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    Bonner Springs Reflections – The Trip Home

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    Back in Fort Collins one day later, I wanted to offer one last reflection about the Bonner Springs trip.  Like I said a few posts back, the trip back home always seems longer than the trip there.  It was largely due to the lost anticipation of the concert, along with the realization that the hassles of work, school and the "to-do" list are early awaiting our return.

    This trip was no exception, and while we employed the same "Podcast" strategy to help pass the time, things didn’t work out as well as we could have hoped. Most notably, we ran out of content with 2+ hours of driving left.  While we theoretically had enough content loaded in the playlist to last us the trip home, our impatience combined with our need to censor certain shows resulted in multiple skips.

    Our original intention was to listen to completely new PodCasts, but we modified the plan to incorporate reliable favorites, mixed by the "Shuffle" option on the iPod.  This produced our "return home" Podcast list:

    Daily Breakfast #122
    Urban Coffee #39 – STOPPED EARLY
    Tips from the Top Floor – #127
    Daily Breakfast #123
    AirFerg – 5/28 – STOPPED EARLY
    Daily Giz Wiz #73
    ShashDot Review 5/31
    Daily Source Code #395 – STOPPED EARLY
    Manager Tools – 5/29
    Cnet Buzz Out Loud #239
    Mike Tech Show #68
    Daily Source Code #396
    The Word Nerds #64
    Daily Giz Wiz #74
    Boagworld Web Design Podcast #36 – STOPPED EARLY
    Cnet Buzz Out Loud #238
    Slashdot Review – 5/30
    Daily Giz Wiz #72 – STOPPED EARLY

    As I said, the "old faithful’s" delivered on quality content, but we we weren’t stingy on the "skip" button, and we used it where appropriate:

    Urban Coffee – Sorry, but this was off-topic, crude and couldn’t hold our interest – skipped and removed from Juice.

    AirFerg – It had it’s moments, but they were few and far between.  We couldn’t understand the role of "Shelly" on the show.  Did they drop her voice clips post-production, or is "Shelly" even real?

    Daily Source Code – It was riding the fence with us all throughout the trip (which is why we skipped 395 and not 396).  Contrary to constant praise from listeners on the show, Matt and I aren’t big fans of Adam’s wife, Patricia being on the show.  She’s a nice person and all, but when she has the mic the show is suddenly about "nothing" (and not in the Seinfeld "nothing – the boring "nothing").  396 was good because it was just Adam, and actually relevant for a change.

    Boagworld Web Design Podcast – This Podcast is typically good, but the fluxuating volume levels on the PodCast made it impossible to listen to on our FM Transmitter.  Rather than placing our finger on the volume knob, we hit "skip" instead.

    Daily Giz Wiz – This is another fence-rider. The concept of the show is actually good, but the problem is that the hosts spend more time talking about anything but the daily "Giz".  When a 14 minute show is 12 minutes longer than it needs to be, it’s not a bad sign.  You guys talk every day, would it be too much to ask to not banter so much on-air?

    At that point we virtually ran out of PodCasts.  We had a few episodes of Keith and the Girl, but we bagged them, due to vulgarity fears.  We also had a Comic Geek Speak X-men III review, but because Matt had not seen the movie we skipped it as well.

    Overall we failed in our "Podcast-only" road-trip, but we gave a good solid effort.  Plus I’ve picked a few new Podcasts from this trip that I’m excited to now subscribe to: MP3 Insider, Manager Tools, The Word Nerds, and Mike Tech Show.

    Now to look forward to upcoming trips: Glenwood Springs (5 hour drive) next weekend, Orlando Florida in 10 days (but flying)…

  • Anonymous

    Romey-

    Thanks for the kind words about Manager Tools. We’re glad you like the show, and that you’re a subscriber. Don’t forget to become registered: we have a monthly members only show. Plus, our anniversary is coming up, and we have some free giveaways and some forward looking announcements.

    If we’re ever boring, we’ll count on you to tell us so.

    Mark Horstman
    Manager Tools

  • http://www.urbancoffee.net Dave

    Crude?
    Have you heard the other podcasts out here?…hardly

    Off Topic?
    How? The description of the show tells you what it’s about.

  • http://www.romeyinfc.com Romey

    Dave,

    Yeah I have heard other podcasts out there – and there were plenty that aren’t as unnecessarily crude as U.C. I’m not saying that every show needs to be have a G or PG rating, but the crudity ultimately didn’t add anything to the show.

    I know there are Podcasts out there that are more “crude” than yours, but you can’t justify bad behavior by pointing to other bad behavior.

    Also “off-topic” was probably not the best description as much as “topics that did not appeal to Matt and I”.

    I’m sure that your show appeals to it’s audience, and that there are people that appreciate the topics you discuss, coupled with the level of vulgarity. I’m just saying it’s not for me.

    Thanks for reading.

  • http://www.urbancoffee.net Dave

    So what was so crude about it? I usually try and keep the show somewhat PG-13. I’m just interested in listener feedback. Maybe it was just that one paticular episode.

  • http://www.romeyinfc.com Romey

    Dave, I had the chance to listen to a few more Urban Coffees and it turns out that it was probably that one episode (and the planets aligned or something). I’ve really enjoyed the episodes that I heard. My apologies about my apprehension to your podcast.

    Where I got the “crude” comment came from the fact that the first thing I heard was the host saying he wants to perform gay sexual acts – that gave my friend and I a bad impression that was hard to shake. It seems like it was an apparition though.

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