Laura Cowen, Tony Whitmore, Alan Pope, and Mark Johnson are back in Studio A (sorry, no streaming video from this broadband connection) for episode 7 of season 4 of the Ubuntu Podcast from the UK LoCo Team!
In this week’s show:-- We talk about installing Ubuntu for a friend’s Dad, doing a project management course, being old(!) at 23, and presenting about usability to computing students.
- Laura also pimped an online survey she’s created for her PhD research. If you live in the UK and would like to take part in the survey (and/or can pass the link on to colleagues, family, and friends to get the widest sample of respondents possible), she would be very grateful for your help. The survey is at: http://is.gd/UKenergysurvey.
- In the news:-
- We mention upcoming events:-
- Summer – Ubuntu UK plan to visit the Sci-fi exhibition at the British Library, probably followed by a Geeknic. Check out the Ubuntu UK mailing list for more information.
- 13th – 14th August 2011 – OggCamp11 – The Maltings, Farnham, UK – We have a sponsor (Chris Procter on behalf of lug.org.uk) and everything!
- We interview Philipp Heckel about his new project Syncany. He needs developers; see the project website for his contact details.
- We chat with Ubuntu Community Manager Jono Bacon.
- We listen to the competition entries (people and computers pronouncing the name of the next Ubuntu release) and decide who wins the Natty Narwhal goodies (including a Narwhal signed by Ubuntu Release Manager Kate Stewart) swiped by Popey at the release party.
- We have a Bit About Ubuntu:-
- ..and a bit that’s Not About Ubuntu:-
- Finally we have your feedback, including an answer for Tony’s Dad: try Joiku for tethering a Nokia phone to an Ubuntu laptop.
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Fantastic show. I cannot wait to try Syncany!
Why do you, dear presenters, sound like you’re talking through the telephone when interviewing someone on the phone? I find it hard to keep focussed if everyone is talking like that.
Yes, it’s strange. The balance unit is supposed to separate the outgoing audio from the incoming audio. But it doesn’t, so to avoid over-levels I have to duck the local mic levels. Assuming that the phone line is OK, I need to play with the balance unit some more to see if I can find some better settings.
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I apologise if this has been discussed elsewhere, but, why don’t you use Skype and then record the conversation? The audio quality when interviewing guests in other podcasts I listen to is higher than connecting to the phone line.
Matt
I’m sure Tony can give you the specific reason if there is one, but I imagine it’s much simpler to have a telephone unit (which is designed for this sort of thing) connected up to the mixer with all the mics going back down the line as well as to the laptop doing the recording rather than using a separate skype laptop. Plus Skype’s proprietary, and the podcast’s produced using free software.
Hi again,
Now you say that, I am sure I remember it being discussed that only free software tools are used to produce the podcast. In that case, while I would like to hear better interview audio quality, I can accept why it cannot be at this present time.
Matt
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