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Earthworks ICON Pro Microphone
The Earthworks ICON Pro is a great microphone for gaming, broadcasting, and podcasting! Check out more in this video from Mac Geek Gab 881.
Twitter Acquires Podcasting Company ‘Breaker’ for Twitter Spaces
Twitter has acquired a social broadcasting app called Breaker and its team to help build Twitter Spaces, a new product in beta that lets users chat in real time with voice.
On January 15, 2021, Breaker will shut down for good. Up until that point, Breaker users will be able to export their OPML file to transfer their subscriptions to another podcasting app. Breaker recommends apps like Apple, Spotify, Stitcher, Overcast, Pocket Casts or Castro as an alternative. For those hosting a podcast on Breaker, these can be transferred elsewhere via the RSS feed.
Audio Tips, Cool Stuff Found, Rural Broadband, and More! — Mac Geek Gab 828
The summer heat hasn’t stopped your two favorite geeks — or you, with your questions — and this week’s episode shows all of that and more. You’ve had a ton of questions about audio devices and podcast management lately, so John and Dave dig into that first to re-open the doors on that conversation. Then it’s on to tips and Cool Stuff Found, with a couple of return entries in the latter, including the very, very first Cool Stuff Found to ever have been mentioned! Press play, and enjoy watching (or listening) as you learn five new things.
Programmer, Author, Podcaster Rosemary Orchard - TMO BGM Interview
Rosemary Orchard describes herself as a geek, nerd, and programmer. She works full time as a developer of web applications, but her real loves are automation and productivity. She’s also a book author and podcaster.
Rosemary told me the story about how she started with computers and programming. After a bad experience with a Toshiba notebook and Windows Vista, she bought a MacBook Air for her university work—and loved it. At this point, she was still pursing human languages, but in time gravitated towards, instead, creating computer software that would make peoples lives easier. And she never looked back. We talked about her Web app development, her books (one on Shortcuts) and finished with how she learned to podcast. Today she does two. You’ll enjoy hearing how Rosemary’s career has developed.
Podcasts From Apple...by Apple? – TMO Daily Observations 2020-02-17
Charlotte Henry and Dave Hamilton join host Kelly Guimont to discuss Apple’s role in podcasts, and how it could (or should) change over time.
Podcast App Pocket Casts Moves to a Subscription
Popular podcast app Pocket Casts is now free with an optional US$0.99/month or US$10/year subscription. The previous price was a one-time fee of US$3.99. Pocket Casts CEO Owen Grover told TechCrunch: “We understood pretty clearly that we were limiting our reach and limiting the number of users that could enjoy the quality and power of the app and the platform. It felt penny wise and pound foolish to continue to collect a few dollars at the top … We have the benefit of these owners who are supporting us in a way that allows us to grow our audience, habituate new listeners and deliver a pretty terrific user experience.” App Store: Pocket Casts – Free
Acronym Soup – Mac Geek Gab Podcast 776
Is Wireless USB as S.M.A.R.T. as NVMe? As users of today’s tech, we sure use a lot of acronyms, don’t we? Listen as Dave and John help you wade through the soup and make sense of not only all the acronyms, but the tech that they describe, too! Press play and enjoy, friends!
The How To Start A Podcast Tutorial Bundle: $19
We have a deal on a set of tutorials called the How to Start a Podcast Bundle. Produced by Lewis Howes, Alex Blumberg, John Lee Dumas, Anna Sussman, and Julia DeWitt, this bundle includes 4 training courses, 57 lessons, and 22 hours of content. It’s just $19 through our deal.
Today at Apple Podcast Session Coming to Chicago
The Apple Store on Michigan Avenue in Chicago, Illinois will host a new Today at Apple session this month aimed at getting people podcasting.
Apple Podcasts is Popular Worldwide Except South America
Apple Podcasts dominate the world as the most popular podcasting platform…except South America where Spotify is already dominant.
Apple Retail Changes, Spotify Acquisitions – TMO Daily Observations 2019-02-06
Charlotte Henry and Dave Hamilton join host Kelly Guimont for a discussion of Angela Ahrendts leaving Apple and Spotify’s latest purchases.
Apple Investigates Reports of Listener Drop-off in Apple Podcast Analytics
Apple is investigating after podcasters raised concerns that Analytics was showing a huge fall in listenership.
TMO Background Mode Interview with Early Apple Podcaster Victor Cajiao
Victor Cajiao was born in Havana, Cuba, grew up in the U.S. and became well known in the Apple world for several different podcasts. He’s an Apple tech geek as well as a musician (saxophone) and hobby photographer. Victor told me the story about how he came to the U.S. via a special initiative started by President Kennedy. The fascinating story continues as he eventually worked his way into a job with AT&T rising to the level of IT Technical Director. He also told me the story about how he fell in love with the Mac and then launched his podcast, The Typical Mac User. Victor recently retired from AT&T after 26 years and now travels the U.S. in his Airstream trailer. Recently, he’s been sighted at Macstock, doing terrific demos of Mac technologies.
Hey, You Know That Anchor App? Turns Out It Owns Your Podcasts
You remember that Anchor app for podcasts everyone thinks is the bee’s knees? It turns out that the company owns your podcasts as part of the terms and conditions.
Apple Podcasts Now Hosts More Than 550,000 Active Shows, 18.5 Million Episodes
Apple this week announced that it now hosts more than 550,000 active podcasts with a total of 18.5 million episodes that have been downloaded or streamed 50 billion times.
Farrago from Rogue Amoeba: Soundboards and Audio Clips for Your Podcasts and More
Rogue Amoeba, known well for the many audio tools they make to help podcasters and more, today released Farrago. Built to allow podcasters (and beyond) to quickly play sound bites, audio effects, theme music, and more during live shows or live-to-“tape” recordings, Farrago has an elegant grid-based interface to allow quick and easy access to everything.
Podcasters: Replace Skype with Discord for Better Audio Quality and Web-Based Interviews
After 12 years of using Skype for our podcasts, we switched to Discord in November and haven’t looked back. With better audio quality and the ability to have interview guests participate entirely in their web browsers, Discord is a much better solution for today’s podcaster. We’ll show you how to get going.
Adam Curry's Podcaster Pro Aims to be All-in-One Podcasting Solution
With features like noise gates, compressors, dual mic inputs, and multiple virtual USB audio devices, the Podcaster Pro aims to solve all the common (and some uncommon!) needs that podcasters have both in their main studios as well as on-the-road.
Podcasters: How to Log Chapter Timestamps with Keyboard Maestro
Many podcasters – and especially podcast listeners – have come to appreciate having chapters in podcast episodes. Putting chapters into a show can be a real chore for podcasters, though, especially for a show that’s recorded live. For all the podcasts I host, I employ a few Keyboard Maestro macros that, used together, allow me to have an internal clock running that simply pastes the existing timestamp wherever my cursor is. Here’s how I do it… and a download link to the macros I’ve already created for you!