PodSquad Wrap-up, Tech History of Browsers, Windows 10 Troubleshooting, and Cloud Backups
Podcast Production Workflow, Technical History, and Distribution Strategies
Host Steve Phillips celebrates completing the 28-day PodSquad challenge and explains why he is skipping this year's Podcast Movement. For this week's tech history, he looks back at the launch of Yahoo, the retirement of Netscape, and the creation of the first web browser. Steve then shares his firsthand troubleshooting experiences with Windows 10, from resolving a strange system font bug to disabling forced automatic updates. He also weighs the pros and cons of upgrading an older laptop from Windows 8.1 to Windows 10. Finally, Steve explains his preference for Google Drive cloud backups over physical drives and shares a promo for the podcast Pixels in the Animation.
In this episode, host Steve Phillips shares practical insights into his podcast production workflow, explaining how he plans, records, and edits multiple shows using Adobe Audition. He discusses the critical technical lessons he learned from managing hosting and RSS feeds over the years, specifically detailing the pitfalls of using FeedBurner. In the tech history segment, Steve looks back at the discovery of the Symbian-infecting Cabir virus in 2005, the launch of the first internet bank in 1999, and Calvin Coolidge's 1924 presidential radio address. Finally, the show features a spotlight clip from the movie podcast The Cinema Geeks.
In this debut episode of The Internet Pathfinder, host Steve Phillips outlines his goals for the podcast before looking back at tech history, including the 2008 demise of HD DVD and the registration of Apple.com in 1987. For this week's tech news, he discusses Google Chrome's native ad blocker, a copyright ruling regarding embedded tweets, and Best Buy's decision to remove physical CDs from store shelves. To close the episode, Steve shares his personal approach to managing screen time and parenting in the digital age.