Inaugural Kalzumeus Podcast: Japan, Startups, A/B Testing, And More
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I'd definitely recommend this approach to all podcasts.
(Mostly kidding...)
I thought I was the only one.
Patrick, I love almost everything you write, both here and on your blog, but the idea of listening to anything for more than 5 minutes drives me nuts. Maybe it's my OCD, or my need to focus deeply on my work, or maybe it's just that the podcast form does not deliver the data densely enough. I will probably read your 79 minute podcast transcription in under 10 minutes, without losing focus, and being eternally grateful.
Andrew Warner of mixergy did this sporadically at one time, but never enough. Andrew, if you're reading this, please do what Patrick has done, every time. I'll never miss another show of yours!
You might find playing podcasts at faster speeds enjoyable/useful - any decent podcast app should let you play at 1.5x or 2x speed, which I find much more engaging for more informational podcasts (ie anything where comedic timing isn't critical).
The demand was too big for me to ignore.
You're definitely not. When scanning or seeking, Podcasts are to web communications as reel to reel is to data storage.
You might want to make it more obvious that there is text on this page.
Perhaps it's just a factor of having a long commute, but I love being able to load up my ipod with podcasts and just listening to them like I would the radio.
> the problem is that Japan has been in a recession since about what, I think it’s ’90, ’92, something like that?
Eh, this isn't exactly accurate: https://www.economist.com/node/21538745
Also, while I personally wouldn't call what Japan is in a "recession," that is how the Japanese refer to the current economic situation when compared to the bubble of the 80s. I wonder sometimes if the whole "recession" keyword is a method of social control, but that's getting into slightly tinfoil hat territory.
I hope you can remember what it took to get success in the first place and share some of that with listeners much in the way Andrew does on mixergy by asking entrepreneurs about the early days. Clearly there are some strategies that are highly effective for those who have already amassed great skills or made a name for themselves but not so effective for those who haven't.
Finally, I've noticed an ever increasing amount of your writing aimed at trying to push engineers to focus on less engineering and more business. This is understandable considering that it's the direction you took, but please remember that some of us have non-engineering business backgrounds and would love to learn how to improve on the tech side. Believe it or not, there are a lot of people who do a good job at sales and marketing of very low-tech things but struggle in internet/app driven businesses!
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I was speaking from old data from ie6countdown from last year. Apparently Japan has made great strides since then. (Currently at 6.5%)
Good be be corrected.