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Join Martin Feld (podcast studies researcher and co-host of Hemispheric Views) as he delves into narratives of tech-podcast fandom and the role of open RSS, featuring producers and their listeners.

20 Macs for 2020 24:02

20 Macs for 2020 is a podcast that was delivered in three media (or formats), including an audio-only podcast at Relay FM, a video playlist at 512 Pixels on YouTube and written essays at Six Colors. The podcast creator and host, Jason Snell, can be found at Six Colors or on Mastodon.

’20 Macs for 2020’ (Jarrod’s blog post about the show from January 2021)

iMac

Macintosh 128K (or the original Macintosh)

Power Macintosh

Stratechery

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As an insight into community influence and my own fandom, I use Ferrite Recording Studio with iPad Pro and Apple Pencil because of Jason's early reviews of the app (such as this one) and his comprehensive demo video on YouTube. Just to emphasise the 'iPadness' of this academic/community audio project, you may notice that I left the iPadOS pointer visible in the screenshot above, which Jason also wrote about optimistically back in 2020.

Original podcast theme music by Alex Canion

A Special Note

Jean is a paid subscriber of Martin’s One Prime Plus membership program for the shared podcast, Hemispheric Views, and Martin subscribes to her shared service, Micro.blog; this did not influence any of the questions that were asked and did not place any expectations on Jean as a participant of this academic podcasting project.

Methodology and Approach 00:03:47

Qualitative research

Narrative inquiry

‌Day, L., Cunsolo, A., Castleden, H., Martin, D., Hart, C., Anaviapik-Soucie, T., Russell, G., Paul, C., Dewey, C. and Harper, S.L., 2017, ‘The Expanding Digital Media Landscape of Qualitative and Decolonizing Research: Examining Collaborative Podcasting as a Research Method’, in MediaTropes eJournal, Vol. 7, No. 1., pp. 203–228

Alex Canion

The relevant source for Norman Denzin’s narrative epiphanies was: Savin-Baden, M. and Van Niekerk, L., 2007, ‘Narrative Inquiry: Theory and Practice’, Journal of Geography in Higher Education, Vol. 31, No. 3, pp. 459-472.

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Website: www.rsspod.net

Email: martin@loungeruminator.net

Mastodon: social.lol@martinfeld — with the rebranding of Twitter to X and the deteriorating situation on that site, I made the decision after publication to switch focus to Mastodon instead, which is a more open alternative.

Micro.blog: micro.blog/martinfeld

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Podcast Voice 00:00:00

What the Listener Wants to Hear 00:14:35

This Stuff Does Matter to People 00:23:01

Enjoy the Learning Process 00:30:49

Be Intentional 00:37:24

Turning the Tables 00:45:05

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Left the Lens Cap On 00:00:00

Conversation and Narrative 00:05:48

Writing 00:14:34

Accessibility Sprinkles 00:20:59

It Feels Like a Gift 00:29:33

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Running Pattern 00:00:00

Commentary and Appreciation 09:08

Two Forms of the Same Thing 16:38

I Wanted this Thing to Exist 21:48

Eclectic Weirdo 30:21

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The Operating System for Me 00:00:00

Entertainment and Production 08:30

A Place that I Own 20:56

20 Macs for 2020 24:02

Accessibility 31:10

A Hidden Side of Myself 33:53

I Haven’t Burned Out 41:57

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The Director’s Commentary 00:00:00

A Voracious Reader 00:10:12

I’ve Carved Out this Life 00:17:04

Freely Honest 00:38:04

A Loose, Unofficial Community 00:52:29

A Vision for the Whole Internet 01:00:52

Pretty Proud of That 01:18:00

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Fourth Generation 00:00:00

Interactive Media Environments 00:08:13

Defamiliarisation 00:15:43

Pick and Choose 00:31:03

My Computer Identity 00:44:05

Plumbing of the Web 01:01:05

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The Stronghold of Podcasting 00:00:00

Self-taught 00:09:11

Tumblr 00:20:24

A Great Time to Be a Mac User 00:33:02

A Better Audience 00:38:13

Accidental Tech Podcast 00:49:43

Overcast 00:58:16

How the Internet Is Supposed to Work 01:05:06

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How the Habit Started 00:00:00

The Dynamic 00:09:18

Monkey Mind 00:18:49

What Sound Can Do 00:26:17

Not a Purist 00:36:46

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