Take these two bits of code: 1. http://play.golang.org/p/Oh6xNm2dRK 2. http://play.golang.org/p/Vd-6AGCBKQ
In 1. the media is first created as the empty interface and then type asserted to a string. In 2. the media is a string.
Both try to convert the media to a byte array, why the difference? Aren't they both strings by that time?