Michael shares his story as a long-time tech podcast listener and explains his motivation to design and build personal tools that leverage the power of open RSS.

Podcast case study: Accidental Tech Podcast (listener)

Find Michael at inqk.net.

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Links and Show Notes

The Full Arc of Things 00:00:00

John Gruber
Dan Benjamin
The Talk Show was a podcast by Dan Benjamin and John Gruber on the 5by5 network, which can now be found (partially) in the Internet Archive.
PlayStation Portable (PSP)
- Michael refers to PSPWare by nullriver, which was an app that integrated your Sony PSP with your Mac. References to it on the Web can now be found in the Internet Archive.
MP3
Defining the term ‘homebrew’
Disk operating system (DOS)
MS-DOS
Microsoft Windows
MiniDisc
Personal computer (PC)
LucasArts adventure games
List of Sim video games
Platform game (or ‘platformer’)
Shoot ‘em up
Role-playing video game
Apple Inc.
Michael refers to the rivalry between Ford Australia and Holden.
iPod
Mac (computer)
Unix
Steve Jobs
John Siracusa
Control Panel (Windows)
Metro (design language)
Windows 95
Windows 3.1
Graphics card
iMac
Native resolution

A Certain Similarity 00:13:55

Can’t Wait to Do the Dishes! 00:18:11

Kabatsu 00:28:52

Ordinary People 00:35:17

22 Goals
FIFA World Cup
Brian Phillips
What the hell is Apple’s butterfly keyboard? (explanatory article)
Keyboard Service Program for MacBook, MacBook Air, and MacBook Pro
Fixing the MacBook Pro (blog piece by Marco Arment)
194: Dark Night of the Soul (ATP episode featuring [first?] mention of the ‘MacBook Escape’)
Touch Bar (2016–2020)
Jason Snell
Myke Hurley
C Sharp (programming language)

Comfort Food 00:47:06

Folk Culture 00:51:03

Accessibility and more specifically, Web accessibility
Web 1.0 and Web 2.0
JavaScript
Google Search
AltaVista
Twitch (service)
YouTube
Markup language

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

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