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Old 13-July-2007, 08:46 PM
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Old 13-July-2007, 10:57 PM
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Old 13-July-2007, 11:44 PM
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and done -

If you had asked what my second favorite podcast is I would have said Logically Critical.
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Old 14-July-2007, 12:26 AM
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Were you able to access the super secret podcast?
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Old 14-July-2007, 11:51 AM
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Yes, I did listen to the "bonus" podcast.

BTW, on your questionnaire there are a few things you might want to change. For example, put a slot in for 2 year degrees in education. I didn't really fit into the job categories either as we own a construction related business.
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Old 14-July-2007, 02:48 PM
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Done!
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Old 15-July-2007, 07:42 AM
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Hope I wasn't the only one who put the show is too short!
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Old 15-July-2007, 08:17 AM
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Too short? Wow.
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Old 15-July-2007, 01:59 PM
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Too short? Wow.

Yes! The show should be at leat 45 minutes.

It probably is when you do it, but after editing, it goes by in like 25 minutes.

Maybe not too short... but not often enough.

I always feel sad when the show is over and I have to wait a week for the next one.

Your show isn't Dharma & Greg... it's the Sopranos.
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Old 16-July-2007, 01:45 AM
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I'm actually a person that believes the shows are a tad bit long. I don't mind it but I think that instead of having a show where a lot of 'sub-details' are discussed about one large topic, each one of those 'sub-details' should have its own show.

But the current show length isn't bad either
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Old 16-July-2007, 03:26 AM
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Done and Thanks for the Bonus Episode
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Old 16-July-2007, 10:03 AM
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Too short? Wow.
I don't mean that as a knock on the shows current format, and I don't think I'm not getting enough information in the time provided.

Just as a selfish fan, who has no idea how much effort is put into a half hour show, I'd love to hear how much you guys could pack into an hour! Getting two shows this week may have spoiled me, great bonus episode!
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Old 16-July-2007, 11:32 PM
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Regardless of how you take the results of the survey... will you post the results?

It would be really interesting.
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Old 17-July-2007, 03:58 AM
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I think Pamela's planning on writing portions up as a presentation on science education.
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I think Pamela's planning on writing portions up as a presentation on science education.
Doesn't she ever rest?

Methinks she's going to make a big name for herself in popular science media.
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filled it in.

About the length of the episodes.. sometimes it's way to long (when i don't understand it) but most of the time it's perfect.. sometimes even to short.. like with the telescope podcast.. that one could have been 10 times longer o well.. i searched for days for all kind of different telescopes after that episode.

For the quality.
the quality is very good. don't change that. perhaps add extra stuff like animations if that's possible.
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Done.

I hope you get lots of great feedback--you deserve it!

Best Wishes.
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This week was "catch up on the podcasts" week for me. I just went to fill out the survey and found that the link was dead

Sorry to miss out on the bonus cast, but I hope you got useful information.
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Old 24-July-2007, 02:19 PM
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This week was "catch up on the podcasts" week for me. I just went to fill out the survey and found that the link was dead

Sorry to miss out on the bonus cast, but I hope you got useful information.

Fraser said it would be added to the list of regular downloads soon.
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Old 24-July-2007, 09:19 PM
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We'll feed it back into the list in about a month or so.
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The link doesn't work on my computer...
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Old 27-July-2007, 06:25 AM
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The link doesn't work on my computer...
Shai, we've finished collecting data on the listener survey now, and have taken it down. Thanks for your interest though. The bonus episode will appear in the feed in the next month or so.

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