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• Kieran Rheaume, 4 years ago (edited 4 years ago )

  Hey Designer News!

  As the community continues to grow, we’re always exploring new ways to encourage a meaningful design discourse. A podcast feels like a natural next step, so today we’re excited to bring you the first episode of DN FM.

  Longtime DN’er Sam Solomon is at the helm, and he’ll be bringing you a bi-weekly show that’s part interview, part news. Each episode we're joined by an exciting guest to talk shop, then Sam covers the latest happenings in the DN community (top stories, behind-the-scenes announcements and extra goodies.)

  We really want community involvement to become a consistent part of the show. Using Anchor.fm we’re experimenting with an Office Hours segment; the point being to open up a new channel to engage with DN, with other members, and to share the diversity of perspective you bring to the community. If you’d like to opt in to this segment and get featured on the show, follow us on Anchor and stay tuned.

  Finally, please suggest improvements and guest recommendations while we’re still working out the kinks. Thanks!

  • Jon Darke, 4 years ago (edited 4 years ago )

    DN FM: https://soundcloud.com/daily-nintendo ;)

    Seriously though - can you get the RSS feed from Soundcloud? That way we can subscribe manually. Thanks

    • Kieran Rheaume, 4 years ago

      http://simplecast.com/podcasts/2041/rss

      • Jon Darke, 4 years ago

        :( "failed to download podcast"

        • Kieran Rheaume, 4 years ago

          Hmm. Sorry about that. You could try https:// instead of http://

          • Jon Darke, 4 years ago

            Nice, that works :) Subscribed.

          • Jon Darke, 4 years ago

            On another note - would love to know how you installed/built the podcast miniplayer widget - it's really great!

            • Jody Heavener, 4 years ago

              Glad you like it! It's a fairly involved process, but I'd be happy to explain more if you wanted to shoot me an email.

              With enough interest I'd also totally consider open-sourcing it :)

• Emanuel S., 4 years ago

  I usually can't listen to podcasts if they are over Skype. It's something in the audio quality that makes me listen to something or not, so if there is noise, or echo, I'm pretty much out. I hope this will be fixed in the next episodes.

  Also, don't stick to the usual interview and find some design topics to debate on. Have some q&a's or something.

  • Duke Cavinski, 4 years ago

    agreed. can't listen to podcasts, despite how interesting, that sound like they're being conducted through two tin cans and a string.

    • Kieran Rheaume, 4 years ago

      Aren't you just an audio connoisseur!

      This is the mvp. It's going to improve

      • Art Vandelay, 4 years ago

        Try the double-ender technique. Usually results in better quality and overall more control. We use it for The Start

        • Kieran Rheaume, 4 years ago

          You da man. I'll run it by Sam.

      • Duke Cavinski, 4 years ago

        Oh man, I haven't even listened to this one yet. I just meant in general, please don't take personal offense.

        • Kieran Rheaume, 4 years ago

          Oh no sweat. I misinterpreted that :-)

• Philip Amour, 4 years ago

  Does anybody have the iTunes URL for this podcast?

  • Miguel Solorio, 4 years ago

    +1. Would love to add this to my podcast app.

  • Kieran Rheaume, 4 years ago

    It's still in the iTunes approval process - should be live shortly. Thanks!

  • Sam Solomon, 4 years ago

    Looks like it has been approved by Apple. Here's the link! https://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/designer-news/id1139346989

    • Philip Amour, 4 years ago

      Thanks, Sam!

• Surjith S M, 4 years ago (edited 4 years ago )

  Who is talking from the ECHO room ? Ehh.. You Know? :P

  (PS: it takes a lot of time to load. esp it does not load in Firefox Win 8.1)

  • Sam Solomon, 4 years ago

    Yeah, I plan on buying a sound box to record in—hopefully that helps. My new place has concrete floors, which makes recording tough.

    • Ryan R., 4 years ago

      One of my co-workers built this https://medium.com/@allanwhite/diy-podcasting-microphone-box-64668e6eb540#.khxqj6t87

      • Sam Solomon, 4 years ago

        This is exactly what I was looking for! Thanks Ryan.

    • Tim Kjær Lange, 4 years ago (edited 4 years ago )

      Do you use headphones? It almost sounds like there's some speakers in play here.

      That said the voice-of-god vibe is not too bad ;)

    • Alex Camp, 4 years ago

      Could buy a portable sound shield too that might help - http://www.monoprice.com/Product?p_id=602650&gclid=CNfyy42Koc4CFZSIfgodcpwD_w

    • Powers Gray, 4 years ago

      https://youtu.be/pABvTWSxOes

• Johannes Ippen, 4 years ago

  Thanks for the mention, Sam! Really enjoyed the first Podcast, nice surprise to hear my name/project being featured :)

  For those of you who missed it, check out http://graphicalcooking.co:

  

• Rohan Sanap, 4 years ago

  This is awesome. I really liked it

• Ollie Barker, 4 years ago (edited 4 years ago )

  Can't wait to listen to this.

  After a brief listen though, I would suggest you get a proper audio setup seriously soon. I'd even hold of a second episode until you do. I listen to a lot of podcasts and there's some crazy echo in this that makes it really hard to listen to.

  Sorry if that sounds super negative. I'm super psyched to listen to this all later :)

  • Kieran Rheaume, 4 years ago

    We hear you (pun intended) and we're striving for a lot more clarity + audio ducking in the next episode. Thanks Ollie

• Dana (dmxt), 4 years ago (edited 4 years ago )

  Could you give us ETA when you'll remove the 'NEW' badge? I keep thinking that I have new message/notification because of the green badge on navbar.

  • Kieran Rheaume, 4 years ago

    Haha, #UXdarkpatterns. Uhh, next week?