About this Episode

Geoff tells the story of a podcast that came from conversation with his workmates; he then elaborates on technological experimentation with his co-host and ponders what the future of the medium will be.

Podcast case study: Naked Tech Podcast (producer)

Find Geoff at geoff.kim.

Read a transcript of the episode.

Links and Show Notes

Over Lunch and Between Meetings 00:00:00

• This Week in Tech (TWiT)
• Leo Laporte
• Tom Merritt
• Daily Tech News Show (DTNS)
• Apple, Inc.
• iPod
• iPhone
• iTunes
• Samsung
• iPhone 4
• Kelvin Lee
• Naked Tech Podcast
• Open plan
• Surry Hills, New South Wales
• RØDE Microphones
• Apple Podcasts
• Serial

Conversations as a Hobby 00:07:55

• From hobby to hero: The history of Apple TV (example of ‘hobby’ status for Apple products)
• COVID-19 pandemic
• Information technology

Shifting Consumption 00:11:29

• last.fm
• According to The Free Dictionary, the definition of ’scrobbling’ is ‘to record a listener's musical preferences and recommend similar music that he or she might enjoy’.
• Spotify
• Audible
• Bitcoin
• YouTube
• No Agenda
• Adam Curry
• Twitch
• Naked Tech Podcast on Twitch
• Naked Tech Podcast on YouTube
• LinkedIn

Podcast ‘Purity’ 00:20:11

• Thumbnail

Hiatus and Future Production 00:22:33

• Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC)
• Consumer Electronics Show (CES)
• Las Vegas
• Marvel Comics
• Marvel Entertainment
• DC Comics
• DC Entertainment
• San Diego Comic-Con International
• Artificial intelligence (AI)
• DALL•E
• Generative Pre-trained Transformer 3 (GPT-3)
• Salvador Dali
• Al Gore
• Geoff’s ‘Al Gore on the dance floor’ tweet
• Virtual reality (VR)
• Oculus Rift
• Neo (The Matrix)
• Her (2013 film)

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
• Twitter: @martinfeld and @rsspod_net
• Micro.blog: micro.blog/martinfeld