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: martin@loungeruminator.net
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.