On Wed, Jun 16, 2010 at 22:03, Casper Bang <[email protected]> wrote:
>> If iPhone news was always at the end (i.e. after even listener
>> feedback), then those who didn't like it could always just skip the rest
>> of the podcast.
> But where would that leave people like me, who currently do the same
> thing with Scala? Unfortunately there can only be one "rest of the
> podcast".

I already proposed to make multiple episodes. Even if they meet just
once for a long session they could serve the different parts as
different episodes - how cares that they are recorded at the same day.
That way we could have a Java part, a Scala part and a other tech talk
part. This would save even a lot of download bandwith because
everybody can skip what he/she don't like. I don't think that it is
that much work to split the recording.


On Thu, Jun 17, 2010 at 02:36, Dale <[email protected]> wrote:
> Some of the Posse's best stuff, IMHO, is just four tech guys talking
> about "whatever".  I've not got any developers where I sit, and don't
> take the time to go to local user groups, so listening to the Posse in
> the car to and from work is much more interesting than spending even
> more time in front of a web browser (to keep in touch with what's
> going on in developers' heads lately).

Agree with you that common tech talk of the four is also interesting.
And although I do not use an Apple nor do I know many people owning
one I like to hear some Apple news - but just to some extent.

I also do not want Joe to leave. A common problem in software design
and development is that the user is often forgotten and a lot of
software is lacking good UI.

My common impression is, that Apple is in general attributed with good
UI design and I imagine that was a reason for Joe to work there. I
have not much experience with a Mac but with the iPhone (because my
wife owns one) and I would never ever buy that for my own. For me
Apple focuses too much on cool, stylish and simplicity than on
productivity and efficiency which my focus is when thinking of
computing and (tele)communication. But I know that I am "different"
from the masses as many love their iPhone. When I am designing (G)UI,
I am focusing accordingly and I had cases (occassionally) where
end-users found a lack of simplicity in the GUI.

Dear Joe, I really appreciate that you are advocating the user and
take UI design into consideration - as well as monetary considerations
(as somehow a company needs to make money also to continue their
services and improve their software). It is also logical that you are
identifying yourself with the company you decided to work for. I
think, it would be a win-win-situation, if you would allow a more
broaden (not Apple-focused) view. I think, listeners basically just
don't want to hear Apple "advertisments". Your general viewpoints are
a desired content.

I myself for instance find it difficult sometimes to pair right
technlogy choices with fitting and good UI design - this is a
challenge sometimes. If you have good ideas for UI design the next
step is the implementation and design ideas need to be reflected from
technical point of view how they could be implemented - and here it
comes to the technical Java stuff.

-- 
Martin Wildam

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