Comments on: Audio Writing Tip: Cultivating AHA! Moments http://www.contentious.com/2005/01/04/audio-writing-tip-cultivating-aha-moments/ Amy Gahran's news and musings on how we communicate in the online age. Fri, 09 Jan 2009 20:31:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Joel Orr http://www.contentious.com/2005/01/04/audio-writing-tip-cultivating-aha-moments/comment-page-1/#comment-6934 Joel Orr Fri, 07 Jan 2005 00:22:04 +0000 #comment-6934 Good 'cast, Amy! By the way, if you open OneNote on your PC (especially on a tablet, for mobility) while having those "talk it out" conversations; set it to record voice; and jot yourself little notes--and especially the "Aha!" notes--while it records, your written or typed notes automatically then index the audio! So all you have to do to find a particular piece of audio is click on the words, and the audio jumps to that spot. I've found it invaluable, especially in long meetings--but even in soliloquies. Good ‘cast, Amy! By the way, if you open OneNote on your PC (especially on a tablet, for mobility) while having those “talk it out” conversations; set it to record voice; and jot yourself little notes–and especially the “Aha!” notes–while it records, your written or typed notes automatically then index the audio! So all you have to do to find a particular piece of audio is click on the words, and the audio jumps to that spot. I’ve found it invaluable, especially in long meetings–but even in soliloquies.

]]> By: Robert http://www.contentious.com/2005/01/04/audio-writing-tip-cultivating-aha-moments/comment-page-1/#comment-6833 Robert Thu, 06 Jan 2005 06:42:20 +0000 #comment-6833 Nice job, Amy. Volume levels were much better, audio was cleaner. More importantly, the absence of that 'noise' helped focus in on what you were saying. Nice touch pointing us to the article to sort of read along (or pre-read, which probably works best). Nothing wrong with 'some notes', but you were more conversational this time. How about talking points to help keep on track. The writing tips are a treat to enjoy. Even better to hear you talk about them. Perhaps in future podcasts you can do the same sort of 'tip' theme. Then, give some personal experiences/examples where you've either coached someone on this or used your tips yourself. Do it without mentioning names/companies - just the type of company you were working with... maybe? Enjoyed the show! Thanks. Nice job, Amy. Volume levels were much better, audio was cleaner. More importantly, the absence of that ‘noise’ helped focus in on what you were saying.

Nice touch pointing us to the article to sort of read along (or pre-read, which probably works best).

Nothing wrong with ’some notes’, but you were more conversational this time. How about talking points to help keep on track.

The writing tips are a treat to enjoy. Even better to hear you talk about them. Perhaps in future podcasts you can do the same sort of ‘tip’ theme. Then, give some personal experiences/examples where you’ve either coached someone on this or used your tips yourself. Do it without mentioning names/companies - just the type of company you were working with… maybe?

Enjoyed the show! Thanks.

]]> By: Michael Geoghegan http://www.contentious.com/2005/01/04/audio-writing-tip-cultivating-aha-moments/comment-page-1/#comment-6784 Michael Geoghegan Wed, 05 Jan 2005 20:55:11 +0000 #comment-6784 Amy, I heard about your new podcast via Dave Slusher's Evil Genius Chronicles. I enjoyed you helpful hints on writing. I might be able to help with your podcast. I posted a "how to" along with screenshots that might help you to resolve some of you audio issues. You can find it here: http://mwgblog.com/archives/2004/12/27/podcast-about-the-podcast/ Hopefully you'll find it helpful. If you shoot me an email, I'll be happy to send you a screenshot of what your audio looks like for comparison to some of the pictures I posted. A few tweaks and I think you'll have nailed. Enjoyed your podcast. :) Amy, I heard about your new podcast via Dave Slusher’s Evil Genius Chronicles. I enjoyed you helpful hints on writing.

I might be able to help with your podcast. I posted a “how to” along with screenshots that might help you to resolve some of you audio issues. You can find it here: http://mwgblog.com/archives/2004/12/27/podcast-about-the-podcast/

Hopefully you’ll find it helpful. If you shoot me an email, I’ll be happy to send you a screenshot of what your audio looks like for comparison to some of the pictures I posted. A few tweaks and I think you’ll have nailed. Enjoyed your podcast. :)

]]> By: Tim Wouters http://www.contentious.com/2005/01/04/audio-writing-tip-cultivating-aha-moments/comment-page-1/#comment-6691 Tim Wouters Wed, 05 Jan 2005 06:52:22 +0000 #comment-6691 Hi Amy, Very interesting, this podcasting thing. For me however, there's one major caveat. As I am following most of the new webtrends through feeds from my professional workspace, I often bump into a very annoying thing called Websense. Especially items like MP3 and "audio download" are big nono's to this Big Brother-like nanny. Maybe somewhere in the future, you could write a piece about "how to increase traffic by avoiding Websense triggering keywords" :-) Hi Amy,

Very interesting, this podcasting thing. For me however, there’s one major caveat. As I am following most of the new webtrends through feeds from my professional workspace, I often bump into a very annoying thing called Websense. Especially items like MP3 and “audio download” are big nono’s to this Big Brother-like nanny. Maybe somewhere in the future, you could write a piece about “how to increase traffic by avoiding Websense triggering keywords” :-)

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