An analysis of 5by5 show length over time, by Kieran Healy:
Comparing their first few episodes to the most recent ones, the tendency is for shows to add about thirty or forty minutes to their average length (over seventy or eighty episodes). It’s the Freshman 15 of podcasting.
Here's a diagram with a series of local trendlines showing how several shows have developed over time:
The special WWDC 2012 edition 5by5 T-Shirts have shipped. From my post on the 5by5 blog:
Our friends at Amplifier just told me that the special WWDC 2012 edition T-Shirts have all shipped out. Most made it out the door from their Austin, TX facility on Monday 4 June, 2012. This means that many of you will receive your shirts in today's mail.
Me, writing over on the 5by5 Blog:
One of the best parts about 5by5 is helping people I greatly admire make the kind of shows I love to listen to. Case in point: In Beta, a new show from Gina Trapani and Kevin Purdy. In Beta is a talk show about the ever-changing state of web-based, mobile, social, and open source software, where Gina and Kevin examine how "ship first, fix later" affects our tools and culture.
A new 5by5 show, Big Week, is almost here:
Announcing Big Week, news and discussion at the intersection of culture and technology. Premiering in June of 2012, Big Week is hosted by Dan Benjamin and features the news that matters, regular segments, interviews, reporting from 5by5 Newshounds, listener feedback, and discussion with an all-star panel including your favorite 5by5 hosts and regular guests like Andy Baio, Christina Warren, Clayton Morris, Dan Frommer, Daniel Bogan, Jason Snell, Jeff Atwood, Jeff Veen, Jim Coudal, MG Siegler, Nilay Patel, Philip Elmer-Dewitt, Rich Siegel, and more.
I've been working on this show for almost a year now, and I can't wait for you to hear it.
Courtesy of Robert Currie (@recurrie).
Snapshot of my desk at 5by5 Studios HQ while recording Back to Work (with detailed annotations and links).
A great post-Thanksgiving present:
John Gruber and Dan Benjamin talk about the evolution and failure to evolve of print media as it tried to move to the web, independent and corporate journalism, the beginnings of Daring Fireball, classifieds, good vs. bad sponsorships, Android’s lack of traction, the tablet industry, and Thanksgiving around the world.
