Frequency and Duration Go for 30 minutes and keep it tight. Don’t give the audience everything in one go.

Format Your text should be transformed to sight & sound which more complex but more flexible and get more impact if you do it right or it can be a just waste of bandwidth and time.

Style It’d be delightful to share your sarcasm more to the world and less with me. hehe

Stil Alive is my title for you.

Now I read your blog. Better late than never.

When I said “record the interview”, I meant streaming it live to teh interwebs as it’s being recorded too. The program — is “program” still the right word? — will be “recorded live”, as that’s the medium I want to explore. Plus the”live” thing always adds energy.

I spent quite a bit of time last night playing with CamTwist, a live video switching application for OS X — i.e. what you’d use to present live TV. I learnt (1) it’s easy to use, at least for an experienced broadcaster, and (2) my battered PowerBook G4 isn’t quite up for the job.

I also noted that interviewing Zern about China might not match the “sacrastic” tone I mentioned in Question 4 above. More thought needed. More comments needed!

@Garth Roxburgh-Kidd: It’s altogether appropriate in this context that you found me the Max Headroom pilot. Just like Edison Carter, we now have the technology to broadcast live from anywhere we can get a broadband data link. Last night I guesstimated that a new Macbook Pro would let me do a 2-camera broadcast with decent-quality graphic overlays.

Maybe it is Stilgherrian Live after all…

I’ll do technical tests late this week. Episode 1 will be some time late the following week. Maybe Thursday 8 May, though I do note that Friday 9 May is my birthday. Is it all about me?

@Snarky Platypus: Your musical taste is, as always, impeccable. I have edited your comment to link directly to the songs in question.

As for video, well, I’m thinking each episode should include an interview. Even if it’s just “talking heads” people do prefer to see who’s speaking. That and I want to explore the idea of micro TV channels, live to the web from a laptop, anywhere. But you’re right, I should KISS for the first few eps.

I’m currently thinking that my theme for episode 1 is “China”. Zern Liew is about to return from visiting China’s three largest cities, Beijing, Shanghai and Tianjing. We could record the interview in the Chinese Garden at Darling Harbour, as they have special events to promote through May.

Most of your thoughts seem good. I am unconvinced at the need for a video podcast though, unless you’re planning to include significant meaningful visual content.

Title… Stilgherrian: Up Close and Moist?

And I want to hear you interview Julie Bishop.

Still Gherrian’ After All These Years.

*nyuk nyuk*