Jason and I have now done 18 live chats we've published on YouTube and SoundCloud and we still like each other! :) Just to be transparent, it hasn't been a piece of cake. It's a whole new environment for us to figure out. Not just how to get subscribers. But things like picking topics. Staying interesting. Even things like lighting. Barking dogs. Poor internet connections. Sleeping in-laws. But it's a constant reminder how much work goes into any product. There's always a new challenge or opportunity to learn to get better. It's never done. It's a "Work in Progress". And waiting for perfect is a sure way to fail to get anywhere. Here are some of my favorites of the episodes we've done so far:
In-Laws:
The time Jason and I both had to work around our in-laws to film an episode – his mother-in-law was sleeping, and I had to film in my wife's childhood bedroom:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQndsBetCFA
Oops:
How Basecamp lost a bunch of money redesigning their homepage and what they did about it:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vCT_BVzeBCI
Late Night:
A light night chat about a lot of topics: how something like design can impact the quality of work people create using your product.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rw80CdbNGFs
Beat the competition: And here's a recent favorite of mine where we dig into how to make a product that's different from everyone else. How can we come up with features that no one else is doing.
Hope you've been getting something from them; we definitely have.
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Piotr
on 18 Sep 15Hi Nathan and Jason. Been enjoying your chats. Super educational :)
Suggestions on how to some low hanging fruit, which should help people find your show: - why not put your and Jason’s full names into video title and description. At a minimum, the description. You’d be surprised how many people want to find out if people they follow have any new content oun YouTube (I’m one of them). - You already have the audio feed on Soundcloud (which is mainly used by EDM producers ;) So why not stick the audio into iTunes as well, so that people can easily find it using the iTunes search function, and of course listen on the go.
Anyway, great stuff guys, keep em coming :)
Nate Otto
on 18 Sep 15I love these. Gives me some insight into what is going on and the thoughts behind it. Also, I dig your Basquiat T-shirt.
Nathan Kontny
on 19 Sep 15@Piotr Thanks! That’s a great point. I’ll think about doing that. There’s a lot of low level stuff I’m realizing we can probably be doing. Things like “follow us” cards and such. We’ll keep improving and thanks a ton for getting our backs here.
@Nate! Thanks man. Ha, Jason’s dad also caught that shirt. Guess he’s a big Muhammad Ali fan. And I’ve been obsessed with Basquiat for a long long time.
Rob
on 20 Sep 15I’ve already gotten a ton out of the show. Excited to see it evolve!
Ongun
on 21 Sep 15On the topic of evolution – have you thought about slowing down?
The depth of what you both share, here and elsewhere, is phenomenal – but I already feel like I can’t keep up with the show
For newcomers a quickly growing backlog of 20+ episodes can be an emotional barrier – how and where do they jump in?
Michael
on 21 Sep 15The pace is great for people who are caught up, though. ;)
I think they should have someone go through and cut out a few, short, single-topic videos from each episode. These could be titled for searchability and organized into topic playlists. That’d be really useful for people just finding the show.
Dan
on 22 Sep 15Me and at least one of my co-workers love this show. The parallels with our own design and business challenges are uncanny at times—it’s simultaneously reassuring and inspiring.
I know it’ll evolve and eventually need to slow down, but I love the pace of episodes so far—I can almost always find a quiet 30 minutes to watch the day’s ep while I’m eating breakfast or doing housework or whatever.
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