[production-notes] 12.8 & 12.9 (Patreon)

Things are getting busy at NAMTAO Productions (ie, my room), sorry for the late notes for 12.8!

Before I get started, please note the finale livestream on July the 2nd DETAILS HERE https://www.patreon.com/posts/season-12-finale-85110297

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Can you hear I've got a new microphone? I hope not, I did a great deal of testing and tweaking to keep the sound of Seth's voice the same. I've started using the Rode NT1 v5, which is my new recommendation for any vocal work. It's a hybrid analogue and USB mic, which means it's dead easy to use for anyone. My thoughts are on Mastodon here https://mastodon.social/@0atman/110496151583440654

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12.8

For any of you with weekly events with friends, you already know the nightmares of scheduling. It doesn't get easier as the years progress does it?! 

ADHD is a debilitating condition that I see in my friends and folks online all the time. It's not your fault if you have the symptoms, like Kamil's 'executive dysfunction', you're not being lazy, you need coping mechanisms.

I did a video on my own: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XUZ9VATeF_4

I couldn't resist putting in some unpublished station 6 diary entries in this episode. I LOVED writing season 11, I might do a full-season station 6 special for AMIGA patrons and up, now that 41:S is over. (publishing THAT finale today).

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12.9

Seth's dream palace is a visualisation of his https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Method_of_loci way of remembering facts and figures. It's something I hope to learn to do in the future, as it stands I write everything down, due to my terrible memory. I'm fascinated by the process, however!

Those of you who listened to the MINI special might recognise their garden :-)

Kamil figures out the writing-down method that I, Tris, find works for me in this episode. A big revelation in my own life is that the mind is for *having* ideas, not *storing* ideas. Paper works great for that. Or obsidian.md!

The scheduling monster is slain with a different schedule! Sometimes less frequently has worked for me and my friends - even to the point of preferring a whole-Saturday a few times a year, rather than every week. It just depends what can work for you, you gotta test stuff out!

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Thank you all for your support, and I hope to see as many of you as possible on Sunday - make sure you're up to date! <3