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Really Specific Stories
Martin Feld
28 episodes
2 weeks ago
Join Martin Feld, podcast studies researcher and co-host of Hemispheric Views, as he delves into narratives of tech-podcast fandom and the role of open RSS, featuring producers and their listeners. (The show is currently on hiatus, as the collected interviews are referenced for thesis writing.)
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Join Martin Feld, podcast studies researcher and co-host of Hemispheric Views, as he delves into narratives of tech-podcast fandom and the role of open RSS, featuring producers and their listeners. (The show is currently on hiatus, as the collected interviews are referenced for thesis writing.)
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Technology
Arts,
Education
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John Siracusa
Really Specific Stories
1 hour 7 minutes 32 seconds
2 years ago
John Siracusa

John covers his extensive history as a Mac enthusiast, web developer, writer, podcaster and lover of music and art. He also explains his transition to a fully independent career on the Internet and how he has juggled various personas, roles and fandoms over the years.

Podcast case study: Accidental Tech Podcast (producer)

Find John at hypercritical.co.

Read a transcript of the episode as a styled PDF or in plain text.

Links and Show Notes

I Was Primed 00:00:00

  • Mur Lafferty
  • Geek Fu Action Grip (now in the Internet Archive)
  • I Should Be Writing
  • iPod
  • iTunes
  • NPR
  • Apple Inc.
  • YouTuber
  • Dan Benjamin
  • RSS
  • Hypercritical (podcast)
  • Gabe Newell
  • Valve Corporation
  • Half-Life (series)
  • Portal (series)
  • Ars Technica
  • Book review: Infinite Loop — John’s first article for Ars Technica
  • Ivory tower
  • Hypercritical (the mentioned article from John’s Ars Technica blog, now linked on his website)
  • Steve Jobs

I Had the Cultural Context 00:08:22

  • Home computer (redirected from ‘personal computer revolution’)
  • Commodore VIC-20
  • Macintosh 128K
  • Graphical user interface (GUI)
  • Pictionary
  • Usenet
  • U2
  • Ken Fisher
  • Mac (computer)
  • Mac OS X
  • NeXT
  • Macintosh clone
  • OS X Reviewed (a blog post that links to all of John’s reviews)
  • Engadget
  • ebook
  • Amazon (company)
  • Unix
  • MacUser
  • Macworld
  • MacWEEK

Multiple ‘Me’s 00:20:13

  • Accidental Tech Podcast (ATP)
  • A text file online that preserves information from John’s U2 Lyrics Archive
  • Perl
  • CPAN
  • 5by5
  • Jason Snell
  • The Incomparable
  • Robot or Not?
  • Merlin Mann
  • Back to Work
  • Marco Arment
  • Build and Analyze was a weekly news and discussion show about technology by Marco Arment and Dan Benjamin, which can now be found in the Internet Archive.
  • Casey Liss
  • Hypercritical (website)
  • Independence Day (blog post about John’s career transition)
  • Open source

A Childhood Dream 00:33:42

  • BASIC
  • HyperCard
  • Computer programming
  • Web developer
  • Below are blog posts about John’s two Mac apps:
    • Front and Center; and
    • SwitchGlass, along with the more recent SwitchGlass 2.0.
  • Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC)
  • API
  • iOS
  • CodeWarrior
  • App Store (iOS/iPadOS)
  • Mac App Store

Apple Tech-nerd World 00:42:18

  • AnandTech
  • Tom’s Hardware
  • Microsoft Windows
  • Windows 95
  • Celeron
  • Context collapse
  • Fandom
  • Anti-fan
  • Some references to terminals include:
    • computer terminal;
    • terminal emulator; and
    • Terminal (macOS).
  • ‘Seeing the matrix’ means seeing the true nature of reality (or any particular situation) and is a phrase from The Matrix franchise.
  • Marvel Comics
  • DC Comics
  • Ford Mustang
  • Chevrolet Camaro
  • Tom Cruise
  • New York City
  • The Incomparable Mothership
  • Twitter
  • Mastodon (social network)

Repotting Myself 00:59:13

  • John’s use of the initialism ‘m.o.’ refers to the Latin term ‘modus operandi’, which is translated approximately as ‘mode (or manner) of operating’.
  • ARM architecture family (John’s reference to ‘ARM Macs’, running Apple Silicon)
  • John Gruber
  • BMX bike
  • Remote-control car

Credits

Recorded and edited by Martin Feld, using Audio Hijack and Ferrite Recording Studio

Martin’s edit in Ferrite

Original podcast theme music by Alex Canion

Contact

  • Website: rsspod.net
  • Email: martin@loungeruminator.net
  • Mastodon: social.lol/@martinfeld
  • Micro.blog: micro.blog/martinfeld

A Special Note

Martin is a paid subscriber of John Siracusa’s shared membership program for Accidental Tech Podcast; this did not influence any of the questions that were asked and did not place any expectations on John as a participant of this academic podcasting project.

Really Specific Stories
Join Martin Feld, podcast studies researcher and co-host of Hemispheric Views, as he delves into narratives of tech-podcast fandom and the role of open RSS, featuring producers and their listeners. (The show is currently on hiatus, as the collected interviews are referenced for thesis writing.)