Faraway, So Micro

A theory that isn’t 100% true or accurate, but feels truthy sometimes: Software developers would rather spend a year building an AI bot to help them write better emails / record better podcasts / make better videos / etc. than work on their own skills in those areas.

Tech podcast editing milestone of sorts: my first time editing a podcast with DHH on it.

New blog post: Micro.Blog Podcasting + OP3 Stats

Kelce brothers apparently signed a $100 million dollar, 3 year deal with Amazon’s Wondery for their podcast, New Heights. Which is similar to what Travis Kelce’s football contract is. Wild.

If you’re not recording your podcast like this, I don’t know what to tell you.

Oooh! Logan’s back with his awesome Music for Makers site. Such a great resource for songs for podcasts (and more). If you can afford to or make money from your creations, be sure to hit his donate button to support his efforts.

I finally sorted out the artwork bug and got my micro.blog podcast (micro-cast?) set up at the popular places. Details on how to subscribe are here if you’d like to hear mostly unedited thoughts I speak out into my phone and publish. Kind of like the rest of my social media experimentation. 😉

Turns out the issue with my Micro.blog mini podcast feed was, of course, the artwork. 🤦‍♂️ I should’ve known. (Wrong size / ratio for Apple.) So I went out into my cabin and took a quick selfie with my fav toque to use instead.

I know this is a pedantic things I just need to get over… but whenever I hear or (especially) read someone refer to their podcast or a podcast episode as “…the pod”, I feel the need to scream really loudly at the wall for 5 seconds.

I sometimes think one of the people on the podcast I’m editing are un-listening, over-talking jerks—when in actuality I moved their track ahead by accident.

Always check to make sure tracks are aligned appropriately. 😆

Via @manton - the omg.lol folks are adding a micro podcasting feature called Spake. I love this kind of experimentation in audio and podcasting.

Quickly mowed the lawn before more rain hits this afternoon. Now I’m a sweaty mess and putting on headphones to edit podcasts isn’t a great experience. 🥵

I hate trying to pick out music beds for my own podcast ideas. I love something and think it’s amazing on the first 10 listens, and then on the 11th I hear how cheesy, awkward, and just not right it is.

Even for show ideas that just end up in the bin. 😆

Rather than trying to reinvent the wheel on “how to podcast”, I generally send people to Transistor’s excellent How to Start a Podcast series they’ve put together. It’s a great primer on all things podcasting from start to finish.

Oooh Pocket Casts (my podcast app of choice) added a browser extension so you can subscribe on the web and have it easily show up in your app later. Nifty.

It’s been a while since I’ve added a new podcast to Apple’s Podcasts Connect site manually. Is it normally a 2-3 day process? I’m just trying to get my Micro.blog podcast feed in there which works fine.

Forget Dolby Atmos surround bass booming, I need the best speaker for listening to poorly edited podcasts in the shower?