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First, good job getting it released and the video issue wasn't really a big deal. I think instead of 45+ minutes though it needs to be like 10 minutes max and be a real fast overview of the past week. As is, I don't really see any value added, as it is basically just like another comment on the article that I can't up/down vote.

Also, one thing I would recommend doing is linking to all the stories so that someone can quickly get access to them.

So @ 10 minutes, do you think I should still do co-hosts?

Also...I did link to the stories, on the actual page with the podcast: http://ideatin.com/2010/05/ideatin-podcast-episode-1/ :)

Ah, I never went to that page.

Rather than a co-host, how about more of an interview with HN folks? Find out about their work/projects/ideas. Maybe mix it up some and do different things until you find what people like. If the content is good and worth the time, then it doesn't really matter who is presenting it to me.

Hrmm....that's interesting.

Maybe I can have two streams...the news version (with perhaps just me alone) and the interview version discussing what they are working on.

Sounds good.

Would you be interested?

I am!

Not bad... it's a bit lengthy though.

I'd suggest to cut it to 10 - 15 minutes, and also to distill the core of the discussions on HN instead of chatting about your own opinions. Also cut out the first 70 seconds where you apologize and rather explain what you are going to talk about.

And you might consider to record the audio of both persons on separate tracks and to balance them properly. In this video one speaker is twice as loud as the other.

Good luck and enjoy working on your next ones!

Thanks metachris.

I am using pretty trivial software at the moment. Don't think I can separate the tracks like that just yet. Maybe in the future, I will be able to do something like that.

If I cut it to 10 - 15 mins, and distill the core of the discussions, do I need a co-host then?

The idea behind the co-host was to get different perspectives. If we are just distilling it down to the discussion threads on HN alone, then I am struggling to see the point of a co-host there.

Thoughts?

I don't see a need for a co-host. I used to produce a half-hour weekly program in a similar interview format. Changing hosts mid-stream would have seemed artificial and disturbing.

Fair enough one010101...I am attempting a slightly different format - as you now know :)

So we will see how that turns out.

After much work, and haggling with video compression tools and the like...I finally got it up.

Look forward to all the feedback that you guys can give me to make the entire show better.

Also looking for co-hosts for the upcoming weeks (especially this week coming up). You can either email me directly: marc {at} ideatin, or use the contact form on the site.

Thanks.

I just wanted to say that both of you guys have wonderful window treatments.

Seriously though, Great Job.

Nice job on launching this!

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