On 2015-01-08 20:27, Klaatu <[email protected]> wrote: > And in terms of re-listenability, I personally think that the NYE show > has zero potential. I can't imagine why anyone would want to listen to a > show of people just hanging out not really talking about anything. Then > again, people are strange so maybe I'm wrong!
I'm definitely strange, and I do enjoy the unstructured discussions. The NYE show always seems to cover topics that I find interesting and entertaining but wouldn't even think of them during the rest of the year to do a show. I think this is a natural product of having people on the show together who may not normally interact. The 24/26 hour format is a unique opportunity to bring together people from timezones that wouldn't normally interact in real time. On 2015-01-08 17:52, Jason Dodd wrote: > I like the show as is but would probably also like an unconference, > too. Was the show this year bad? > > I thought the specific point was to be pub like for new year. If it's > shifting to another day it wouldn't be the same, which might not be > bad. Do you think we'd be able to get speakers for an unconference > during the holiday season? I did not notice any difference in the quality of conversation this year over prior years. While I may be in the minority with this, I even enjoyed the Monsanto debate. I love the idea of an HPR unconference, but I think it would be difficult to schedule that many talks during a holiday, especially with the round-the-clock nature of NYE. Maybe this is something to look at for a different time of year--perhaps organize a week to do 5 live mumble sessions whenever hosts wanting to give a talk are available, with the shows released the following (or other subsequent) week. _______________________________________________ Hpr mailing list [email protected] http://hackerpublicradio.org/mailman/listinfo/hpr_hackerpublicradio.org
