TWiT is a service, and isn't that high praise?
TWiT is a valuable service to me, but I feel like it could be even more useful.
Where is my morning show? Many of us are easily able to stream live audio during our morning commutes.
Where is my evening news? Ok ok TNT mostly gets this done...but maybe there should be a short world-news segment? I don't want to "change the channel" in order to see the news. I just need 5 minutes of "This is whats going on in the world beyond tech". Then I can just keep in on TWiT. Hell, if I need to know more about some specific non-tech news story, I'm going to Google it anyway. I just need the tip-off. That way if there is a natural disaster, or a famous death, or an important discovery, I'll be informed, and I don't have to leave TWiT to do so.
Think "News for the tech savvy audience" rather than just "News about tech."
And if there is something important going on, who better to hear it from than Leo Laporte? Isn't he the Walter Cronkite of our little community? I'm dead serious. There have been a few times when Leo was obviously very serious about something, and it makes us stop and listen BECAUSE we are familiar with him. Cronkite was obviously talented, but it was our familiarity with him that made us feel something when he reacted a certain way to the news.
It's the same reason that if he's pushing a product, we know it's actually worthwhile.
TWiT is a service.
Serve your audience. There are things we need that are not tech. Anything that this audience needs to go elsewhere for is a missed opportunity for TWiT.
BUT please don't turn into another G4. That would just break my heart (again).
