Audio experience

I am a huge fan of audio now! After I was done with my interview and listened to my recording, I realized there were a lot of good quotes I had that I probably wouldn't have written down, had I just been jotting down quotes. I did find it hard to not talk while they were talking, and I think I should have given my interviewee a little more direction with how to talk. He tended to say 'um' a lot and once I started looking for them I realized there were a ton. The thing I'm finding hardest about the assignment is going through my entire interview and finding the "golden eggs". It's getting overwhelming because I have so many tracks going. I'm not sure if there's a way to make that less complicated or if it's just something I have to get used to.
I felt myself interviewing differently knowing I was being recorded. I think it actually helped me try to phrase my questions better and sound more professional...I tend to get this man voice when I'm asking questions haha. After hearing myself I also learned that I have to talk slowly and more clearly.
I found Audacity to be much easier to use than I thought it would be. I had fun with the initial trim down of my interview. If there were spaces between questions, my initial reaction was to delete them, but then I realized that it makes it easier to spot the beginning of my person's response. It makes the breaks in the interview visible.
I interviewed a guy named Kevin Haengel. He works as a fishery observer. He goes out on commercial fishing boats and takes data. There is a tension between him and the fishermen. I think it's interesting to hear his side in contrast with the fisherman's point of view. I'm going to try to interview a captain of one of the boats that Kevin goes out on. I also hope to get some good pictures on the boat, and some good ocean sounds for ambient noise.
I'm going to attempt to post either my whole interview, or the audio that I've edited so far after this, so bear with me...