Stephen Hackett

Stephen delves into the history of Relay FM, discussing the origins of the show Connected and the broader podcast network. He also explains his personal shift from blogging to podcasting and co-founding a business—balancing the needs of advertisers, co-hosts, members and of course, family. Podcast case study: Connected at Relay FM (producer) Find Stephen at 512pixels.net. Read a transcript of the episode as a styled PDF or in plain text. Links and Show Notes The Conversation Is the Work 00:00:00 Information technology (IT) Apple, Inc. Myke Hurley Blog Facebook Mac (computer) Elementary (or primary) school Middle school Macintosh Performa Skype Zoom (software) iPad Tablet computer Microsoft Windows tablets through the ages: The good, the bad and the ugly, in pictures iPhone Steve Jobs A Little Patch of Land 00:08:36 Relay FM The Pen Addict 5by5 Federico Viticci MacStories The Prompt Dan Benjamin Connected 00:16:51 Connected Genius Bar (Stephen’s reference to the role of ‘Apple Genius’) Establishing the Network 00:19:42 Jason Snell Macworld Rocket Christina Warren Simone de Rochefort Brianna Wu Upgrade Cortex Freedom to Build What We Need 00:29:41 Content management system (CMS) Relay FM Membership COVID-19 pandemic (Linking to Stephen’s line: ‘Everyone knows what happened in early 2020.’) Discord The Beatles Mac Power Users Personal Changes 00:40:19 Relay FM for St. Jude (2022) (blog post about the fourth annual fundraiser) Two Sides of a Coin 00:44:14 TikTok Instagram Stories YouTube Shorts ESPN Kathy Campbell Woodworking Dell Augmented reality (AR) Virtual reality (VR) 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: [email protected] Mastodon: social.lol/@martinfeld Micro.blog: micro.blog/martinfeld A Special Note Martin is a paid subscriber of Stephen Hackett's shared membership program for Relay FM; this did not influence any of the questions that were asked and did not place any expectations on Stephen as a participant of this academic podcasting project.