Meet the Staff, Episode 1: Daniel Fleshbourne

Meet the Staff, Episode 1: Daniel Fleshbourne

Sean Bradford on 10 March 2009 - 21:32 · 50 comments & 12131 views

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Today we are very excited to announce an elaborate podcast series entitled "Meet the Staff" here at Neowin. The series has been made possible by a long term member and MVC (Most Valued Contributor), Warwagon. Each week one of the people behind the scenes at Neowin will be interviewed and answer various questions that our members have recently submitted.

To kick off the series, Neowin Administrator Daniel Fleshbourne will be the first guest. So welcome to Meet the Staff, episode 1. Click play below to listen to the show immediately or follow the appropriate links to download the current episode. Enjoy, and remember to leave your comments about the show below.

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(6 replies) #1 Kudos on 10 Mar 2009 - 21:41

Dan, you need a better mic buddy!

Good job on the podcast

Last edited by Kudos on 10 Mar 2009 - 22:04

#1.1 +Jimmy0 on 10 Mar 2009 - 21:46

Definitely agree with this!

#1.2 Chris-Gonzales on 10 Mar 2009 - 21:49

Jimmy0 said,

Definitely agree with this!

+1

I always have a hard time understanding people from the UK, but he did a good job at speaking, never the less even if he had a crappy mic

#1.3 Calum on 10 Mar 2009 - 23:47

Chris-Gonzales said,

never the less even if he had a crappy mic

Episode 2's guest has a much better mic

You'll hear that next week

#1.4 Airlink on 11 Mar 2009 - 14:25

I don't know if it's the mic or if he just has a lousy chat client. It sounds like he'd talking through a small cardboard tube.

#1.5 Daninku on 13 Mar 2009 - 18:22

I guess it's even more difficult for us non English speaking to understand this :p

#1.6 Daninku on 13 Mar 2009 - 18:22

I guess it's even more difficult for us non English speaking to understand this :p

(7 replies) #2 Chris-Gonzales on 10 Mar 2009 - 21:43

The opening is a bit chessy....

#2.1 Stanclift on 10 Mar 2009 - 21:48

Chris-Gonzales said,

The opening is a bit chessy....

I loooooooooooooove the intro.

#2.2 lylesback2 on 10 Mar 2009 - 22:17

I laughed at the Intro, very funny indeed!

#2.3 Sam Symons Live on 10 Mar 2009 - 22:21

Chris-Gonzales said,

The opening is a bit chessy....

I like it :p

#2.4 Calum on 10 Mar 2009 - 22:35

Chris-Gonzales said,

The opening is a bit chessy....

I think that maybe the point, slightly? (although I am just guessing).

Nonetheless, I really do love the intro

#2.5 +warwagon on 10 Mar 2009 - 23:16

Calum said,

I think that maybe the point, slightly? (although I am just guessing).

Nonetheless, I really do love the intro

Wasn't trying to be cheesy. Though I can tell you the "don't mess with him or else ___________ will be part of every staff members opening.

#2.6 Calum on 10 Mar 2009 - 23:43

warwagon said,

Wasn't trying to be cheesy. Though I can tell you the "don't mess with him or else ___________ will be part of every staff members opening.

Fair enough

Well, I love it anyway!

I look forward to hearing what the "don't mess with him/her or else" parts are for everyone else

#2.7 Chris-Gonzales on 11 Mar 2009 - 01:47

warwagon said,

Calum said,

I think that maybe the point, slightly? (although I am just guessing).

Nonetheless, I really do love the intro

Wasn't trying to be cheesy. Though I can tell you the "don't mess with him or else ___________ will be part of every staff members opening.

Wow....

(2 replies) #3 Mav Phoenix on 10 Mar 2009 - 21:46

I always thought that last name sounded made up. lol

#3.1 Jugalator on 10 Mar 2009 - 21:58

Hehe. We're all fleshborn, but Daniel is Fleshbourne.

#3.2 Calum on 10 Mar 2009 - 22:37

Jugalator said,

Hehe. We're all fleshborn, but Daniel is Fleshbourne.

Haha, "fleshborn"... I never thought of it like that

(2 replies) #4 FoxieFoxie on 10 Mar 2009 - 22:34

how can we meet staff with no vid?

#4.1 Calum on 10 Mar 2009 - 23:45

You can hear them...? Why do you need a video? When it comes to "meeting" people, what difference is their between a seeing them in a video and hearing them in a podcast?

Last edited by Calum on 11 Mar 2009 - 00:43

#4.2 lylesback2 on 11 Mar 2009 - 00:06

Unless we did a webcam interview, I think this is as close as your going to get?

(5 replies) #5 hkgonra on 10 Mar 2009 - 23:06

This thread is useless without pics

#5.1 Calum on 10 Mar 2009 - 23:45

How is it useless? I found the podcast very informative and learnt a lot about Daniel.

#5.2 Kudos on 10 Mar 2009 - 23:54

Pics wouldn't be a bad idea, I have no idea what Dan looks like either.

#5.3 lylesback2 on 11 Mar 2009 - 00:08

I guess it's a personal preference if people wish to show a picture of themselves inside their bios

#5.4 Chris-Gonzales on 11 Mar 2009 - 01:48

Its a podcast, doesn't need pics. If this was a webpage with staff bios, then yeah, but I'm sure his picture is somewhere on the net, if you search hard for it

#5.5 Calum on 11 Mar 2009 - 10:50

Kudos said,

Pics wouldn't be a bad idea, I have no idea what Dan looks like either.

I agree that pictures would be a good idea, I just don't think it is "useless" without pictures

(3 replies) #6 Spirit Dave on 10 Mar 2009 - 23:08

His first computer was positively SUPERB! POWER MONSTER! My first PC was an Amstrad 1512 !

I suspect he's younger than me but hey.

#6.1 iamwhoiam on 11 Mar 2009 - 01:23

Mine was an Altair.

#6.2 PROGAME on 11 Mar 2009 - 15:41

such an old PC with 128 MB of ram sounds weird

#6.3 +warwagon on 11 Mar 2009 - 16:32

PROGAME said,

such an old PC with 128 MB of ram sounds weird

I think he miss spoke, would have been a max of 16
back then.

#7 +warwagon on 10 Mar 2009 - 23:14

Glad everyone is enjoying the podcast. Starting with Episode 2 the editing was done and will continue to be done in audacity. With that will come much better audio levels. Episode 2's guest also had a much better mic, so tune in next week.

#8 Recon415 on 10 Mar 2009 - 23:25

Just what Neowin needs! A great podcast!

(2 replies) #9 McG on 10 Mar 2009 - 23:38

I can hardly hear the voice in the beginning because the music is too loud. I stopped listening because I couldn't understand Daniel. Awful mic or compression quality--either way

#9.1 +warwagon on 10 Mar 2009 - 23:48

McG said,

I can hardly hear the voice in the beginning because the music is too loud. I stopped listening because I couldn't understand Daniel. Awful mic or compression quality--either way

Yep I feel your pain. Starting with episode 2 all of that will be much better.

#9.2 lylesback2 on 11 Mar 2009 - 00:20

The quality should hopefully be greatly better next week! Warwagon's voice is much more projected than Daniel's in this episode.

#10 indiansboy94 on 10 Mar 2009 - 23:48

I liked the first episode. Looking forward to the next one!

(2 replies) #11 ozgeek on 11 Mar 2009 - 00:19

So you think it is a good idea to do podcasts which will cause deaf people or people with difficulity to understand to miss out. Deaf guy here

#11.1 Rob on 11 Mar 2009 - 00:24

This podcast is not a core service offering from Neowin but an augmented bonus. As such, it's unfortunate that we don't have the resources at present to produce transcripts for the episodes, but we've taken your feedback on board. On a side note however, your point would be better received had you simply requested that a transcript be considered rather than complaining about the podcast as a whole.

#11.2 +warwagon on 11 Mar 2009 - 00:43

I should just play it back to dragon naturally speaking

Last edited by warwagon on 11 Mar 2009 - 00:50

#12 Statikk on 11 Mar 2009 - 00:58

Thank you Warwagon for producing such a cool series. I really look forward to "meeting" the rest of the staff members. Also thank you Daniel for being brave and going first! Nice to meet you!

#13 qdave on 11 Mar 2009 - 05:25

pretty cool actually

good job guys

(2 replies) #14 SniperX on 11 Mar 2009 - 07:08

I say we have a contest to see which staff member uses the most 'erm' or 'er' fillers.

My favourite line: "Running Neowin is like running a small city". Hmmm.... I have to agree with the above comments regarding quality of sound. It sounded as thought his mic was in another room. Full credit to the interviewer though, his voice was much more up to the job!

Last edited by SniperX on 11 Mar 2009 - 07:23

#14.1 Sam Symons Live on 11 Mar 2009 - 08:10

SniperX said,

I think I'd use the most :p

#14.2 Calum on 11 Mar 2009 - 10:49

SniperX said,

Full credit to the interviewer though, his voice was much more up to the job!

I think warwagon has the perfect voice for this sort of thing

A perfect radio voice as well

#15 Daniel on 11 Mar 2009 - 17:49

Thanks alot guys, sorry about the crappy mic. I hope I did justic to Warwagon's epic idea.

If anyone has any follow up comments or suggestions please email me

#16 +metal_dragen on 12 Mar 2009 - 10:48

Would be nice to have an RSS feed so I can use iTunes to subscribe to the Meet the Staff podcast. I hate having to download and manually add media to my library, especially since this will be an ongoing series.

#17 Anaron on 12 Mar 2009 - 15:05

I'm looking forward to episode 2.

#18 smooth3006 on 14 Mar 2009 - 01:58

sounds good!

#19 nothuman on 17 Mar 2009 - 15:31

Great idea.
Very good and funny podcast.
Is Warwagon interviewing ? Your voice reminds me Jeff Anderson.

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