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The Rise and Fall of Tech Podcasts
The Apple tech podcast thing was still pretty young in 2006, 2007. There weren't a lot of tech shows that really grabbed my attention back then. I think most of the tech podcast renaissance happened maybe five or six years later. It was an amazing time for blogs and RSS. And there's a lot of reasons why it went away or got much smaller. But I miss that world and I think back on it very fondly.
Marco tells the story of how he became a Mac enthusiast, indie app developer and tech podcaster, covering his work on Tumblr, Instapaper, Overcast and Accidental Tech Podcast, among other projects. He also explains why he thinks it's so important to maintain the open Web and podcasting through RSS, in the face of more exclusive publishing platforms and audio hosts.
Podcast case study: Accidental Tech Podcast (producer)
Find Marco at marco.org.
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Recorded and edited by Martin Feld, using Audio Hijack and Ferrite Recording Studio
Original podcast theme music by Alex Canion
Martin is a paid subscriber of Marco Arment’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 Marco as a participant of this academic podcasting project.
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