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- 73. Rediscovering the iPod Hi-Fi
Is there a device from your past that deserves a bit more love and attention? I discuss one from a simpler digital time that brings me and my family joy.
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Links and Show Notes- iPod Hi-Fi
- More on the device by Basic Apple Guy
- Steve Jobs Introduces the iPod Hi-Fi (video)
- Hear more about iPod Hi-Fi in episode 132 and episode 133; Jason shares his own experience in modernising the device!
6 min - 72. The Lounge Resurrections
I’m back on the audio lounge after an entire year of absolutely nothing, and of course, there are some excuses! Welcome back to Lounge Ruminator… restored, reloaded, rebooted—however you want to put it!
There’ll be more in the future, but without the pressure of a regular schedule. Thanks for following the show!
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Links and Show Notes- Everybody Loves Raymond
- 59. Playing to the Audience with Evan Kerr
- 71. Unintended Hiatus
- Baldur Bjarnason on Really Specific Stories
- Jason Snell
- Internet Archive
12 min - 71. Unintended Hiatus
After a long break, the Lounge Ruminator podcast returns! (Thanks for sticking around.) I discuss the ethical review behind my research interview show, Really Specific Stories, and reflect on the challenges of balancing family, work and academic commitments.
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Links and Show Notes- The last episode was a while ago!
- RSS
- Really Specific Stories
- Ethics
- Narrative inquiry
- Honours degrees in Australia
- Wattle bird
- Hemispheric Views
- Jason Burk
- Andrew Canion
- Core Intuition
- Manton Reece
- Daniel Jalkut
- Persona
- Feld Notes
- Micro.blog
- Audio Hijack
- Ferrite Recording Studio
12 min - 70. Lounge Bite: After Life
If you haven’t watched this show, then you definitely should.
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Image credit: Netflix (2022)
Links and Show Notes- Ricky Gervais
- After Life
- Daily Rumination No. 24: The Value of British Humour
- Hemispheric Views podcast
- Media franchise
- The Matrix (franchise)
- James Bond
- Daniel Craig
- Quantum of Solace
- Lost
5 min - 69. Review: Semicolon by Cecelia Watson
In my first podcast episode for 2022, I give a quick review of Cecelia Watson’s book Semicolon: The Past, Present, and Future of a Misunderstood Mark, while sharing some of the key themes that resonated with me.
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Links and Show Notes- Semicolon (punctuation mark)
- Cecelia Watson and Semicolon
- Prescriptivism (or linguistic prescription)
- Descriptivism (or linguistic description)
- Media ecology
- Marshall McLuhan
- Neil Postman
- Faustian Bargain (in Postman’s 10 Principles of Technology)
12 min - 68. On a Country Road with Andrew McLuhan
Andrew is a writer, poet and media educator, as well as the founder of the McLuhan Institute. He also happens to be the descendant of renowned media ecologists Marshall and Eric McLuhan. In this episode, he kindly joins me to discuss his work at the institute, what motivates him to write, how we can slow down our digital lives and what it means to continue (and challenge) family tradition.
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Find Andrew Online- @amicusadastra and @McLinstitute on Twitter
- The McLuhan Institute
- The McLuhan Institute on Patreon
- Andrew McLuhan on Medium
- The Massage: Presented by The McLuhan Institute on Apple Podcasts
Links and Show NotesIntroducing Andrew — 00:00- Marshall McLuhan
- Family photo from Marshall McLuhan’s 69th birthday
- Eric McLuhan
- University of Toronto
Continuing the Tradition — 06:50- Understanding Media (1964 book) by Marshall McLuhan, with reference to the concepts ‘the medium is the message’, ‘probing’, ‘hot and cool media’ and more
- Ezra Pound
- T. S. Eliot
- Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library
- ABC of Reading (1934 book) by Ezra Pound
- Inscriptorium blog
- Understanding Media Intensive Course
- Tetrad of Media Effects
Outside Academia — 17:04- Media ecology
- Media Ecology Association
- Jacques Ellul
- 2019 MEA Awards (including Andrew’s receipt of The Jacques Ellul Award for Outstanding Media Ecology Activism)
- John Lennon
- Yoko Ono
Written Matter — 28:41- Written Matter (2021 book) by Andrew McLuhan
- Book of Ezra (from the Hebrew Bible)
- Tradition according to T. S. Eliot
- Alain de Botton
- The School of Life
- Atheism 2.0
- Lance Strate
- Jack Kerouac
- The Waste Land (1922 poem) by T. S. Eliot
Letters and Postcards — 50:08- Card stock
- Stencil
- End-to-end encryption
- Serif
- Sans-serif
- Helvetica
- Times New Roman
Winnipigeon — 55:59- The McLuhan Institute Logo Design
1 hr - 67. Podcasting on Podcasting with Dr. Dario Llinares
I’m joined by Dario to talk about his background in film research (and now audio), along with the art of academic podcasting and why the podcast as a medium has a propensity to talk about itself.
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Find Dario Online- @dariodoubleL on Twitter
- The Cinematologists
- Podcast Studies Podcast
Links and Show NotesIntroducing Dario — 00:00- Kermode and Mayo’s Film Review
- Serial
- Filmspotting
- The Cinephiliacs
- The Greg Proops Film Club
- Dr. Neil Fox on Twitter
- At the Movies (with Margaret Pomeranz and David Stratton)
Academic Podcasting — 05:07- Autodidacticism
- Mediation (Marxist theory and media studies)
- Aristotle
- Cultural studies
- Sociology
- Aural
- Assistant Professor Hannah McGregor on Twitter
- Associate Professor Lori Beckstead on Twitter
- Open source
Modes — 14:21- Impostor syndrome
Podcasts on Podcasts — 17:10- Podcast Studies: The Podacademics Network
- dariollinares.com
Digital Archives — 26:37- The long tail
- Practice research
Dario’s Outlook — 28:04- Neoliberalism
- Hemispheric Views (mentioned technology show by Martin and friends Andrew and Jason)
- Philosophy of technology
- Democratisation
- Episode with Caroline Catz
- Episode with Mark Jenkin
- Episode with Janis Rafa
- Knowing Sounds
35 min - 66. An Aca-fan Moment with Anne Korfmacher
Anne is a PhD student who is investigating what she calls ‘fan commentary’ podcasts. She tells the story of how she started listening to them, what appealed to her about undertaking higher research on the topic and what it means to be a fan.
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Find Anna Online- @anne_korfmacher on Twitter
- Anne’s dissertation description at the University of Cologne, Germany
Links and Show Notes- Full episode transcript
- Screenshot of editing timeline in Ferrite Recording Studio
Getting into Podcasts 00:00- Harry Potter
- PotterCast (referred to mistakenly as Pottermore in the conversation)
- MuggleCast
- Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
- Transmedia storytelling
- Chumcast
- Parasocial interaction
- The McElroy Family
- The Besties
Defining Fandom 08:40- J.J. Abrams
- Fan studies
- Gift economy
- Fanzine
- Gilmore Guys
- Unboxing
From Fan to Aca-fan 12:30- FANGASM
- Post-feminism
- Cultural studies
- Gender studies
- Twilight (novel series)
- Friends
- Audio commentary (e.g. DVDs)
- Formalism (literature)
- Aristotle
- Plato
Choosing Case Studies 20:51- British studies
- Narrative
- Podcast Studies: The Podacademics Network
- American studies
- Literary studies/criticism
- Popular culture
- Fawlty Towers
- The Fawlty Towers Podcast
- Supernatural
- Gilmore Girls
Analysing Audio 28:36- Sitcom
Identity and Habits as a Listener 32:49- Hannah McGregor
Thoughts on Podcast Discovery 41:44- Mimesis
- Podnews
- Long tail
The PhD Journey Ahead 45:2347 min - 65. Becoming an Independent Developer with Vincent Ritter
Vincent shares his personal story of how he became an independent developer, from his earliest use of computers through to creative projects and apps like Gluon for Micro.blog.
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Find Vincent Online- vincentritter.com
- @vincent on Micro.blog
Links and Show Notes- Full episode transcript
- Screenshot of editing timeline in Ferrite Recording Studio
Early Days with Computers 00:00- Adobe PageMill
- WYSIWYG (‘What You See Is What You Get’)
- Web development
- AppleWorks
- HTML
- Yahoo!
- GameStop
- PlayStation
- Interface (computing)
- ‘Ruby Red’ iMac (Apple iMac G3 400 DV, Summer 2000)
- Unboxing
- Classic Mac OS
- John Sculley
- Steve Jobs
- HyperCard
- Microsoft Windows
- Flight simulator (disambiguation)
- Floppy disk (floppy)
Flight 10:22- Airline transport pilot licence
Experimenting on the Web 13:23- iWeb
- CSS
- Adobe Dreamweaver
- Myspace
Developing on Windows 20:23- Content management system
Swinging Back to Apple 24:53- MacBook Pro 17-inch
- Virtualisation / virtual machine
How It Feels to Code 28:09- Gluon
- Sublime Ads
Becoming an Independent Developer 29:21- iOS
- iPhone
- Sleepy Eyes (white noise app)
- Basecamp
- Android
- Objective-C
- Swift
- C Sharp
- JavaScript
- Ruby
- Simple Schedule
Gluon 39:16- Micro.blog
- Manton Reece
- 013: HVmini // Vincent’s Desk (podcast)
Podcasting 44:23- Jean MacDonald
- Micro Monday
- Abstract Development
Identity 46:36Conclusion 48:3253 min - 64. Lounge Bite: Small-file Aesthetics
We all know about the monetary cost of streaming media, but what does it cost the planet?
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Links and Show Notes- Sy Taffel
- 53. Excess Energy and Urban Eyesores
- Apple Music announces Spatial Audio with Dolby Atmos; will bring Lossless Audio to entire catalog
- Laura U. Marks
- Marks, L.U., 2020, ‘Let’s Deal with the Carbon Footprint of Streaming Media’, in Afterimage, Vol. 47, No. 2, pp. 46–52.
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Join podcast researcher Martin Feld as he discusses media and the
humanities, including occasional interviews with guests on their expert topics.