I'm interested, ability to bookmark, to cut-and-paste bits for my notes files and so on. Besides reading is a lot easier for me to stay concentrated on the content rather t…

If you have a long commute, car/bike/train/etc. they're basically perfect audio companions. I couldn't figure out what to do with them either until I decided to stop listening to the news on a daily basis during my commute (it made me too aggravated).

On a commute if I am not on the wheel (and usually I am not), I always prefer reading a book to listening to a podcast. Most podcast are full of time-fillers, which makes them very annoying.

Re: Podcasting is getting huge

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Post by ekianjo » Wed, Dec 16, 2015, 1:05 PM UTC

avar wrote: post #30

arcatek wrote: post #27

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In what mesure does a podcast compliment a proper article? As far as I see, the only thing that could be missing would be the interactivity (being able to ask question about the parts of the article that we haven't understood and that we would like to clarify), but podcasts don't solve this.

You can't read while you're driving, doing the dishes etc. There's many times when your mind isn't all that busy but your hands or eyes are. Podcasts are great for that. I also find them much better for interviews and the like than text, you get a lot of information out of the tone people use, which is lost when it's committed to text.

> Podcasts are great for that.

They are great for that because, just like the Radio, it's not really important if you listen half of the time - because it's precisely low density, low quality content.

Re: Podcasting is getting huge

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Post by ekianjo » Wed, Dec 16, 2015, 1:06 PM UTC

forgetsusername wrote: post #26

jacquesm wrote: post #17

I've tried consuming podcasts on a number of occasions. I've utterly failed at finding a way to appreciate them, even on subjects that interest me. Reading faster than people speak is a factor (much faster) and being able to skim and dive in where I'm interested, ability to bookmark, to cut-and-paste bits for my notes files and so on. Besides reading is a lot easier for me to stay concentrated on the content rather t…

> Besides reading is a lot easier for me Why do you view it as an alternative to reading, rather than a compliment?

> than a compliment?

You mean a complement ?

Re: Podcasting is getting huge

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Post by minikites » Wed, Dec 16, 2015, 1:11 PM UTC

ekianjo wrote: post #38

forgetsusername wrote: post #26

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Besides reading is a lot easier for me Why do you view it as an alternative to reading, rather than a compliment?

> than a compliment? You mean a complement ?

Thanks for clearing that up. I was unsure what the previous comment meant, but now I know, thank you for using grammar for its intended purpose: looking superior on the internet.

Re: Podcasting is getting huge

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Post by Disruptive_Dave » Wed, Dec 16, 2015, 1:14 PM UTC

ekianjo wrote: post #37

avar wrote: post #30

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You can't read while you're driving, doing the dishes etc. There's many times when your mind isn't all that busy but your hands or eyes are. Podcasts are great for that. I also find them much better for interviews and the like than text, you get a lot of information out of the tone people use, which is lost when it's committed to text.

> Podcasts are great for that. They are great for that because, just like the Radio, it's not really important if you listen half of the time - because it's precisely low density, low quality content.

Classifying an entire medium as "low quality content" is pretty damn shortsighted. You do know that listeners get to choose what podcasts they press "play" on, right?