Design + Talk what and excellent combination!!

My god!
mocoloco is adding features and media so fast this week :-)
I'm looking forward to see videoCast and liveCasts on my TV!

It may be a while before you see videocasts... ;)

I liked that it covered both objective facts and subjective personal opinions. it was cool that you talked about some projected trends as well as what was present at the show, but it was also interesting to listen to what you thought of certain designs, what you liked and didn’t like. (I mean, isn’t that the whole point of “blogging” anyway? To share your thoughts..)
It was very to-the-point, only talking about things that people would actually be interested in. Keeping the podcast just the right length too helped me stay concentrated the whole time. I think this is important in conversation-oriented podcasts like this because talking can get boring.
I really wished that some visual materials could have been provided. I was busy looking up everything that was mentioned in the podcast on the internet because not being able to see what was being talked about was frustrating for me. Maybe someday you can turn this into a video podcast? =)
As far as future talk subjects go, one I thought of was “inspiration”. Personally I’d be interested in hearing about what and/or where good designs are derived from and how. Subjects like this podcast where you cover some major design events would be cool and helpful too, especially for people who weren’t able to attend the events (like myself!)
Who should be on the podcast? I don’t know, anyone with an interesting view. I honestly don’t think they need to be world famous designers or architects. I mean, that would be really cool, but don’t think is necessary.
Thanks. Overall, this is pretty cool.

Congratulations on your first podcast, looking forward to your Milan coverage!

Being a design amateur I am not involved in any kind of design activity and honestly speaking have never been to any design exhibitions except those online. I really like the concept of listening the report from the “second biggest European design event”, but I was unfortunately completely lost in names and terms.

So my first suggestion is: both you make a written report with graphic materials first and pod cast as a background or you better switch straight to the video cast. As far as the second might take “a while” I’d go for the first: you make a page with pictures, send it to some person, whose opinion might be valuable, and you discuss that or another concept or detail of the object on the pictures.

Secondly, the first pod cast is a bit too long, at least for me. In my understanding a pod cast is something you can listen during the brake of 10—15 minutes. Of course there will be a lot of people who will listen a 30 minutes record, but for the sake of increase of number of listeners… And one more aspect is the file size: 28.1 Mb takes time to download even with a high speed connection.

One more proposal: make reviews of the books or the catalogs. I’d definitely love it.
Well, generally 4 out of 10 - lots of space for improvement.

Hello!

I'm quite the fan of podcasts, so hopefully my comments will be helpful.

1. Solid Duration! I feel that the length is good (20-30 minutes), for both casual listeners and commuters. It's long enough to get into it, and maybe still listen to a few pieces of music before one settles in at the office.

2. Opening Music! This music wasn't at all appropriate. Fashion show "house" is really dated and overused, and if we're talking modern/contemporary, perhaps it would be best to find something a little more "hip". Perhaps have a contest to have someone compose an original opening specifically for the Podcast. It should be memorable, not generic.

3. Stereo! I was really thrown off by the use of stereo during the interview. It might be nice to maybe just pan 50% to the right for one person and 50% to the left for the other, rather than 100% for both. It was a little jarring to listen to that much content going back and forth between my ears. And of course, this could become very confusing if it weren't one-on-one. Also, this can be a problem for listeners at work who may only have one headphone in (like I initially was doing) so they can still be connected to their office while they listen.

4. Editing! While I was fully into the content on the whole, I found there were some pauses that could easily be cut. I know you said the technical aspects will be improving, so I'll wait and see how it goes.

5. File Size! Again, this is technical, but I'm sure you can get a 20minute program in under 20MB. While I don't particularly have a problem downloading huge 'casts (thanks, T1), other people might. And since it's not necessary to have music-quality audio for the whole piece, you can bring that mp3 down quite a bit by decreasing the Kbps.

6. Supplementary Content! I believe someone has mentioned this, but if you just have an article on the MoCo site that has links to things mentioned in the 'cast, then people can jump on the site and find what they need.

7. Content! I'm really looking forward to hearing what kind of content you choose to bring to the podcast. I like the idea of each episode having a "theme". I like the possibility for variation, where one episode can be completely devoted to a single person, or a single event, while another could be a series of short segments along similar lines.

Overall, I'm very excited for a MoCo Podcast. If any of my suggestions are taken, though, I vote for new opening music!

Wonderful idea. Refreshing for the armchair designer. In reference to suggestions going forward I believe you can appeal to a broader audience by adding visuals. With iPod Video now available people like myself are looking for podcasts that include images, either moving or not, to exploit our new toys. What better way to do that than by viewing relaed images in your podcasts. In future podcasts I would love to see the focus on education around specific topics. I would agree with other comments already posted that the opening music was not appropriate and also a bit long. As well I would agree with Joshua's comments that a little time spent editing out pauses and so forth would add to the listener experience and help keep focus.

Not bad for a first try. Its always nice to put an actual voice to the written word on the site.

The most obvious thing I would recommend is editing. I just felt like there were some questions in the interview that weren't as insightful as others. A recorded audio interview can be cleaned up for publishing just like a written one.

This is not to say that it should be chopped into tiny pieces. Conversely, I would've liked some more dialogue at times. There were a couple of points where you started to interject an idea or a new question, and the conversation just felt a little more natural, and it also gave me a sense of what you really wanted to know, as opposed to just reading questions off a notepad. This gets back to the earlier point about the personality of the site coming through in the audio. Don't be afraid to chase a topic that interests you, that's what makes the site work.

The rest is just technical stuff like cutting out some of the awkward pauses and the stereo effect. Stereo is unnecessary in an interview where the voices are obviously different.

As far as future podcasts, interviews are always great because they convey things that their written equivalents cannot. It would be cool if there was "exclusive" content in the podcast that wasn't featured on the site, things like giveaways or extended interviews or music clips.

I expect all these changes for the next feature. :)

Interesting concept, and definitely nice to hear voices behind the text.

I'd suggest creating a single webpage that goes along with the text, possibly with timestamps along one side, that one can print out and take along when listening to the podcast (e.g. on the train or in bed). The page would include photos of the people speaking, images of things referred to in the discussion, URLs (for later typing into a browser), and other general supplemental information.

Great idea - looking forward to more!