Podcasting
My number one tip for anyone starting a podcast: Remember to unmute your mic before you start recording.
“Just wait until you hear how all those quotes from Jane Goodall were taken out of context.” - Hour two of a Joe Rogan podcast I assume??
New blog post: I’m Doing it All Wrong - #Podcast Edition
I know the spambots wouldn’t respect it, but it’d be sweet if there was a podcastguesting:yes/no tag in the RSS spec so you could say “we’re not open to random solicitation for guests on our podcast.” So much spam emails about guest opportunities for someone’s boss who wrote a book.
Happy #Survivor is back on to all who celebrate! Every season I think it’d be such a fun show to do a podcast on, but inevitably with life + kids + stuff it’s too difficult to keep up with a live show like that.
Any #podcasters take the plunge on macOS 26 already? Any issues recording or working with common websites or apps?
One more “usie” from the trip out to Canmore, AB to meet Justin, Jon, and the Transistor team. What a great group of people working to make sure podcasts get to everyone’s ears.
#Selfie a day for a year, day 31, Sep 18, 2025 edition.
Full credit to the team behind Descript—a audio / video editing app that went from “pfff as if that’ll work for more than gimmicky edits” to one of my main #podcast editing tools in a year or two.
This week I’m going to be meeting someone for the first time even though we’ve been friends and working together for around 12 years - all because (I think?) of this podcast.
New episode of Build Your SaaS coming soon. 🎉 I’m just glad to know Jon Buda is still alive. I was getting worried that Justin had Weekend at Bernie’d him at this point.😆 #podcasting
I just published a new episode of my podcast called “3 Quick Things: Threads, New iPhones, and Violence in the USA Bleeds Everywhere”. 🎧
When should a blog post be a podcast episode be a TikTok clip be a YouTube video be a newsletter issue be a faxed paper be a text message be sent by a carrier pigeon?
I complained about YouTube yesterday, today I’ll give them props for adding a simple “reuse details” so when you upload a new video you can click it and choose a previous video to pull metadata from. Really helpful for podcasts. I wish podcast hosting companies would do it too.
Recording a podcast episode, deep in thought #selfie.
Selfie a day for a year, day 17, Sep 4, 2025 edition.
I just published a new episode of my podcast called “5 Quick Things: Digital Gardens, Too Many Interesting Things, AI Everywhere, Forcing It, Slow Horses”. 🎧 You can listen / watch here.
You can tell the podcast or video editor used AI when the description starts with “Hosts engage in a lively discussion covering a range of topics…”
Not a whole lot new in iOS 26’s podcast app, just some small quality of life improvements.
I just published a new episode of my mini #podcast called “5 Quick Things: Braces, Selfie a Day, Summer Denial, Wednesday Binge, and Podcast Experiments”. 🎧
After you’ve had a listen, feel free to reply and add your thoughts to future episodes of the show.
For today’s #selfie, a reminder to drink water before, during, and after you attempt to record a podcast. Don’t want to get dry, raspy throat sounds. Unless you’re doing a dry, raspy throaty podcast I guess.
Selfie a day for a year, day 9, Aug 26, 2025 edition.
Look I get why it might be attractive to have all your #podcasting eggs in one basket like this, but I really strongly advise against it based on past history of tech companies trying to be “the one”, only to have investors decide they need “the cash” more than they want to be “the one”.
