Casey Liss
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Transitioning to Mac: From Skepticism to Love
The speaker shares their journey from using IBM and Windows to embracing Mac. They discuss their initial skepticism, their experiences with Linux and Unix, and how their involvement in the Apple ecosystem led them to become a fan and co-host a podcast.
Casey shares the story of his tech fandom (starting from early childhood), through to his discovery of the tech podcasting community, work as an independent app developer and co-hosting of shows such as Accidental Tech Podcast and Analog(ue). He also elaborates on career highlights, the friends he’s made along the way and what motivates him as a creative producer.
Podcast case study: Accidental Tech Podcast (producer)
Find Casey at caseyliss.com.
Read a transcript of the episode as a styled PDF or in plain text.
Links and Show Notes
It Was Accidental 00:00:00
- Marco Arment
- Dan Benjamin
- 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.
- 5by5
- John Siracusa
- Hypercritical (podcast)
- Neutral
- SoundCloud
- Accidental Tech Podcast
- Serial
- 99% Invisible
- Apple, Inc.
- Back to Work
- Merlin Mann
- App Store (iOS/iPadOS)
- Apple Podcasts
- iPod
Tech Fandom and Community 00:09:29
- IBM
- The photo of Casey as a toddler with an IBM computer
- All-in-one PC
- Mac (computer)
- Windows 3.1
- i386
- DOS
- IBM Disk Operation System Version 3.30 User Manual in the Internet Archive
- Command-line interface
- Intel 8088
- Intel 8283
- AUTOEXEC.BAT
- Discman
- Visual Basic (classic)
- Floppy disk
- Software development (what Casey refers to as ‘professional development’)
- Virginia Tech
- Linux
- Unix
- C++
- .NET
- C Sharp (programming language) (also C#)
- Microsoft
- Charlottesville, Virginia
- Richmond, Virginia
- Web development
- Personal computer (PC) (Casey refers to Windows PCs specifically.)
- Marco and Casey’s extensive Tumblr discussion
- ThinkPad
- Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon)
- Ubuntu 8/04 LTS (Hardy Heron)
- Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC)
- MacBook (2006–2012) (polycarbonate model)
- iPhone
- iPod touch
- iPad
- Steve Jobs
Giving a Crap 00:28:27
- Casey’s apps on the App Store
- Peek-a-view
- MaskerAid
- Vignette (no longer available)
- Callsheet (launched after this episode was recorded)
- Casey’s use of the word ‘cancelled’ refers to cancel culture.
- Connected
- ATP membership (including the bootleg)
- ATP store
- Studio Neat
- Rocket
- Relay FM
- Christina Warren
- GitHub
- Tiff Arment
Business and Additional Media 00:39:00
- Coronavirus
- Do By Friday
- Patreon
- Three member-only instalments to celebrate 500 episodes
- ATP Movie Club: My Cousin Vinny
- ATP Movie Club: The Rundown
- ATP Movie Club: Edge of Tomorrow
- Swift (programming language)
- Analog(ue)
- Myke Hurley
- Cotton Bureau
- YouTube
A Great Equaliser 00:46:14
- RSS
- Spotify
- Sirius XM
- Sydney, Australia
- What Is Dynamic Ad Insertion?
- Roman Mars
- What Is the Open Web?
Name Your Heroes 00:55:15
Highlights 00:59:38
- Analog(ue) #5: The Only Way Out Is Through
- Stephen Hackett
- iOS
- Phil Schiller
- Casey’s ATP highlights
- Window management
- Earlier episodes of Hypercritical featuring the words ‘Siracusa County’
The Human Element 01:04:53
- Parasocial interaction
- Two Headed Girl
- Casey’s Instagram profile
- The joke about temperature refers to the ongoing discussion between Casey, his fellow podcasters and listeners about the pros and cons of Celsius and Fahrenheit as measures of ambient air temperature.
Credits
Recorded and edited by Martin Feld, using Audio Hijack and Ferrite Recording Studio
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 Casey Liss'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 Casey as a participant of this academic podcasting project.
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