Re:This Developer's Life
by synnik on Thursday September 29, 2011 @08:41AM
(#3052191)
oh, its a podcast! I couldn't tell at first. The front page is just images and captions, with no immediately visible info on what I am looking at. As the top center image is shoes, I thought it was some weird storefront... at least until I moused over something.
They might want at least a one-liner saying what that page is. There is such a thing as a design that is TOO minimal.
Re:This Developer's Life
by gdltec on Thursday September 29, 2011 @09:25PM
(#3055122)
There is a one sentence describing what the site is all about "A podcast about developers and their lives." and it is at the top, but the color of the font is too light.
Re:This Developer's Life
by martin1b on Thursday September 29, 2011 @06:58PM
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I LOVE this podcast. I think Rob and Scott do a great job of discussing areas of developers lives that are not generally talked about in a podcast. We don't always want to geek out and talk bits and bytes. TDL is a nice mix with some snappy musical interludes. Not to mention, they bring in some pretty big names in our industry.
Re:This Developer's Life
by sosuke on Thursday September 29, 2011 @12:51PM
(#3053216)
This is pretty good. I've never seen the appeal of podcasts before but I'm enjoying http://thisdeveloperslife.com/post/1-0-9-management right now. I'm probably going to listen to the rest of them if this holds up.
Re:This Developer's Life
by igorgue on Thursday September 29, 2011 @10:58AM
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As a fan of This American Life (http://www.thisamericanlife.org/) I love this podcast, I've been listening to it for a while already I recommend "Audacity" and "Homerun".
Re:This Developer's Life
by droithomme on Thursday September 29, 2011 @01:36PM
(#3053420)
Arg! Sites that don't have an explanation of what they are anywhere drive me nuts. It's especially infuriating that it seems to be a collection of things that should be useful to developers, suggesting that they have good advice even though they can't manage the very basics on their own site, like stating somewhere what the site is about.
Re:This Developer's Life
by wazoox on Thursday September 29, 2011 @04:12PM
(#3054070)
Not bad, but the sound quality lacks somewhat. Sometimes voices are saturated, sometimes there's a phaser effect (re-encoding problem?)... As a non native english speaker, these little things make the podcast quite harder to follow through, particularly in the noisy environment of a car.
Re:This Developer's Life
by shioyama on Thursday September 29, 2011 @08:45AM
(#3052200)
This is a fantastic podcast, I only wish they would put out episodes more frequently. I know that it's based on the format/style of This American Life, but honestly I think it's actually better.
Re:This Developer's Life
by innes on Thursday September 29, 2011 @09:55AM
(#3052421)
I tried this podcast once - found it embarassingly pretentious, with terrible musical interludes set too high in the mix. Conery's speaking style really rubbed me up the wrong way. But I'll maybe give it another go. Maybe he's got it under control since then.
Re:This Developer's Life
by robconery on Thursday September 29, 2011 @09:09PM
(#3055063)
If the alternative is "rubbing you the right way"... I'll pass :). If you had the time to be a bit more concrete with your thoughts - it would probably help. I'm not an audio engineer, I'm a developer like you.
Re:This Developer's Life
by innes on Friday September 30, 2011 @04:08AM
(#3056158)
Don't worry, I'm not going to get all Christina Aguilera on your ass. Anyway, I do admire your ambition at attempting something a little different from the 'guys chatting' norm.
They might want at least a one-liner saying what that page is. There is such a thing as a design that is TOO minimal.
Maybe they need to bring in a UX consultant. :)
Oh, I like the site too.
Loved them, really quite interesting ... and made the journey's feel really quick! So thanks :)
A+++ Would listen again :P
This is exactly what it sounds like. I don't understand the appeal of this, sounds like a ton of work just to sound like someone else.