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14 Responses to “Quick Poll on My Podcast Topic”

1. Kai says:

   November 16, 2009 at 3:14 am

   Thanks for asking, Tom! I cherish your podcasts for TW methods, trends, etc., especially the interviews/dialogues. Reading your own posts would seem redundant to me – it’s usually easier and quicker for me to sread or scan a written post.
2. Eileen Potter says:

   November 16, 2009 at 7:25 am

   I squeeze in podcasts when I can. It’s usually quicker for me to scan posts in Outlook. Listening to a podcast about a specific tool (Flare, WordPress) – it might be tricky if the topic is solution-oriented and you’re trying to visualize where you are in the application as you listen to the conversation.
3. Richard Hamilton says:

   November 16, 2009 at 11:10 am

   Tom, I agree with Eileen; it’s usually quicker for me to read. I’d actually rather have transcripts of podcasts than podcasts of written blogs, though I understand that former is much harder to do than the latter.
   • Tom Johnson says:

     November 18, 2009 at 1:29 pm

     Richard, I keep meaning to experiment with this using Adobe Soundbooth, which I think performs an auto-transcribe of audio, but I’m wary that once I translate the text, I’ll have to clean it up. Maybe not. This is on my to-do list.
4. Margaret says:

   November 16, 2009 at 3:13 pm

   While reading is quicker, I often listen to podcasts in the car while driving. And interviews are better when you hear the voices.
   • Tom Johnson says:

     November 18, 2009 at 1:28 pm

     Margaret, I agree that interviews come across better when you can hear the voices. Definitely right on.
5. Oana Bota says:

   November 16, 2009 at 4:35 pm

   Being a technical writer it’s faster for me to read lines. Usually technical people would rather read between the lines instead listening postcards. Although, it’s up to each of us what is the best way to find news / information.
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   • Tom Johnson says:

     November 18, 2009 at 1:27 pm

     Thanks Oana. I agree that reading is faster and many times better. But it’s not always possible to read (e.g., while driving, exercising, walking). Also, there’s something intangibly personal and intimate about hearing the human voice. It’s the connection with the Other. It helps bridge the gaps between us all.
6. Kirsty says:

   November 17, 2009 at 1:23 am

   Tom,
   I’m not sure about the WordPress question. Currently, I’m using Blogger, so it wouldn’t be likely that WordPress podcasts would be of interest to me. That being said, I think our Marketing department have started a WordPress blog … so my thoughts might change in the future.
   • Tom Johnson says:

     November 18, 2009 at 1:23 pm

     Thanks for your feedback on this topic, Kirsty. I think I’m going to keep the wordpress stuff at a minimum, prob. just screencasts on wordpress every now and then.
7. Salome says:

   November 30, 2009 at 9:49 am

   Thanks for putting together this site and all of the podcasts. They are very helpful, fun and insightful.

   I do read the e-mails and I do download the podcasts from iTunes and listen to them either at work or on the road.

   Thanks again! Keep up the good work. ☺
   • Tom Johnson says:

     December 6, 2009 at 10:48 pm

     Salome, thanks for the feedback about how you listen to podcasts. I’m trying to do more but have slowed down with my interviews lately.
8. Breanne says:

   February 26, 2010 at 7:42 pm

   I just found your podcasts a couple of weeks ago. I downloaded some of the latest ones and heard this one today.

   You mentioned that you wanted to improve your speaking and that was why you read one of your blog posts. I really appreciated being able to hear one of your blog posts, because honestly, I try to avoid the computer during my free time lately. (Full-time job on the computer & online Technical Communication undergrad student.) I also recognized a noticable improvement in the flow of your voice when you read the blog because you were focused on that aspect of podcasting. The improvements I noticed then have continued throughout the podcasts posted after that date.

   Also, I enjoy the variety of types of podcasts you post: interviews, presentations, monologues, and reading your blog posts. I have found that I have a more difficult time when the podcasts are longer than an hour and fifteen minutes; 40 minutes to an hour seems to be just perfect (but perhaps that has to do with the length of my commute time).

   Thank you for your podcasts.
   • Tom Johnson says:

     March 2, 2010 at 9:07 am

     Breanne, thanks for your feedback on the podcasts where I read my posts. I didn’t get much feedback on them, so I enjoyed hearing your thoughts. I do want to convert more of my blog posts into podcasts, so your comment may encourage me to do more of that.

     Do you have any podcast topics that you’re interested to hear? If so, let me know. I’ll also try to add more podcasts from my own posts. Thanks again for leaving your comment. If you have future feedback on ways to improve the podcasts, let me know.
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