Léoville - Latest Comments in TWiT Update

Re: TWiT Update

Jeffro2pt0 — Sat, 06 Oct 2007 18:35:43 -0000

Looks to me like Leo is starting to succumb to podcast fatigue. It's not like NEt@Nite was on every sunday every week. There have been times where the show wasn't produced for over two weeks during the shows existence. I guess all of those mini breaks weren't enough.

I thoroughly enjoy net@nite when the conversation isn't about nostalgic times or when the show doesn't sound like a phone call between two distant friends who seemingly only have one hour for one day a week in which they can communicate with each other.

If you need the break, go ahead and take it. There are plenty of other podcasts oops netcasts to keep me busy.

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Justin — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 19:24:27 -0000

I listen to lots of your podcasts and wouldn't mind if you took time off from them. Maybe not all of them at once... but c'mon... you've got a HUGE advantage over regular shows that take time off: When you start updating that RSS again, people start getting your show again! It's that easy. People wouldn't delete your feed if it wasn't coming in in a while... especially if you left a note of hiatus before you left.

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Klein — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 14:40:22 -0000

Leo,

I love TWiT and The Tech Guy, but you know I would completely understand if you needed to take a break every so often. You could also cut out some of the podcasts that you do.

Or what about putting together 'reels' of favorites to play like reruns? You could gather bits from all your different shows and piece them together into hour long chunks to play as reruns. Granted, this would provide additional work upfront, but once you had a small library set up like this, you could just check in once a week and upload an hour.

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KYBook58 — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 13:25:03 -0000

Leo - Like the rest here, I have been listening for so long now, I can't really remember when I wasn't listening.
I like the idea of a break filled with "Best of" shows. And maybe you could stagger the breaks between the different shows.
My tech life (and all of its ancillary components) has been enhanced by the TWiT network.
Cheers from Louisville!

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YVRSteve — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 12:54:27 -0000

What about you taking three weeks off a year .. have a guest host, and cast.

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Rollins — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 08:15:02 -0000

I think you should take some time off now and then, otherwise you're eventually going to burn out.

I think many people are subscribed via iTunes. Just make a note at the end of the podcast that you'll be back in a month. I don't think people will unsubscribe to the feed during that time. I certainly won't.

Thanks for all the wonderful netcasts. Security Now is my favorite. You and Steve really get down to the nuts and bolts. Munchcast is my other favorite. The chemistry between you and Cammy is wonderful, you both make me laugh so hard. It's great.

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worshiptech — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 00:35:05 -0000

I ran into this problem in my own work environment. Too much work, not enough me. I began investing my life into people who showed leadership skills and taught them to do certain jobs that I was sure that I had to personally take care of. As it turns out, my investment paid off and my leaders have bought into the vision cast before them. They are accomplishing tasks at a higher level than I was able to achive alone. I learned that a team under good leadership can accomplish much more than one person - even a very talented and highly motivated person. IMHO - maybe you could invest some time in leadership so that you can take some time off without stranding the TWITs.

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yuko — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 16:58:17 -0000

i think a break sounds great too! you and the others feel revived... and i can have some time to catch up on music (i very rarely listen to music on the ipod now!)... just give us ample warning... don't just disappear for a month without telling us!!

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Jeremiah Staes — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 09:27:33 -0000

I think everyone needs breaks - my thoughts are such for you to take time off... which you greatly, greatly deserve.

SN could be pre-recorded pretty easily...

MBW could be handed over to Scott Bourne for a couple weeks...

TWiT could be guest hosted... John, Pat, and, I vote, Tom Merritt gets a shot.

What about interview segments for WW where Paul does some Microsoft interviews? Those could be pre-recorded.

Pause everybody else. I don't know how you do all this material without killing yourself - unfortunately, podcasting is an unforgiving medium as far as schedules to get it right.

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Justin — Sun, 23 Sep 2007 21:59:46 -0000

Nooooooo! Seriously I can't blame you for wanting some time off, and I think Katies idea of guest hosts would work real well

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Katie — Sat, 22 Sep 2007 23:11:51 -0000

Recently one of my favorite podcasts took the month of August off and it went great. What helped was that he told us in several episodes leading up to it that he was going to be taking a vacation. Then, he came back right on time.

I think this would work with most of your podcasts... except TWIT. Since TWIT is so news-based the break will be felt a lot more. What I think would work for TWIT is having guest hosts for a month while you take a break - it could actually be pretty fun to listen to, as long as we know you'll be coming back soon.

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Hugo — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 11:26:23 -0000

I think a break is a good thing. And - as may have been said above - most listeners have iTunes (or similar) checking for updates. So, it's not as if forgetting you is really an issue. You'd come back, post an update, and there it would be - a new episode would show up for us to listen to. No action needed on anyones part.

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dan — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 23:30:05 -0000

Take a break Leo, we're not going to forget you anytime soon. Meanwhile, everybody needs to refresh, and certainly nobody works harder than you, so you deserve it.

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todd — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 22:40:47 -0000

LEO take some time off. I teach and work in the theatre. If i did not get time off i would be burnt out. I spent 6 years working 11 months a year 60-80 hour weeks. I was not fresh and in the end my teaching suffered. Get a system in place so you can take some time off, your a network now and a network cant survive on the back of one man. I would rather listen to another commercial in my TWIT so the creator can take some time off and be fresh to create great content.

Good luck and get some rest

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Kevin Krewell — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 18:03:47 -0000

Well, you've heard the TWiT Army speak (or at least a vocal part of it). Whadda say, Leo?

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Jason C — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 16:04:04 -0000

you and the crew deserve a break, maybe good for the podcast too; you find a interesting topic to talk about on one of the twit casts :)

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SgtGaToR — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 02:17:48 -0000

LOL... I agree with Da-Chief's post above.

I do look forward to every new episode, but there are times when people need time off, like when Mr. Thurrott went to France.

Keep up the great work and thanks for actually making my iPod more useful than it was when I bought it.

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Mark "SgtGaToR" — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 02:11:44 -0000

Leo...

Really love your netcasts and I admit I look forward to TWiT, Munchcast, Jumping Monkeys, Tech Guy, Security Now! and Windows Weekly every week. I'm amazed at this point that you can keep the schedule you do, but just chalk it up to you loving what you do and that you don't see it as a job (I wish I felt that way with my job).

I also wanted to let you know that the latest TWiT never appeared on the AAC feed. I wouldn't have known a new episode was out if I hadn't been checking out the website on another computer.

And to sum it up I wanted to thank Paul Thurrott for recommending an excellent book pick. I downloaded and listened to World War 3.0 for the entire audio program. It was very enlightening, I've almost decided to restart my audible subscription again.

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Leo (the other one) — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 00:51:47 -0000

Leo,
If you guys need some time off, just go for it!!! Remember what you and Amber were talking about just last Saturday? You have a loyal group of people who listen to your podcasts and who have followed you since the TechTV days...
Although I'll be checking for new feeds everyday, if you take a vacation, I think I'll survive... and so will the rest of the TwiT community!!!
Thank you all for Twit.TV!!!!

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Leslie Godwin — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 00:04:23 -0000

Leo, you're awesome, and we can't have you getting burned out. You have quite a few podcasts, so you can skip some shows each week and still have a few shows left. Do MacBreak Weekly but skip Windows, for example. Most of your shows, with the exception of Jumping Monkeys and Munchcast are for a similar audience. So you don't need to do all of them each week. You can also do the weekly Giz Whiz on your national radio show and skip the Daily Giz Whiz completely. As much as I love that, you're overbooking yourself. Take it from a burnout expert!

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mpm — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 23:19:10 -0000

I would miss my daily twit fix (it gets me through my day at work) but would understand. Hell..maybe it would force me to check out some other netcasts (don't worry...i'd come back!)

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Zach Moore — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 15:31:39 -0000

I can understand wanting to take some time off. As long as it is something regular and you warn us in advance.

Maybe even something like, 4 weeks on 1 week off. Or even better, 8 weeks on 1 week off.

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aLoha Tim — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 15:15:05 -0000

Holidays already create breaks in your podcasting. Why not schedule podcast breaks for the rest of the year? For those of us addicted people pull out a show from the archives. You could label it "Leo Laporte The Early Years"

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Joe — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 12:50:18 -0000

There are slow times in Tech, so why not stretch out show regularity during these slow times. Sya during usually slow Tech months, only do a show bi-weekly.

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mth785 — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 12:46:20 -0000

I would be disappointed but I believe I would survive. You and the Twits' deserve some time off to spend time with friends and family.
If you take a hiatus, I will be hear when you return.