View Full Version : TWiT Show In Jeopardy
owine
10-23-2006, 02:18 AM
http://twit.tv/2006/10/22/no_twit_today
says it all... the flagship show may shutdown. makes me laugh. about time that worthless show stopped clogging the tubes.
snipergx1
10-23-2006, 02:28 AM
It would be nice is Rev3 would help em out esp since some of them are TechTV alums. It is just talking for an hour once a week, not that much work. Hell, Leo doesn't mind doing all the tech work involved in getting the episode released. I think between everyone at Rev3 and everyone in the other TWIT podcasts (netcasts) there should be enough people to keep the show going. Patrick and Devorak seemed to have gone the way of the corporate machine, but that doesn't mean everything good has to stop.
jjallday
10-23-2006, 03:38 AM
I don't think Twit and Rev3 are getting along right now. Deathmatch!
rowlodge
10-23-2006, 04:05 AM
he's thinking about it, something to do with TRSS cast was'nt working out...i've listened to his podcast before but i still don't understand this completely....http://www.twit.tv/2006/10/22/no_twit_today
found this on Digg see what others are saying....http://digg.com/tech_news/TWiT_in_on_the_way_out
pamich
10-23-2006, 04:17 AM
Already a thread on this.
rowlodge
10-23-2006, 04:19 AM
oh well never mind...
psbp516
10-23-2006, 04:25 AM
He is bringing Tss back. Mark my ****ing words it is happening. If it doesn't you can stone me in central square with flaming bricks.
aragolas
10-23-2006, 04:28 AM
as much as i hate to say it......
i got the matches
alexwill
10-23-2006, 04:31 AM
It would really suck if TWiT were to go off the air. It would suck even more if some kind of 'beef' were to arise between Rev3/TWiT/ZiffDavis. I think they all provide good, quality content; and I hope that things can remain stable for a while longer.
chrismcq
10-23-2006, 05:43 AM
I thought they were bringing a TechTV type channel onto the net...I remember seeing a story on digg about it...
http://www.undotv.com/undo_splash.php
Although I never got an invitation code, the website is there.
lordfoul
10-23-2006, 05:46 AM
I liked TWIT I would be sad to see it go.
nextgenxbox
10-23-2006, 06:53 AM
I'd hate to see TWiT die... we need all the tech programming we can get!
nextgenxbox
10-23-2006, 06:57 AM
oh well never mind...
Yeah, its like... right there.... Jesus.
emilevictor
10-23-2006, 08:45 AM
I usually listen to TWiT when I go walking. It's a great way to learn about stuff that sometimes gets on Digg but isn't very well explained. It's a real shame that it might stop, because there are very few quality podcasts that do this well.
masherscf
10-23-2006, 11:44 AM
Leo has these online tantrums. I wouldn't worry until he actual announces that he's quitting.
natech911
10-23-2006, 05:26 PM
I usually listen to TWiT when I go walking. It's a great way to learn about stuff that sometimes gets on Digg but isn't very well explained. It's a real shame that it might stop, because there are very few quality podcasts that do this well.
I listen to TWIT when I walk too (on the treadmill) and enjoy it for the same reason. I always really appreciate what I learn from the TWIT crew.
Twit was the first netcast that I listened to, and from there I learned about systm, thebroken, dltv, digg, diggnation, etc.... TWIT is still one of my favorite netcasts available so if Patrick and Dvorak are to big to do the show then go and get Woz, Mitnick or anyone else with a personality to step up to the plate. It would be a great loss if we lose TWIT. The world without the TWIT army will be doomed to suffer under the control of the likes of Ted Stevens.
tokenuser
10-23-2006, 06:18 PM
Twit was the first netcast that I listened to, and from there I learned about systm, thebroken, dltv, digg, diggnation, etc.... TWIT is still one of my favorite netcasts available so if Patrick and Dvorak are to big to do the show then go and get Woz, Mitnick or anyone else with a personality to step up to the plate. It would be a great loss if we lose TWIT. The world without the TWIT army will be doomed to suffer under the control of the likes of Ted Stevens.Please, please, please don't do another show with Woz. He is a great guest, but it becomes nothing but TWiW (this week in woz).
I can understand where Leo is coming from though. Producing something like this on a weekly basis *is* a job for him. We want to have people on the panel that are known in the tech industry, rather than people like us (although, I am sure that any of us would probably serve on the panel quite well). Now that netcasting is taking off as a business model, people are being locked into other committments, or projects of their own that demand their time, so getting 4-5 people together on Skype once a week would be like herding cats.
silentspyder
10-23-2006, 08:36 PM
Maybe it's hard for me to understand because i have no life, but if this is because nobody shows up for the tapings, that is horrible. Is it too much for the guest to spare an hour an half a week for the most popular tech podcast in the world?
jdhore
10-23-2006, 08:55 PM
i haven't listened to TWiT for like 20 episodes...it seems to have gotten monotonus and like the hosts are doing it cuz they're obligated, not because they want to...i think TWiT should just stick the knife in a bit more and be done with it...and i have been a listener since the beginning of the show and i'm kind of sad to see what it has turned into...i remember Leo saying he would never take ads, but he took the AOL ads that i understood and was OK with, but the Dell and Visa ads are a bit over the top...i think TWiT's become more of a cash cow to him than anything...i'm glad it sorta started or really energized the podcasting front though...
tobey
10-24-2006, 12:37 AM
Hmm, this sounds an awful lot like the Leo Feedburner tantrum of '05 and the negative comments about TWiT tantrum of Feburary '06...
I doubt it's really as bad as he makes it seem.
setec
10-24-2006, 09:35 PM
I hope they don't cancel TWiT either. Granted, it is not as good as the first 8 months or so of it, but it is still good.
Although I disagree with Leo and his stupid netcast thing. It is podcast. I know the whole argument is that Apple will block everyone from using that, but that will never happen.
Anyway, I digress. Long live TWiT !! Maybe they just need to take a breather for a few months and the try again, refreshed.
casework
10-24-2006, 10:16 PM
Although I disagree with Leo and his stupid netcast thing. It is podcast. I know the whole argument is that Apple will block everyone from using that, but that will never happen.
I've disliked the idea of calling it a "netcast" from the start... and what has Leo done with his great idea? It's just making the whole matter more confusing. Now half the people call them podcasts, a handful call them netcasts, vidcasts, webcasts, and whatever else. While podcasting is definitely making its mark, I think the goal should be to bring the community together, not add more to the whole mess in hopes of taking credit for it. And like I've said before, it's not like netcast is a new term or anything. Netcast is just a variant of webcast... don't people realize that?
And I believe Apple has said they don't want to stop people from using the word podcasts, it's just that in some cases they have to in order to defend their copyrights. Kind of like with Digg needing to tell people to stop using Digg in their website name or whatever. Obviously they don't care, but it's just something they have to do.
mtusk
10-25-2006, 03:13 PM
TWiT started it all, how could you say it was worthless?
tadpole256
10-26-2006, 06:59 PM
I would hate to see anything happen to TWiT!
I am currently serving on the ground in Afghanistan and TWiT means a lot to me over here. I am currently unable to get any of the latest episodes, but listening to the ones I do have reminds me of home, and better times ahead.
TWiT is my favorite Podcast. It would be VERY sad to see go.
kowgod
10-26-2006, 07:55 PM
If it makes anyone feel better (it does for me), TWIT IS NOT GOING ANYWHERE AFTERALL!!! (http://www.twit.tv/2006/10/25/ok_ok)
Yay. :)
tobey
10-26-2006, 08:24 PM
Told you...