Posts Tagged ‘questions’

Questions about Podcasts, Some Escape Pod News

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I need to under­stand more about how peo­ple inter­act with pod­casts, now that I’m edit­ing for one.  I have some ques­tions that I’d like to ask you all.

  • Do you lis­ten to pod­casts? If so, which ones?  (If no, please do say so, and you can ignore the rest of the questions.)
  • How do you lis­ten to them?  At your com­puter, in the car, while jog­ging, etc?
  • Do you just sub­scribe in iTunes or another pod­catcher and for­get, or do you read the web­sites asso­ci­ated with them too?
  • What kinds of prod­ucts adver­tised in a pod­cast via spon­sor­ships would you actu­ally find interesting?
  • What are the traits of a good pod­cast episode in your opinion?

I’m just try­ing to under­stand how peo­ple inte­act with pod­casts a lit­tle more.  I have my own pre-​​formed the­o­ries, but they’re not based on anyone’s real­ity except my own.  Ostensibly, answers to these ques­tions will help me make Escape Pod an even bet­ter pod­cast than it already is.

By they way, let me just say, we’re a pay­ing mar­ket, but we can’t pay with­out the sup­port of our lis­ten­ers.  If you reg­u­larly lis­ten to Escape Pod and enjoy its con­tent, please con­sider mak­ing a dona­tion via PayPal.  Much like NPR, we’re funded by the listeners.

And of course, if you’re a writer, I want to see your sto­ries.  Read our sub­mis­sion guide­lines and send your work along!

This week, I pur­chased sto­ries by:  Kameron Hurley, Merrie Fuller, Ian Creasey, David Rivera, Ian McHugh, Tina Connolly, and more.  As an edi­tor, I don’t have any agenda other than to find sto­ries that I think are good that will also make good audio pro­duc­tions.   I think we have some great sto­ries com­ing up for the lis­ten­ers.  I hope they and you will agree.

A Serious Question for My Blog Readers

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It’s a sim­ple ques­tion.  I’m look­ing for an angle on my blog­ging, and it’s often been sug­gested that I find prob­lems and solve them. So I ask those of you who already read me:

What are the prob­lems you’re strug­gling with, whether it be with writ­ing, or web design, or pho­tog­ra­phy, or any other subject?

I want my blog­ging work to be worth­while, and I want it to help peo­ple.  I really do like shar­ing what I know, what I’ve learned.   I may not have answers to your prob­lems, but I’ll try to find them, or point you to peo­ple who do.

I’ll pick one of the most insight­ful com­menters on this post between here and LiveJournal and send them a copy of the new anthol­ogy, Federations, edited by John Joseph Adams, and con­tain­ing sto­ries by Lois McMaster Bujold, George R.R. Martin, Anee McCaffrey, Alastair Reynolds, Robert Silverberg, and uh, me.

So, spill?

Find a Need and Fill it

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Is there some­thing you wish you could do on the web but can’t? Tell me in the com­ments. Please keep wishes to within the realm of phys­i­cal pos­si­bil­ity. I know my read­ers too well.…