At Podcamp SLC, I’m giving a presentation about how to interview remote and local guests for podcasts. Rather than going into the technical details of my recording process (which I would be happy to do), I’ve decided to share stories of memorable podcasts that changed my interviewing style and approach. Of the 80+ interviews I’ve done, a dozen of them made me rethink my method … more »

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My Interview Experience at IBM, By Subha at TWB. It’s really interesting to see that IBM, the hub of DITA authoring, asks lots of tough RoboHelp questions in their interviews. Huh???

Heidi Miller has some excellent tips on interviewing. In a presentation she gave at the Portable Media Media Expo, she explained several techniques that have encouraged me to change my interviewing style. Here are four key points from her presentation: Don’t send the interviewee the questions before the interview. I guess I’m a latecomer to this style, but I’m now totally convinced that it’s best … more »

Interviewing experts is one of the easiest and most practical ways to generate material for your podcast. Although many people think the difficult part of podcasting is the audio setup and production, actually pulling off a good interview requires more art and skill. I know I’m not the best interviewer, but I’ve learned at least 10 tips from the 60+ interviews I’ve conducted for my … more »

I listened to an interesting podcast this morning. Jason Van Orden argues against a post on the Read/Write blog about podcasting being dead. Jason listed several reasons why people claim podcasting is dead: Yahoo pulled their podcasting directory. Google Trends shows fewer searches with podcasting as the keyword. No one is making millions in the podcasting medium. Podcasts don’t offer rich keywords for search engines … more »