Comments on: Running, Podcast Listening

By: Sue Waters

Sue Waters — Sat, 17 Nov 2007 10:43:50 +0000

Actually I was thinking that you Alan probably are listening to more podcasts than me :) . I used to listen when I was driving but I really need so time when I do switch off and smell the roses. So nowadays I listen to more streaming audio and video than podcasts. Semantics :) scientific background.

By: Alan

Alan — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 14:58:19 +0000

Good point Craig- I believe in the re-worded adage, “I would have created a shorter podcast if I had more time” – good planning, post production are those things that take time (I admit sometimes doing quick edits myself though). For a conference presentation, there’s not much you can do, unless you edit down to highlights; but for a planned show, you have lots of control.

For our NMC Conversations, aiming to stay between 15 and 30 minutes, we work up an outline ahead of time; not a script, but a map to keep us on target.

Another annoyance is overly long intros, musically overladen coolness, and recaps- get to the stuff. I recall one on PhotoShop techniques where out of an 11 minute recording, there was 5 minutes of up front crap and 3 minutes of closing.

Lastly, and here’s one for Sue Waters, what we are talking about here is making use of audio, and is not necessarily “podcasting” per se- the subscription/auto download approach.

But I quibble as always in semantics.

By: Craig

Craig — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 14:18:06 +0000

I admit to struggling with long podcasts. I think I can handle about 30-40 minutes max.

We try and keep ours to about a 5 minute average over a month…mainly to keep me sane!

Good luck with your training!

By: Toni

Toni — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 05:26:27 +0000

Treadmill + podcasts = Sanity…

for two reasons… I get bored listening to podcasts and find myself switching off or finding something more exciting to do…
and
I get bored running on a treadmill… but doing these things together feels like far far less of a waste of time than doing either on their own!

Thanks for the link I am really looking forward to going to the gym tomorrow now!

By: J.D. Williams

J.D. Williams — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 02:01:54 +0000

If your looking for a good place for some new podcasts, http://www.oculture.com/ has a bunch of lists of good places. I keep telling myself that I’m going to start listening to more podcasts, but I never seem to find the time. I guess I should just start running. I have some friends that run in the PF Chang’s every year and always talk about how good of a time it is. I can’t imagine running for 13 or 26 miles being a good time. Good luck with it.

By: Sue Waters

Sue Waters — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 20:57:33 +0000

Sue

By: Heather Ross

Heather Ross — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 19:36:46 +0000

Alan,

I started training early this year to do short triathlons and couldn’t have done any of my indoor training (treadmill, cycling on trainer) without my iPod. I split the time between music, audio books and podcasts (Edtech stuff and TED talks).

Thanks for sharing Guy’s talk. It’s great.