I can see a cross marketing campaign. Something like...

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Dana

Jeez. There are some critics around here!

I quite like the lo-fi production standard. It's very DIY. Very punk rock. Swearing is good. Tub Girl references are good. Needs more gratuitous drunkenness.

Do any of you drink wine? Some local Vic vineyards may be willing to do some deals for a few mentions and some potential sales out of MacTalkers..

Nice show guys. Keep up the good work.

Cheers mate - that's the sort of feeling I'm going for. Balls to professionalism!

a slow night for me. i just finished listening to all four podcasts so far and for the most part, quite enjoyed them.

congrats, guys! you worked together well, i thought.

tho have to disagree with the swearing. call me a prude, but if you want wide-spread appeal, dropping the swearing won't hurt. you can offend by swearing, but you can't offend by not. your audience is varied.

i look forward to hearing future podcasts!

I'm gonna agree with the above post, also, i dunno how muhc of this podcast should be beer related... pretty sure its a mactalk podcast, you've given off the impression that its a beer drinking update.

also on that note, you need to treat your room acoustically, way too much rom echo, also what kind of mic are you using?

also, who is the person who says (in ep 4) at 5.48 - 5.50 about simcards "at&t ones are coming up with a sim error"?

whoever it is has a very nice voice for this sort of thing, and i encourage that person to be more of an anchor role in the podcast.

I downloaded all four podcasts and listened to them in the car over the last 48 hours. Good stuff. I've had a long (radio) broadcasting background, so I hope you don't mind some specific tips for enhancement:
1. Balance volume levels (addressed in previous replies)
2. Better introduction - would you mind telling the listener who you guys actually are - like are you retailers, helpdesk types, programmers, students, web desigers? Also, just a quick rundown in the first 2 minutes of the main topics for that podcast.
3. An 'anchor' role - someone whose job it is to keep people on track, sum up main points, exit topics and bridge into new ones.
4. Fewer references to 'local' things like BBQs that most listeners won't have attended, nor know any of the people mentioned.

That's it . . . I honestly didn't think I'd enjoy listening to a bunch of Apple nerds chatting about their computers . . . but you've made me laugh (quite a few times), you've made me download new software (Billings), you've explained a few things that laypeople like me don't have a clue about (like I always thought Cocoa was a bedtime drink).

Keep up the good work!

Andrew

This is one of things that I do like. I gives a local (Aussie) feel to it. Does not matter if I didn't go or know who went. It can be entertaining just hearing about the antics that went on.

Where's episode 5?

Ahhh, in the fridge - we had to back out on Friday night and the weekend. Will probably be Wednesday/Thursday before it appears here.

Have you guys considered using Talkshoe for the podcast so that other Mactalkers can have input as well. Sort of like the Maccast Loop show.

Paul

Just a thought as I find Maccast Loop quite entertaining.