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November 18, 2004
Podcast Review: Michael Lehman's Podcasting from SoftwareLand
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Michael Lehman's Podcasting from SoftwareLand
Format: commentary
Content: primarily software development discussion
Rating: 
What I'm going to do: subscribe
Typical Length: less than 10 minutes
Michael Lehman's been around the block a few times in the software world, so one might reasonably view him as a resident of Softwareland, and he's got some strong opinions that come from his 15+ year residency. The Podcasts from Softwareland are typically short segments with Michael discussing some aspect of software development. They're often delivered in a fairly accessible format (i.e. you don't always need to be a developer to understand what Michael's talking about).
Michael's content is typically evangelical. He's got well-formed ideas about the role of the developer and of software in the future and he wants to bring you around to his point of view. He's very eloquent on the subject and his podcasts are well-written. These are short, bite-sized chunks of information that are easy to listen to. Michael is currently working with Microsoft, so much of what he's been discussing lately has been related to that, but I suspect and hope that he'll talk about a wider range of subjects as time goes on. Michael also occasionally posts podcasts about more personal information.
Michael's delivery is well-scripted, if a little dry, with few hesitations. His vocals are fairly clear but very occasionally muddy - though not a serious barrier to understanding. Michael doesn't play much in the way of music tracks in his podcasts, but uses an intro / outro and musical bed that I believe he wrote himself, Michael being a musician as well as an evangelist. Some of the audio early on was a bit muffled, but that's improved in tha last few. The fades in and out of the vocals are well-handled, without overpowering Michael's vocals.
Mike's text blog has detailed notes (basically a version of the script) with links from the podcast.
Michael's filenaming and mp3 tagging are satisfactory, although I might like to see a file name that is more desciptive than using primarily his name.
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Posted by cori at November 18, 2004 06:39 AM