Comments on: On Rigamarole or The Challenges of Podcasting a book http://www.podiobooks.com/blog/2006/08/08/159/ News from the Staff of Podiobooks.com Tue, 06 Jan 2009 07:36:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3 By: MA http://www.podiobooks.com/blog/2006/08/08/159/#comment-3614 MA Tue, 15 Aug 2006 21:49:56 +0000 http://www.podiobooks.com/blog/2006/08/08/159/#comment-3614 Personally, all the rigamarole is the reason why I like Podiobooks.com so much. The very small inconvenience of having to register is more than made up in the beauty of the how the system works. It's simply brilliant, and I have a feeling that Mr. Anonymouse saw the registration and didn't go any further, which was his loss. And while the blog's design in on the plain side, I can play the game of guess the poster. Anyway - thanks for all that you do to bring us all this wonderful ear candy. Personally, all the rigamarole is the reason why I like Podiobooks.com so much. The very small inconvenience of having to register is more than made up in the beauty of the how the system works. It’s simply brilliant, and I have a feeling that Mr. Anonymouse saw the registration and didn’t go any further, which was his loss.

And while the blog’s design in on the plain side, I can play the game of guess the poster.

Anyway - thanks for all that you do to bring us all this wonderful ear candy.

]]> By: MadJo http://www.podiobooks.com/blog/2006/08/08/159/#comment-3296 MadJo Tue, 08 Aug 2006 22:58:11 +0000 http://www.podiobooks.com/blog/2006/08/08/159/#comment-3296 I don't find the whole process of registering and clicking a 'subscribe me' link and setting up the frequency a difficult process. (You only have to do that once, and you're set for that book) I really don't understand what this anonymous poster was talking about. Perhaps he/she doesn't understand, that in order for the system to know where you were, it has to know who you are. I hope mr/mrs anonymous reads this post, and understands the flaw in the reasoning they used. I don’t find the whole process of registering and clicking a ’subscribe me’ link and setting up the frequency a difficult process. (You only have to do that once, and you’re set for that book)

I really don’t understand what this anonymous poster was talking about.
Perhaps he/she doesn’t understand, that in order for the system to know where you were, it has to know who you are.

I hope mr/mrs anonymous reads this post, and understands the flaw in the reasoning they used.

]]> By: Evo http://www.podiobooks.com/blog/2006/08/08/159/#comment-3283 Evo Tue, 08 Aug 2006 17:55:50 +0000 http://www.podiobooks.com/blog/2006/08/08/159/#comment-3283 Carrie - One of the things on our list of enhancements is to spend some time integrating the blog better into the site. I'm using the default template right now and just haven't had the time to try and find a better one that works... better. :) E. Carrie - One of the things on our list of enhancements is to spend some time integrating the blog better into the site. I’m using the default template right now and just haven’t had the time to try and find a better one that works… better. :)

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]]> By: CarrieP http://www.podiobooks.com/blog/2006/08/08/159/#comment-3280 CarrieP Tue, 08 Aug 2006 16:43:10 +0000 http://www.podiobooks.com/blog/2006/08/08/159/#comment-3280 Would be helpful to have a "signature" of who is actually blogging on the podiobooks blog. Had to scroll down more than half the way down the page to find out it's Evo. It's also not clear if just one person is blogging or if it's done by different members of the podiobooks staff. Would be helpful to have a “signature” of who is actually blogging on the podiobooks blog. Had to scroll down more than half the way down the page to find out it’s Evo. It’s also not clear if just one person is blogging or if it’s done by different members of the podiobooks staff.

]]> By: JClark http://www.podiobooks.com/blog/2006/08/08/159/#comment-3278 JClark Tue, 08 Aug 2006 16:02:37 +0000 http://www.podiobooks.com/blog/2006/08/08/159/#comment-3278 All of that "rigamarole" is what's so great about Podiobooks.com, in my opinion. I questioned the need to sign up initially too, but once you think about it the reason becomes clear. Once you have a user account, the system can release episodes to your individual feed one at a time (or all at once if you wish) from start to finish, regardless of what anyone else is doing. If there were simply whole feeds to subscribe to, you would have to manually download episodes from the start and then remember where you were when you wanted to listen to the next episode. Much easier. You can test this for yourself. Many of the podiobooks here are also available on the author's websites as traditional feeds. Go and subscribe to one of those, and then after you've manually told your podcatcher to download all of the past episodes, and forgotten which episode you were on because you're listening to too many at once (I regularly have half a dozen going), you may see the value in what podiobooks.com is doing. Personally, I have my feeds set to realease a new episode every day. That means that every day all I have to do is tell iTunes to update my feeds, then I pop the new episodes onto my iPod and go. It doesn't matter whether the author is far ahead of me, and I don't have to remember my progress, I have only the next episode waiting for me when the update is complete. Your milage may vary, but it seems to me that this makes the whole process easier, rather than harder. All of that “rigamarole” is what’s so great about Podiobooks.com, in my opinion. I questioned the need to sign up initially too, but once you think about it the reason becomes clear. Once you have a user account, the system can release episodes to your individual feed one at a time (or all at once if you wish) from start to finish, regardless of what anyone else is doing. If there were simply whole feeds to subscribe to, you would have to manually download episodes from the start and then remember where you were when you wanted to listen to the next episode. Much easier.

You can test this for yourself. Many of the podiobooks here are also available on the author’s websites as traditional feeds. Go and subscribe to one of those, and then after you’ve manually told your podcatcher to download all of the past episodes, and forgotten which episode you were on because you’re listening to too many at once (I regularly have half a dozen going), you may see the value in what podiobooks.com is doing.

Personally, I have my feeds set to realease a new episode every day. That means that every day all I have to do is tell iTunes to update my feeds, then I pop the new episodes onto my iPod and go. It doesn’t matter whether the author is far ahead of me, and I don’t have to remember my progress, I have only the next episode waiting for me when the update is complete.

Your milage may vary, but it seems to me that this makes the whole process easier, rather than harder.

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