@Homebrewandhacking
Definitely. This would be my fourth and fifth podcast. 😁
@Homebrewandhacking
Thank you for letting me know PJ! I'll definitely keep that in mind for when I realise I'm short of time 😁
@uxpodcast
I’m probably setting up myself for a lot of work but I’m getting ready to start a podcast where I read and publish audio versions of many of my blog posts.
Several reasons:
- Accessibility. Many people need or prefer audio over text.
- Distribution. People in general do not knowingly subscribe to RSS feeds anymore. But they do when it’s a podcast. Maybe it can help as a reminder to read the blog as well.
- Love the podcast format and I guess it’s nice to have a channel ready for any scenario where I want to get some random thoughts out there in response to current events, and not necessarily related to design.
- Interesting stuff happens when I read my posts. I emphasise things when I read, making them more noticeable as audio. I also catch written mistakes. If I can manage to record audio before publishing the post, all posts will gain from it.
Also, it’s also actually two podcasts. Haha. One for the English blog and one for the Swedish blog.
And this is of course on top of @uxpodcast 😅
As I’m getting ready to take on new clients I sat down and had a think about what it is I really do…
The ability that makes me who I am.
“But what is it you really work with, Per?”
I get this question from time to time in the workplace. Over the years it has, contrary to my expectations, become harder to answer. Not because I do not know, but because it is not readily summarised in an easily digestible product name.
@fyrfli Same. I honestly wouldn't be 100% sure how to use it now 😅
@mensrea Oh, thank you, I did not know that!
I’m titillated when one word can carry meanings that are opposite to each other.
One of those words is oversight. It can mean careful supervision, but also careless error.
To be engaged in oversight is enigmatic.
Words like this remind us of how important it is to ensure redundancy in our communication so that messages may be received without incurring bewilderment.
One contronym I haven't thought to address more is 'transparent'. And I use that word a lot. I of course use in the sense of making something obvious, and being honest about functionality and inner workings when it comes to digital services.
Many tech companies do apply transparency for the data that would hold them accountable, but in the word's reverse meaning: making invisible.
@jhpot @alabasterquill
A killer feature for me that a lot of people miss with DuckDuckGo are the !bangs
Add !w to search on wikipedia.
Add !imdb to search on IMDB and so on
So if I truly need Google i just add !g to the search query.
https://duckduckgo.com/bangs
@fiaewald Det här är så bra. Vill skapa en särskild samlingsplats för alla projekt där människor mår bättre av att datorerna går sönder.
@Beantin
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@rogeradolfsson
@RnDanger @danjac
I did the same.
Wrote a couple of blog posts about the whole debacle.
https://axbom.com/spotify-ceo/
https://axbom.com/spotify-ceo-memo/
@koboldskind Completely agree.
@dinogami
And e-books that disappear unless I use a specific reader 😢
@AuntyChrist @pluralistic
@steveportigal We just need to set these platforms on fire and never look back.
More and more coming across "podcasts" that can only be listened to on a specific platform, not in my podcatcher (any app for listening to podcasts via RSS feeds).
If a podcast doesn't disclose its RSS feed, is it really a podcast, or just an audio show that happens to be published on a specific platform?
In my mind podcasting is about the listener experience and mode of consumption as much as the production experience. If I can't listen to it like I do 99% of all podcasts, then for all intents and purposes it is not a podcast.
I know most people don't think about RSS feeds at all when listening but I had to mention it here as it's the mode of distribution that makes everything I just mentioned possible, with regards to freedom of listening where I want. Not where someone else wants.
#podcast #podcasting
Very happy to see how much in agreement we all seem to be about this. Of course I expected nothing else from the fediverse 😊
@clacke @mrundkvist @danjac
@RogerBW
@vv0r
Speaking of podcasts, I had missed how @pluralistic has recently written about exactly this.
"Where others were cautious, Spotify was reckless. It bought popular podcasts and podcast networks, then severely enshittified their programs by locking them inside Spotify's walled garden. Audience numbers plummeted, demoralizing podcast creators who were uninterested in the future date when Spotify and its Magic Underpants Gnomes would figure out how to wring more money out of the tiny cohort that stuck around."
Yes, even the Obamas broke off their deal with Spotify.
https://pluralistic.net/2023/01/27/enshittification-resistance/
#podcasting
@Silhelm Ah interesting. I think I prefer to only start with the one question, and then I keep going into tangents - "but that is only true if this other thing also takes place..."
Your approach reminds me of my mindmapping though, where I jot down a topic structure and make sure I cover all the different perspectives.
Some of my most revealing posts have been where I have a dialogue with myself. It's funny how I can write responses to my own questions and those responses contain things I didn't think I could articulate before.
@carl Excellent.
Writing prompts really, really, really work for me when blogging. I need to remember this when I'm stuck.
The best writing prompt that works for me is posing the first line as a question, and then I answer it. Love helping and teaching, and apparently I love helping myself too 😁
@davor @Beantin
Ah, gotcha. Yes, some of my clients also expect it, and have their whole design system in there, which means I have to reinvent my offerings to avoid it. I'm too old and lazy to learn my umpteenth tool... 😅
I've personally only done pair programming sitting physically next to each other. And with devs I've spent some prior time with. To work remotely I would want to have met and shared an experience outside the screen beforehand I think.