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

• Marco Arment


• Dan Benjamin


• Build 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.


• 5by5


• John Siracusa


• Hypercritical (podcast)


• Neutral


• SoundCloud


• Accidental Tech Podcast


• Serial


• 99% Invisible


• Apple, Inc.


• Back to Work


• Merlin Mann


• App Store (iOS/iPadOS)


• Apple Podcasts


• iPod

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

• RSS


• Spotify


• Sirius XM


• Sydney, Australia


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