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[Charles Olsen <charles.olsen@xxxxxxxxx>]

I like the idea of opening this to the listeners. It took me a lot of 
time to come up with the music I'm using now, I don't want to spend a 
lot of hours again looking for something. Whatever we do, we're not 
going to please everyone on this.

The Blogcast web template that I'm using has more tools that I haven't 
dug into -- there may be a poll tool I can use for this and other polls. 
I like the idea of posting a poll between episodes. If you have more 
ideas for polls, let me know.

For that matter, I like the idea of posting more content in general 
between episodes. Especially while we're posting episodes bi-weekly, it 
would be be good to give them a reason to visit the site between 
episodes. I'm thinking of posting some blog entries between episodes, to 
provide content and generate more user feedback.

And I can set up multiple authors on the site. If you're interested in 
posting blog entries, let me know and I'll set you up.

They wouldn't need to be long entries. In fact, I like the idea of 
posting little one- and two-paragraph entries that consist of a single 
tip, or point to an interesting article or even comic on the web. The 
more content we provide, the more reasons people will have to visit the 
site.

And the single-tip blog posts would be particularly good for Mint tips, 
for those things Mint provides that you don't find anywhere else. Topics 
about other distros are fine too, but we are mintCast so that's a good 
place to focus some effort.

Plus, if users start seeing the added value in Mint, we'll be persuading 
more people to try Mint.

Firefox add-ons are another good source for tips. We could post items 
about add-ons we've found useful.

Charles

Jungar J wrote:
> I know this may sound a bit unprofessional, but if you ask me, I think 
> it would be a good idea to give that option to the listeners. it could 
> make things more interactive for them, and bond them with the show. the 
> more they feel like they have a say in it, the more they'll want to 
> listen to it.
>
> and speaking of question polls, we could like have on posted every 
> couple of weeks, with every episode. simple questions. so that we could 
> get a feel of our listeners, age groups, interests, etc
>
> just my 5 cents :)
>
> have a great weekend guy
>
> jungar
>
>
>
>  > Date: Fri, 5 Dec 2008 14:25:06 -0600
>  > From: charles.olsen@xxxxxxxxx
>  > To: linuxmint-podcast-project@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>  > Subject: [Linuxmint-podcast-project] Music
>  >
>  > What do you guys think of the music in the podcast?
>  >
>  > Two of the comments (not an overwhelming number, to be sure) have
>  > asked that it be changed.
>  >
>  > The song I chose was described as "happy and triumphant." That sounded
>  > good to me. Music is not one of my strengths.
>  >
>  > If I choose another song, I may get three complaints on the new one.
>  > I'm inclined to ignore these complaints for now.
>  >
>  > Anyone else have a problem with the music? And if so, what
>  > specifically is wrong with it?
>  >
>  > I don't have a problem with changing it. I just need to know what
>  > target to aim at.
>  >
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