Comments on: Odds and Ends

By: Jen from Hyper Nonsense and Inside My Head

Jen from Hyper Nonsense and Inside My Head — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 02:26:26 +0000

The Inside My Head show is always shorter than an hour. I think the longest one of my shows has ever gone is maybe 45 minutes? Why? I have a very short attention span for all things technical. Any longer than that, and I’m just going to screw things up, or accidently delete stuff, or something like that.

I do listen to some shows that go for an hour or longer, when I am at home, sitting in front of this computer. I like listening to those shows. But, I would never want to do an hour long show (or longer) on my own.

I get the point, that it’s all about the content. As it should be.

I also wanted to say that I really enjoyed the song in this show. It’s light and breezy.

By: Shawno

Shawno — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 22:27:47 +0000

The “smart money” in podcasting always bets on short-form content. But me, I like long shows. Granted, I don’t want anyone to give me five 90-minute long shows a week. But overall, I do like shows that are longer (45 minutes or more) in length.

By: Brad P. from NJ

Brad P. from NJ — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 20:46:27 +0000

I think part of Evo’s snark may have killed the delivery of a message that I think you hit right on the head. His point that your PodCast is too long should be taken to mean that there may be things that your PodCast doesn’t need, that you should edit some of your audio crutches, and that you should stick to your theme. If your theme requires 45 minutes, Rock On. If your theme requires 35 minutes, and you run on for another 10… maybe it’s too long.

I don’t think Evo’s the end-all, be-all of PodCasting, but I did take his comments to heart, and seriously considered whether or not I had the right content to time ratio.

You hit it right on the head Bob, if it’s long enough, than it is… but at least think about it.

And you already put in the link… nice…

By: Colin G

Colin G — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 19:29:26 +0000

When I started doing my podcast I aimed to be about 45 minutes. Over time that has kind of gone away now that I don’t script my shows. My full shows are now generally a little over an hour. Some people complain that it no longer fits into their commute times, but like you said you can just stop it.