The general gist I'm getting is that people often feel insecure about streaming their coding sessions due to perhaps not feeling confident in their skills, workflow, tools or various other issues.
I'm planning on chatting to some established streamers to understand their process and analyse what's currently missing which I could help them with. I then need to chat to some programmers who have never streamed before to understand what stops them from doing so and if anything can be done about that.
If you've got any thoughts or feedback they'd be much appreciated.
That sounds interesting. Links?
http://www.twitch.tv/ae_play CityBound developer
Notch http://www.twitch.tv/notch (minecraft) used to be on twitch, but I think he's moved to http://hitbox.tv/Notch now
There are some games developers who live stream occasionally on Twitch.tv. The results are generally visual, and feedback quick.
I wonder how much they interact with the viewers / chat. If they can take feedback from and incorporate ideas or fixes.
When I've tried streaming, I've found it hard focusing on the chat side and coding at the same time - it's probably a skill that the best games streamers have - that of paying attention to the viewers, being entertaining, and doing a good job.
The other issue is wondering why I would want to stream myself programming? The first thought was to share with others if they might find it interesting. The second was that as a home worker I might like some virtual company, and the third was that of narcissism. All three thoughts were kind of weak, and I couldn't really come up with a benefit to myself from doing it. Nevertheless I think that there is some future here with such a platform!