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.Read a transcript of the episode as a styled PDF or in plain text.Links and Show NotesThe Stronghold of Podcasting This Week in Tech (TWiT)This Week in Tech (podcast)MacBreak WeeklyThe Word Nerds (Archive) TumblrYou Look Nice TodayRicky GervaisThe Ricky Gervais ShowStack OverflowThe Stack Overflow PodcastJoel SpolskyJeff AtwoodAccidental Tech Podcast (ATP)CD-RMP3CD playeriPodThe iPod Video was the fifth generation of a product line that is now collectively referred to as the iPod Classic.iPhoneThis American LifeCOVID-19 pandemicAudiobookCable televisionLeo LaporteAM broadcastingTalk radioSelf-taught Videocassette recorder (VCR)Microsoft PaintBASIC3-2-1 Contact Magazine was an American educational television show about science that aired on PBS from 1980 to 1988, with an adjoining children's magazine, and which can now be found in the Internet Archive.Windows 3.1Disk operating system (DOS)MS-DOSQBasicVisual Basic (classic)C (programming language)UnixSolution stackSun MicrosystemsScalable Processor Architecture (SPARC)SPARCstationSolarisSegmentation faultMac (computer)IBM PC compatible (now more of a historical term that relates to our current usage of the term ‘Windows PC’)VivísimoYippy (originally developed and released as ‘Clusty’)Computer memoryVersion controlSoftware bugTumblr CraigslistTumblrSoftware developmentIndie (disambiguation)West Coast of the United StatesAmazon (company)Bloomberg L.P.Bloomberg TechnologyDavidvilleDavid KarpPHPShard (database architecture)TwitterContent management system (CMS)Microblogging (The first micro-blogs were known as ‘tumblelogs’.)Myspace (formerly known as MySpace)FacebookLiveJournalWordPress (content management system)A Great Time to Be a Mac User Apple, Inc.Desktop computerWindows UpdateDigital Visual Interface (DVI)Vim (text editor)Terminal emulatorLinuxServer (computing)Ruby on RailsTextMateMacBook (2006–2012)PowerBook G4A Better Audience Web development5by5Weblogs, Inc.EngadgetGizmodoLifehackerRSSNews aggregator (or in certain cases or implementations, RSS reader)DiggRedditHacker NewsDan BenjaminInstapaperiPadBuild 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.YouTubeOvercast (app)Merlin MannJohn SiracusaAccidental Tech Podcast NeutralCasey LissAccidental Tech Podcast (ATP)Membership programRelay FMJohn Roderick (musician)Overcast OvercastOvercast (app) (further information)Music (software) (The app to which Marco refers was originally known as the iPod app on iPhones.)Downcast (app)Android (operating system)Pocket CastsApple PodcastsStitcherApp storeApp Store (iOS/iPadOS)TikTokInstagramProxy serverHow the Internet Is Supposed to Work World Wide WebWeb standards(redirecting from ‘open Web’)DecentralisationComcastVerizon Communications, Inc.UUNETInternet Protocol (IP)WalmartMonopsonyGoogleAmazon KindleSpotifyTrade magazineEddy CueCreditsRecorded and edited by Martin Feld, using Audio Hijack and Ferrite Recording StudioOriginal podcast theme music by Alex CanionContactWebsite: rsspod.netEmail: [email protected]Mastodon: social.lol/@martinfeldMicro.blog: micro.blog/martinfeldA Special NoteMartin 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.