Technical Difficulty: 1
Artistic Impression: Nil

All the same. Just different challenges. Me slogging it out rebuilding post-war Germany? No chance. Baby boomer buying a house in the gig economy? You get the drift…

Lots of new voices on Today since 2019. I imagine that’s had an impact.

Fair point on video competition with YouTube. But in the podcast niche? It has a shot at taking market share imo. I share your anxiety on Spotify plays. @justinjackson.ca makes the point that RSS must improve discoverability. This is key to compete with Spotify YouTube et al.

Maxed out specs, maxed out credit card?

I read this as Spotify attacking YouTube’s video podcast market. Do you have the same reservations @stephenrobles.com about the public viewing figures in your YouTube channel?

Ellie and I spoke in the latest episode of contentmavericks.club

Watch and listen on
Youtube: youtu.be/jY-XxUMtzWk
Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/50cU...

Check out Ellie's website: ellieknowlercreative.com

True

“Reality-Complexity Disparity” - a big word for “doesn’t work”. I also see a challenge in the perception AI tools drive in clients, where they offer to deliver high quality results at the click of a button. This undermines the perceived value of the actual deliver by human operators.

Oh, ‘device-related agony’…

I thought immediately of sibilance in speech audio. Once you hear it, it’s game over…

I would add “learn to think independently” to your list of benefits from college.

Waaaay too close to the bone