I was honored to speak at AltConf back in June. I spoke about my first two years of independent life, and some of the assumptions I had about making the transition to working on my own stuff full-time. Things I assumed would be easy were really difficult, and I really struggled the first nine months or so of working for myself.
Video of the talk is up now. I hope you enjoy it.
Serenity Caldwell has a long background in helping people with their Apple products. She started out as a Creative at Apple retail, teaching classes and training individuals on how to use the software that came on their devices. After writing at Macworld, she now works as the Managing Editor at iMore.
Before I was a professional podcaster, I had a career in IT. Like Serenity, that started at my local Apple Store, but behind the Genius Bar.
If you’re in San Jose, you should drop by AltConf 9 AM on Wednesday. I’m speaking on my experience going independent back in 2015, and how thing have been going ever since.
AltConf is free, but tickets are required. The full schedule is available now.
In August 2016, Myke Hurley and Jason Snell spent several days with me here in Memphis. We had many conversations about our work and the future of Relay FM.
One late afternoon, we had drinks at the top of a metal pyramid that is now a Bass Pro Shop to talk through an idea for a new show.
While most of our tech podcasts are about a certain company or a specific corner of tech, we’ve wanted to do something broader for a while. We sketched out a panel-driven show about the week’s most important technology stories.
We’re holding a Relay FM meetup at WWDC:
We are hosting a meetup on Monday, June 5th, from 7 - 9:30 PM at the San Jose Museum of Quilts and Textiles.
The event is free and open to all ages. There will be beer, so if you want to drink, you’ll need your ID on you. We aren’t doing a live show this year; this is just a good, old-fashioned social event.
If you want a 512 Pixels t-shirt this year, time is almost up. Links to the two campaigns are below. Once they are gone, they’re gone.
To everyone who has ordered already, thank you. T-shirt money is a big part of the site’s income each year, and I’m always humbled by your support. Enjoy!
Readers of this site will no doubt know my affinity for the iMac G3. It is an important computer, as it breathed new life into the Macintosh line after the disastrous 1990s. It was cool and fun, and brought things like USB and the Internet to the Mac user base.
However, that’s only part of the story. While it was selling the Bondi, Tangerine, and Flower Power desktop computers, Apple was hard at work developing its next-generation operating system after acquiring NeXT in 1996. This came after several failed attempts to do so internally. Pink, Taligent, and Copland all imploded far short of the finish line.
I have a little project to announce soon. It — and very occasional other goodies — get sent out via the newsletter. Go check it out.
Emails are sporadic at best; I won’t be noisy in your inbox. I respect your privacy. I won’t sell your email address or harvest your organs.
First of all, a huge thank you to everyone who donate to St. Jude last month. I’m going to leave a link to the page in the sidebar for a while. If you haven’t gotten a chance to look at it yet, I’d be honored if you’d check it out.
I’ve opened up RSS Sponsorship slots for October. If you are interested in advertising an app, service, project or something else, let me know.
I’m excited to announce that I’ll be speaking at the Release Notes Conference in Indianapolis at the end of September. I’m joining an amazing roster of speakers. I attended last year’s conference and enjoyed every minute of it. Tickets are still available.
I’ve got a bunch of RSS sponsorship spots open for the rest of the summer. Get in touch if you want to grab one for your app, service or company.