Recently we had 3 episodes in which we screwed up and where the audio got botched for different reasons. We’re back to the drawing board. Video and a 4-way conversation pose new challenges (connectivity- and volume-wise). Tim and I will test some new ideas that improve quality, reduce size, and add concision to content. This show as a while is only 6 months old and not several years old like shows we ‘compete’ with (learn from).

How TechBytes is different from other shows is an important matter too.

It is heartwarming to hear back from people who listen to all our shows at home, the car, or wherever. Some of them tell us. This is why people like you motivate us to carry on.

At TechBytes nobody is accused of “stealing” so-called ‘property’ which exists only in the minds of people. Software patents are a terrible thing and it is already assumed rather than alleged (some would permit lawyer to put on a show about a fake “controversy”).. At TechBytes we realise that Free platforms are wonderful and in many ways better than proprietary counterparts; they just need a lot more exposure and hardware distributors who are willing to preinstall BSD or GNU/Linux for example, even Android (this is already happening, much to our delight). At TechBytes the songs come with no draconian strings and they can be distributed to friends and family without qualm. The news is always quite timely owing to the recording-publication processing pipeline which is fast (we do not script or edit the speech at all). TechBytes offers real opinions from real people and it does not do advertising, let alone invites those who do. If we make an error we can immediately be contacted in IRC/comments and then issue a correction (usually on the following show). We’re about people who listen, not companies that advertise. So every bit of feedback helps us, even when it is negative.

Richard