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Re: Love It Or Hate It? - TWiT 134

Evelien Snel — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 06:13:08 -0000

Episode #134 was the first TWiT I ever heard. I guess I found it through Google searching for "RSS" and "podcast". I loved it. After hearing #134 I wanted more of it.

Since I am not (yet) a regular listener I cannot say whether #134 does or does not fit in with the rest. It is all a matter of taste and personal interest I guess. #135 turned out to be another gem, but #133 was disappointing for me. #136 is on my MP3-stick now to play in the car this afternoon.

I think I am starting to get hooked on TWiT :)

Please keep it up Leo!

Re: Comments: Are They For The Author Or The Audience?

Evelien Snel — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 10:30:30 -0000

The public lecture is a good example to compare with a blog posting. And commenting in the blog is the equivalent of raising your finger to ask the teacher a question there and then. All the other students get to hear your question and the teacher's answer. You are talking to the teacher directly, but all students benefit. It may even be the intention of the teacher to get some interaction with the students.

Commenting on another site is more like talking with the other students after the class in the corridor. Nothing wrong with that of course, but the interaction with the teacher is lost. You don't have to do that because you feel sorry for the students who were not in the classroom during the lecture: they could have taken that class themselves if they wanted to.

And what is so good about the web: They can still take that class. All that takes is for them to follow a link to the original blog posting.

My conclusion is: The preferred location for comments is on the blog they reply to.

Re: Seesmic & Disqus add up to video comments and more

Evelien Snel — Thu, 15 May 2008 07:09:38 -0000

Video comments look like a bad idea to me. We can easily skim some blogs, including comments, at work. But I don't see watching video comments being accepted at work. (If they happen to get through the firewall.)
And no matter how brilliant the ideas expressed in a video comment may be, we will never be able to find them with Google.