Carl Franklin

Well, I thought it was up 24hr now (and streamed, if you chose that link) right?

Not sure how this "new" system will be any different.

Jim

What I'm talking about is more like a radio station, where you connect and you hear what everyone else hears at the same time. It's coming from a single audio source on the server.

One of the best assets about the internet is that you get content "on demand". Get WHAT you want WHEN you want it. Which is why TiVO is so popular too.

So, to "hear what everyone else hears at the same time"? I don't see that as any advantage. Maybe I'm missing somthing.

Jim

Then, my good friend, don't listen to it. :-)

I think it's a good idea. I listen to internet radio pretty often, it's good to NOT have to choose what to hear sometimes, to just tune to the station you know is always good. If it's a repeat I don't want to hear again, I can switch stations or go to the archives.

Jim, didn't mean to be a wise-ass. OK, I did, but not in at all in a mean-spirited way. :-)

It's just another way that listeners can enjoy the show. We're not taking the downloads away, just adding another "channel" if you will.

We actually did this because we got so many requests for it, so there are people out there who want it.

Ok, let's have some fun with this:
So far the best part of this is Shannon saying "it's good to NOT have to choose what to hear sometime"

Why Shannon?

Let's think about this for a moment. Maybe you feel that most websites make you actually DECIDE what link to click on, and of course you might be tired one day perhaps and you just want the computer to pick a link for you.
(I hope your smiling about this right now). So...lets see, we could ask another person in the room to pick a number between 1 and 15, then click on THAT link. We could push the mouse and release it from our hand - the link it ends up closest to, click that one. You could roll dice! No, no...that's too much work.

Anyway, I think you get my point. Do we really need a complex computer program to add randomness to decide what link to click?

If this were a LIVE (maybe a "call in" show!), I could see the usefulness of it.

I'm really looking forward to having some fun reading people's reasons for embracing this.

Take care all and Merry Christmas!!
Jim

Jim, Jim, Jim...

The goal is to have a LIVE stream. It's going to be DNR shows for the most part, but we are working toward a goal of having MULTIPLE live shows, call-ins and otherwise, on different topics, not just .NET.

This is phase one of what I hope will be what programmers and other IT professionals will want to listen to while they work.

Again, if you don't like it, don't listen to it. We're not taking down the website, and I'm certainly not forcing anyone to listen to the stream.

Cheers and happy ho-ho-ho to you too!

Carl

Hey Jim, I'd say its all about serendipity. I just tried the 24 hour stream, and it came up with one of the shows I hadn't heard, and which I didn't think would be that interesting for me. And I ended up learning some great stuff from it, and heard a few really interesting things - quite relevant for what I'm working on at the moment.

Also, I agree totally with Shannon. Knowing what to choose is often overwhelming - so just to turn it on and have a listen sometimes is great. I often listen to the show when doing other stuff around the house, and sometimes I don't want to go through all the archive trying to decide which one would be most interesting. Sometimes I just want to have it going in the background, and see if I pick up some interesting stuff.