Next talkcast: Open phones and giveaways

Hey Jason,
In the past, we DID do a better job in post editing the talkcasts, but feed issues related to Mail.app (in Leopard, our attachment slows down the app and we've had tons of reader complaints) have forced us to use the straight Talkcast feed for the time being (and it isn't the same quality as recording it on our end).

I've got everything set-up for tomorrow and as long as Skype and Talkshoe are working (or just Skype, really, -- I can have talkshoe running on a different computer entirely if need be), we should be good to go.

"Hopefully, we won't run into any of the technical difficulties we ran into last week."

Not just last week. It seems that every week there are a number of technical issues, even "minor" things like mic feedback, loud keyboard clicking, and background noise, not to mention the 6 full minutes of dead air last week. I listen to the podcast because I'm always unavailable to listen live on Sunday nights. I love listening to the Talkcast for the discussion, but the technical issues are making it unbearable. (Ironically, Michael often talks about "editing things out", but since I'm listening on the podcast, I guess it's safe to assume that nothing actually gets edited out.)

I don't mean to criticize. You guys generally do a great job, but these problems don't seem to be getting any better.

PLEASE, rely on more than hope that these technical issues are resolved. They pop up every week and significantly take away from the Talkcast. If the problem is Talkshoe, I hope you are either working with them to resolve the issues or looking for another client.

Thanks,
Jason