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.

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Links and Show Notes

It Was Accidental 00:00:00

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
- Steve Jobs, “Computers are like a bicycle for our minds.” - Michael Lawrence Films (YouTube video)

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
- ATP × Studio Neat Chicken Hat Collab
Rocket
Relay FM
Christina Warren
GitHub
Tiff Arment

Business and Additional Media 00:39:00

Coronavirus
- COVID-19 pandemic
Do By Friday
Patreon
Twitter
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

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
- 317: We’re Customers Too
- 96: The Windows of Siracusa County
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

Martin’s edit in Ferrite

Original podcast theme music by Alex Canion

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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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