Re: [Hpr] Should we publish the HPR downloads stats ?

2014-06-02 Thread epicanis+hpr
On Monday, June 02, 2014 01:38:26 PM Ken Fallon wrote: [...] > We don't have any logs before Sep-2010 so do we > a) ignore shows before that date even though they have been downloaded > since then ? > b) calculate some guesstimate for a base and add the downloads we do > know about. > On this, in

[Hpr] We should publish the HPR downloads stats (in some form)

2014-06-02 Thread epicanis+hpr
On Monday, June 02, 2014 01:38:26 PM Ken Fallon wrote: > Hi All, > > Should we include the number of downloads an episode gets on the website ? > > Some points to note: > - The logs are generated every month so it would be from month to month. > - hits are defined as 1 download per show per ip pe

Re: [Hpr] Should we publish the HPR downloads stats ?

2014-06-02 Thread Ken Fallon
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 hpr0145 :: "Stop smoking" by Ken Fallon Released on 2008-07-21 Total downloads: 1 Total lives saved: 1 Ken. On 2014-06-02 15:15, David L. Willson wrote: > stream-of-consciousness radio brings you this... > > It will not be possible, nor would it

Re: [Hpr] Generic Episode Subjects

2014-06-02 Thread Charles Thayer
Nige, You are in good company with this idea. HPR has a list of candidate topics, any of which could become an In-Depth Series.  These all seem like good items to add to that list. See the Requested Topics section at the bottom of this page:    Hacker Public Radio ~ The Technology Community

[Hpr] Generic Episode Subjects

2014-06-02 Thread Nigel Verity
Dear All There have been quite a lot of "generic" episodes on the themes of "How I got into Linux" and "What's in my bag?". I find these really interesting, as such seemingly simple subjects can spawn so many varied tales. I got to wondering about whether some other subjects could be equally p

Re: [Hpr] Should we publish the HPR downloads stats ?

2014-06-02 Thread David L. Willson
stream-of-consciousness radio brings you this... It will not be possible, nor would it be appropriate, for a show author to completely dis-regard the number of downloads of his/her show as a measure of it's relative quality. That being the case, it is worth developing a catalogue of things that

Re: [Hpr] Should we publish the HPR downloads stats ?

2014-06-02 Thread cati...@yahoo.com
I would do my shows regardless of the number of downloads. If publishing download stats would help someone who's thinking of doing shows for HPR that are in the same vein as mine to decide to go ahead with it, that would be a good thing. But if publishing download counts is going to be a concer

Re: [Hpr] Should we publish the HPR downloads stats ?

2014-06-02 Thread x1101
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 I think showing downloads per show is excellent. It will give hpr folks at conferences a good estimate to tell folks that their show could be heard by x people on average. On Jun 2, 2014, Ken Fallon wrote: >-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- >Has

[Hpr] Should we publish the HPR downloads stats ?

2014-06-02 Thread Ken Fallon
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi All, Should we include the number of downloads an episode gets on the website ? Some points to note: - - The logs are generated every month so it would be from month to month. - - hits are defined as 1 download per show per ip per day. We don't h