writing this on my pda while sitting at my kids acting lessons.
while i’ve been sitting here i’ve been catching up on some video casts. I’ve been watching calacaniscast and realized that’s what gdayworld would look like as a videocast. I’m wondering if there is any value from your perspective in having video on a show like this?
also wondering today if a couple of phone-in lines for comments, an aussie number and a US number, would make it easier for you to comment on a show while you are in your car or on a train, etc. You could store it in your mobile and react when the thought is front of mind and not have to wait until you get back to your pc?
oh and finally, after thinking last night how unfair the “i’m a mac, i’m a pc” ads are (although very clever and funny), today I got my first vista bluescreen. great.
I’ve had plenty of bluescreens so far. They all seem to happen when my iPod is connected, but other times when I’ve scrolled to fast in Windows explorer with image thumbnails enabled, as well as other random events I think is memory management/page file related (perhaps my DDR2-800 2x1GB Adata sticks aren’t good enough.
The UI looks great and feels way less sluggish than XP but what’s the point if I can’t get iTunes or Quicktime player to play H.264 movies (I can only play DivX and of course WMV smoothly – just played the 1080p Simpsons movie trailer, the sound was going but the video stopped). Application support is woeful and if Apple thinks I’m suddeenly going to ditch WIndows for Mac – forget it, so make your damn apps work with Vista. Maybe I’ll choose Mac over Fiji when I upgrade hardware again. Oh and I’ve got a Vista HP Laserjet printer driver which 1st time printing doesn’t until I try to print the same thing twice.
This is so ridiculous.
“I can only play DivX and of course WMV smoothly – just played the 1080p Simpsons movie trailer, the sound was going but the video stopped”
I get that! I have been looking for someone else who has had that problem for ages…
Video : I don’t know if G’Day world would benefit having video. If it did I don’t see what else we would learn that we couldn’t by reading the blog or something next time we get to the computer ( Or to a Wi-Fi point if you have a PSP ).
Blue screens: Not had one on this computer on this Installation of Windows yet.. At all! I don’t think I have ever had one on a Windows system where I have installed the OS
Please don’t do G’day world as a Video Cast… I can’t watch whilst I’m driving to work!!!! And 43 Folders has gone video now and I quite miss Merlin’s podcasts.
Yep a phone in line (like Skype In) would be great. If you go back to the very first time I was on your show with Richard about a year ago, I did suggest it then, but we didn’t have Skype In in Aus back then.
I watch Calacaniscast (beta) and I don’t see any real value in watching him sitting there talking to someone who’s on the other end of a phone line. An enhanced podcast would serve the same purpose for less bandwidth. I would save the videocasts for something special and/or something that needs to be visual.
As for the phone in lines…Up to you. I wouldn’t use them personally, even though I keep meaning to send in a voice comment one of these days–you don’t talk a lot about user feedback on G’Day world anymore anyway, Cam. That “MyChingo” thing is pretty adequate in my opinion.
Regarding BSOD with Vista, I heard some noises about running Vista on an overclocked machine causing problems, especially when the user wasn’t aware that their machine was overclocked. As far as I’m concerned, Vista is still the Devil right now.
Don’t go video! My Nano doesn’t support video, but even if it did, I don’t think I’d watch it on the train (where I listen to all my podcasts). I don’t want to waste “eye time” on things I can use “ear time” for.
I also miss Merlin’s podcasts, as I never watch the videocasts.
I call in to the Geek News Central voicemail line, I have it stored in my mobile. It does make it easier to respond when you’re mobile, but your podcast doesn’t a whole feedback section, so I don’t know how many people would use it.
I’ve found out how to crash my Nokia N90, just fill up both the internal memory and the SD card, then get someone to SMS you. Instant crash which requires a reboot.
I like the call in number idea. I am often away from net when I listen but might call and rant. I have a feeling not that many would though… worth a trial. I know Pirillo has a call in number, not sure how much it gets used as I don’t listen to him any more (couldn’t stand the voice).