2026-05-26T19:24:07Z https://njump.me Paul J Robinson (He/Him) https://njump.me/npub1x2lhtugl3k74cdnzskc3hk2l73v50yu4hw0j5jxvxyylmj2mfgqsrmpu2t https://mastodon.me.uk/system/accounts/avatars/000/036/747/original/6c562bee78241b68.png https://mastodon.me.uk/system/accounts/avatars/000/036/747/original/6c562bee78241b68.png https://njump.me/nevent1qqsfk2gzha4x8acw48r4anhsxke3hfw26pwdunhzhkde552mgcpwzeqzyqet7a03r7xm6hpkv2zmzx7etl69j3unjkae72jgescsnlwftd9qzzeth54 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsrzuq854w404jdg965chraq3aluh8ws67pspqhv5nad26qa26gt4s82q2aj'>nevent1q…q2aj</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I use Pocket Casts on iOS if that helps? 2026-03-24T15:01:55Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsrzuq854w404jdg965chraq3aluh8ws67pspqhv5nad26qa26gt4szyqet7a03r7xm6hpkv2zmzx7etl69j3unjkae72jgescsnlwftd9qzzn7s7e In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsgnkrxdh40l8uj5wszmp03u3cyyppawn0qjg7lsgnlx5pa5guzvgcxud7xj'>nevent1q…d7xj</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>last week it was the “Podpage acquires SoP” episode. 2026-03-24T14:59:17Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs2zy0aw3608t7x9hd6dmaj6ln5hx70xt8ez26eyr3ntppdegx559qzyqet7a03r7xm6hpkv2zmzx7etl69j3unjkae72jgescsnlwftd9qzdhmsep <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub13cgvw8v4hy7yr7ehc0hs27m4csaly2t9x4w60pjzqe0cfhesvhfqf4ck4q" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>James Cridland</span> (<span class="italic">npub13cg…ck4q</span>)</a></span> something odd with the podnews upload today (same thing happened last week) resulting in error 2026-03-24T12:18:08Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqspztqmzqavq4kk9ys2z3dqxqclxdys2acp5a5yxjq77jnrayvntagzyqet7a03r7xm6hpkv2zmzx7etl69j3unjkae72jgescsnlwftd9qzywawkn In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqszp70u3haksv2pvr73u7jlvhuttuvn7gaexydk64ga7npsvqvnxug8wj0c9'>nevent1q…j0c9</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>your bathroom, your choice! And good luck to the team reviewing the footage. <br/><br/>I think my issue is when/if I bump into someone wearing them in public. Shouldn’t others get the choice as to whether their image is forwarded to Zuck? 2026-03-06T15:15:37Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs9kc3czax3vj2nal7zw3auqed7p55atcynpswkl5rec7y5387mgcgzyqet7a03r7xm6hpkv2zmzx7etl69j3unjkae72jgescsnlwftd9qzn4ntfs Paging <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1thg905slqzqfhj3g6rszmkf9emh4wvgawu4y2uzl5ycqs74tetlq5szq23" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Sam Sethi :pc2red: ⁂</span> (<span class="italic">npub1thg…zq23</span>)</a></span> <br/><br/>RE: <a href="https://mastodon.social/@zackwhittaker/116177856977540854">https://mastodon.social/@zackwhittaker/116177856977540854</a> 2026-03-06T09:46:49Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs99l3wnl77kufjnmwlyztzttdldeum29qsktckm0a60awd0juq28czyqet7a03r7xm6hpkv2zmzx7etl69j3unjkae72jgescsnlwftd9qzwtajcj <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub13cgvw8v4hy7yr7ehc0hs27m4csaly2t9x4w60pjzqe0cfhesvhfqf4ck4q" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>James Cridland</span> (<span class="italic">npub13cg…ck4q</span>)</a></span> ref: ofcom requiring local journalism for analogue licensing: why do they not require same of digital broadcasters? In general, I’d have thought they’d be in a stronger financial position to do so 2026-03-02T08:16:52Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs2vhlkhhtgzyt6zkznqa8e29psmws56y4z60e83tl7v56l5gtv2rszyqet7a03r7xm6hpkv2zmzx7etl69j3unjkae72jgescsnlwftd9qzqgzp7x In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsy9u7qpltw2tgk5q4g434kgn23ns8td7tftuu4kp2nmvp46szcxcq0vlrqy'>nevent1q…lrqy</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>it was a genius idea to bring in football fans when (a) the lack of broadcasting rights didn’t stop them and (b) Sky Sports was very expensive (even back then) 2026-02-23T09:15:14Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsy9u7qpltw2tgk5q4g434kgn23ns8td7tftuu4kp2nmvp46szcxcqzyqet7a03r7xm6hpkv2zmzx7etl69j3unjkae72jgescsnlwftd9qzxak9d4 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8egg9ch962peht09nsnk5xuvf5slskh533adan6hk9mw9xnftg7g4kmu7z'>nevent1q…mu7z</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>fantastic story! I was a big fan of the original station, back when (I think) Chris Evans did his original run there. I think that’s where he created Rock and Roll Football (even though I hate football) which interrupted music with each goal in major matches. I didn’t enjoy the interruptions, but it was a fantastic station. 2026-02-23T09:12:42Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqszyqa6xmmxdsf085m9s572k38vyl3gm74zht06zerkultu9nfprwszyqet7a03r7xm6hpkv2zmzx7etl69j3unjkae72jgescsnlwftd9qzmxagvz <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub13cgvw8v4hy7yr7ehc0hs27m4csaly2t9x4w60pjzqe0cfhesvhfqf4ck4q" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>James Cridland</span> (<span class="italic">npub13cg…ck4q</span>)</a></span> Enjoyed reading your radioland post this week. One thing that caught my attention was the reminder that Virgin Radio was replaced by Absolute Radio which I’d either forgotten or had been confused by the fact we now have Virgin Radio once again. How did that happen? Is it the same company? Did they buy the rights to the name back from Absolute? 2026-02-23T06:15:01Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqstxp5u5zfns7m4xuyetm5hw6q9l4p3sm0jacvd0wclkua2j8zl20czyqet7a03r7xm6hpkv2zmzx7etl69j3unjkae72jgescsnlwftd9qzmu4whc In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsz90dxjmxsm4sza5ysvwu0ervdetamngy6n6wty4avc772z7ck9cgazyzeh'>nevent1q…yzeh</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>don’t you live in one of the sunniest/hottest spots on the planet?!?!?? Do you have climate deniers in charge of local/state government or something? It’s like that phrase about leaving money on the table, except it’s sunshine on the roof 2026-01-28T11:31:53Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsr473lrw6hs7dc6dzspwr5qcdvfp4p83nj7fg8t7mruuqwjw076pszyqet7a03r7xm6hpkv2zmzx7etl69j3unjkae72jgescsnlwftd9qzf9pfv0 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs2xsk02jwqmchzu0uq23ufesa8084kxtckrp43ms9trfy9mxuxe0cug2d29'>nevent1q…2d29</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>given the local climate, is there not a building culture (or even building regs) in that part of Australia for massive amounts of insulation? 2026-01-28T08:29:56Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs9pzwlrtx3yur3p7t4y2vn38vjhf7eq0nut03rjeyfzcqlyktgc5qzyqet7a03r7xm6hpkv2zmzx7etl69j3unjkae72jgescsnlwftd9qzs65heu In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsp0fsxhu8chy66yj4wxx0kax8g5lahg2nzua8t06phz4caawsezwcw8374f'>nevent1q…374f</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>could the funding tag not include an option to allow affiliate links that the podcaster either agrees to switch on or off? Podcaster would be made aware that some player apps may only add your funding button if you’ve agreed to pay a small affiliate fee back to them. 2026-01-18T10:43:02Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs8n8dhm0pe6dp03l5pd4nzjcm5ps2thuychnhhmgwtvwced2a99qgzyqet7a03r7xm6hpkv2zmzx7etl69j3unjkae72jgescsnlwftd9qzfa9rhh In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0fgrt87p6gglqkrrgx5esg3w68924gypky0kzd3v6k69m7j4a25spa8kju'>nevent1q…8kju</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>your comment implies the hosting companies want to stop this. But Spreaker are making money from it. Why would they want to stop it? Why wouldn’t other hosting companies want to encourage the next Inception Point to set up with them instead? 2026-01-15T15:48:52Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs9q77f45stydqalz3m6wkttg4d5ty0mcnh8llea2rt0uhzxpa50lgzyqet7a03r7xm6hpkv2zmzx7etl69j3unjkae72jgescsnlwftd9qz4mva8f In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsq9n727dn29dftsc93s0uj0046de9zd7ugj8vwa3we6fer94cdkxspdezss'>nevent1q…ezss</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>James provided a fascinating analysis showing how, even with free tier, Spreaker are actually making profit with the thousands of slop podcasts made by Inception Point. If that’s the case, there’s no incentive for hosting companies to solve this problem unless others in the industry force their hand. 2026-01-15T14:03:19Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs0kgkhws6guyl2l8hywhreedfmzmn0wd8sjyzftnxasg28zdjv7sszyqet7a03r7xm6hpkv2zmzx7etl69j3unjkae72jgescsnlwftd9qzefud0f In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxhuymzs94mc2k03qr4fmsy5kglprh7xv0ukydp7c0e5ny07kw6lcpdruct'>nevent1q…ruct</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>true, although I was struck by how concerned <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1rcnr0tt3mdzn0zkksz2pzhc39rxn90wmt5yqll2y7dgc73vre0asc2dw4h" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Dave</span> (<span class="italic">npub1rcn…dw4h</span>)</a></span> was in his contribution. I just don’t understand how either (a) a company like Spreaker can justify the cost of providing free hosting for that many shows or (b) how Inception Point AI can be generating enough revenue to pay them for it. <br/><br/>It isn’t sustainable long-term surely? 2025-12-23T11:56:23Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsdh0xgmkgdayyjehr9c6mqrxua5ay57lcg2rh6lrgvdqzytgnex5qzyqet7a03r7xm6hpkv2zmzx7etl69j3unjkae72jgescsnlwftd9qzueml0q In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8ykp4djz4t3e2m0sg72eg7pyxprfhlj8xghevt4pqsl5qrexcq5glgheu7'>nevent1q…heu7</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>@podcastindex.social maybe needs to be directory-led? PI (or another) could refuse to index all shows from a particular host and punish those who are enabling this stuff. Player-apps would (I’m sure) be happy to choose a directory that was AI free as a distinguishing feature. 2025-12-23T08:29:53Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsgy2vclasl5nx0ls05ua4dpv4tnj0q0m2zeelna5fnu4r3evqeujszyqet7a03r7xm6hpkv2zmzx7etl69j3unjkae72jgescsnlwftd9qzljduqp In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsrmtmnd2053m20t2umxj7vv2jyes30kq7w9rm95vvhang7eyejhysk8jz95'>nevent1q…jz95</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>ultimately all the listeners (and the player apps they use) will apply pressure on those directories and hosts to adopt this strategy to prevent their search results from being overwhelmed with slop. <br/><br/>Co-ordinating and delivering this strategy should become the new primary mission for the PSP in order to save the industry. Because surely the industry ‘standard’ (which is what they’re all about defining) should be about human creators. 2025-12-22T15:59:04Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsrmtmnd2053m20t2umxj7vv2jyes30kq7w9rm95vvhang7eyejhyszyqet7a03r7xm6hpkv2zmzx7etl69j3unjkae72jgescsnlwftd9qz0hlmz7 <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1thg905slqzqfhj3g6rszmkf9emh4wvgawu4y2uzl5ycqs74tetlq5szq23" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Sam Sethi :pc2red: ⁂</span> (<span class="italic">npub1thg…zq23</span>)</a></span> <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub13cgvw8v4hy7yr7ehc0hs27m4csaly2t9x4w60pjzqe0cfhesvhfqf4ck4q" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>James Cridland</span> (<span class="italic">npub13cg…ck4q</span>)</a></span> loved the 2026 predictions show. Mine is that the sheer volume of AI Slop will provide the PSP with a new lease of life and spur them to co-ordinate an anti-slop strategy, given all parties hate it. <br/><br/>This strategy should involve convincing all good hosting companies to remove any remaining free hosting plans. PSP then convinces all good directories to stop pulling from hosts that continue to offer free hosting. This will kill AI Slop Inc. 2025-12-22T15:54:43Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqstj8y0flvf75kc3kls0gqu2282x7vyx30h9pn9h7y9w5lp44hgdeszyqet7a03r7xm6hpkv2zmzx7etl69j3unjkae72jgescsnlwftd9qz6fefjl FFS Gary Lineker. You’re already ok for a few quid and, whilst I do appreciate you fighting the good fight against arseholes on Twitter, do you really need the extra cash from an 8 minutes - EIGHT MINUTES - segment of midroll ads? <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub13cgvw8v4hy7yr7ehc0hs27m4csaly2t9x4w60pjzqe0cfhesvhfqf4ck4q" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>James Cridland</span> (<span class="italic">npub13cg…ck4q</span>)</a></span>@bne.social is this is a new industry record? <br/><br/><a href="https://pca.st/episode/86359970-13ee-48a2-8c49-574a9c5b5e71?t=1551.0">https://pca.st/episode/86359970-13ee-48a2-8c49-574a9c5b5e71?t=1551.0</a> 2025-12-11T11:52:10Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqst5yasu7hy9qzpr7hl7u7med2luesxtujznj3qayjxz280p2jj5tszyqet7a03r7xm6hpkv2zmzx7etl69j3unjkae72jgescsnlwftd9qz0xanln In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9q06llmv9qxxzc7uryakm525glydqrwc003u6mfupsk2lsackyvq5vskmm'>nevent1q…skmm</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>it’s insane. Eating your own dog food is the best way to demonstrate confidence in your own product. 2025-11-07T13:05:10Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqstyvw6e5s6dv252ddsa6865d66un7rj4g0gya56hrsmuskrnrudmqzyqet7a03r7xm6hpkv2zmzx7etl69j3unjkae72jgescsnlwftd9qzuzw3sz <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1thg905slqzqfhj3g6rszmkf9emh4wvgawu4y2uzl5ycqs74tetlq5szq23" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Sam Sethi :pc2red: ⁂</span> (<span class="italic">npub1thg…zq23</span>)</a></span> <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub13cgvw8v4hy7yr7ehc0hs27m4csaly2t9x4w60pjzqe0cfhesvhfqf4ck4q" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>James Cridland</span> (<span class="italic">npub13cg…ck4q</span>)</a></span> have you seen that odd PR put out by LibSyn that Rob Walch read out on his Podcast 411? Why would they kill The Feed? Why would a podcast hosting company choose not to have an official podcast? Everything about that feels wierd. 2025-11-05T19:47:46Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqszxz0a0ccrpfjqxzylfdfjtvzslvf2rjzcu2ndxsmk65zvk2eeq5szyqet7a03r7xm6hpkv2zmzx7etl69j3unjkae72jgescsnlwftd9qzqzgam2 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxyngmkwqqc2n4yzk79qtkqg9q255gwy0uh4sttqhmyucne8x383qnhjxh9'>nevent1q…jxh9</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>making a living (or part of) through keynotes and attending conferences has a huge amount of mystery around it (to me at least) I’m left wondering how on earth someone would start, or how to pitch your prices vs other speakers. Unlikely other performance arts, there isn’t a drama or ballet school equivalent to help train you. I don’t think there’s a union or a guild either. It’s almost Stonemason-like to me. 2025-11-04T08:36:20Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs2lr0fcfkcjxf20mqpjldv3zfsd0hpulewuk3znlhvt27clzejnsgzyqet7a03r7xm6hpkv2zmzx7etl69j3unjkae72jgescsnlwftd9qzpxzujm In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsywjelrhyjktsl3g5peh94m4p0jggyxdw5jl07lwzq3ckm9g2thqqr3c73v'>nevent1q…c73v</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I’m so grateful for everyone’s suggestions on this. It’s remarkable that the recommendations are all so varied. I definitely don’t want colour e-ink (good point <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub13cgvw8v4hy7yr7ehc0hs27m4csaly2t9x4w60pjzqe0cfhesvhfqf4ck4q" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>James Cridland</span> (<span class="italic">npub13cg…ck4q</span>)</a></span>) but I also dislike android/Google play. I’m leaning towards DRM free / ePUB on eBooks for purchasing and a used e-ink eReader of some sort. It’s a real pity Bookshop app (a brilliant way to get money to indie bookshop owners) are all DRM locked. 2025-10-17T13:03:33Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsywjelrhyjktsl3g5peh94m4p0jggyxdw5jl07lwzq3ckm9g2thqqzyqet7a03r7xm6hpkv2zmzx7etl69j3unjkae72jgescsnlwftd9qzp0r2m8 Looking for advice for Amazon kindle alternatives. Nook seems to be highly recommended, but Rakuten is still another mega-corp even if they aren’t quite as gargantuan as Amazon. How/where do you all buy your ebooks and how/which device do you use to read them? 2025-10-17T10:17:46Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsva4yer7n60nnc6f5ufxkhen3uxgv53aj9zua3j6c29twha3tzj7szyqet7a03r7xm6hpkv2zmzx7etl69j3unjkae72jgescsnlwftd9qzqnzvrk Alternative headline: “UK residents get best value for money for their medicine in Europe” or “We’re angry we can’t screw over British taxpayers, says head of Eli Lilly”<br/><br/><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/sep/24/uk-is-worst-country-in-europe-for-drug-prices-says-mounjaro-maker-eli-lilly">https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/sep/24/uk-is-worst-country-in-europe-for-drug-prices-says-mounjaro-maker-eli-lilly</a> 2025-09-24T08:56:29Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsqk73gxpar4znltt7rdtqzyfh94hc0dlh5f3nf4rhzk7w5j8u6tkszyqet7a03r7xm6hpkv2zmzx7etl69j3unjkae72jgescsnlwftd9qzq3dhcj In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsf3svuh6j40fsl9cc4ufy0wxgvwa93n7hfkcgap5jw20d2w2ea46s8rwys4'>nevent1q…wys4</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>all working now - thanks for fixing 2025-09-18T17:47:57Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs04wjr8pczz42nmfhk9lm8tn7g7dtlgzrqrxv7u23gq7s8qc9qkpgzyqet7a03r7xm6hpkv2zmzx7etl69j3unjkae72jgescsnlwftd9qzaxw026 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsgyv3twlv6q4zp8jz2rzspjajcyl8guarvkqktrv2gqewmhtp606sgk0ztc'>nevent1q…0ztc</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>its also listed as 0s duration and -1 Byte in size<br/> <img src="https://mastodon.me.uk/system/media_attachments/files/115/225/016/027/062/675/original/4efb800b94c30916.jpeg"> <br/> 2025-09-18T11:17:42Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsgyv3twlv6q4zp8jz2rzspjajcyl8guarvkqktrv2gqewmhtp606szyqet7a03r7xm6hpkv2zmzx7etl69j3unjkae72jgescsnlwftd9qzfzwrzh <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub13cgvw8v4hy7yr7ehc0hs27m4csaly2t9x4w60pjzqe0cfhesvhfqf4ck4q" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>James Cridland</span> (<span class="italic">npub13cg…ck4q</span>)</a></span> have you had any technical issues reported with today’s podcast episode? Not sure if it’s Pocket Casts or iOS26 perhaps? But it’s in a perpetual download swirling circle thing. 2025-09-18T11:15:12Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsv3fm322a8a77t4kwvt8r24gs4383n56pt52a7ajclqu8trpzev0szyqet7a03r7xm6hpkv2zmzx7etl69j3unjkae72jgescsnlwftd9qzcscrm9 <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub13cgvw8v4hy7yr7ehc0hs27m4csaly2t9x4w60pjzqe0cfhesvhfqf4ck4q" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>James Cridland</span> (<span class="italic">npub13cg…ck4q</span>)</a></span> I’m not sure it would be strictly accurate to say that I enjoyed listening to today’s episode of Pod News, but you certainly did an excellent job - well done. 2025-08-05T12:13:02Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs9zx62vp039x622nvcaeu5y2r9n9e65zj6uvwgnw09mfxhm0ey6yszyqet7a03r7xm6hpkv2zmzx7etl69j3unjkae72jgescsnlwftd9qzzgsq4f Fantastic day at #CoopCongress including a keynote from <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1fdrpydz4n2dpgpy5xhsa6rjg8ytggn82mt0addw6sf93272nhhnqsjlvhs" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Cory Doctorow</span> (<span class="italic">npub1fdr…lvhs</span>)</a></span> on the subject of ‘Why aren’t we controlling our own tech?’<br/> <img src="https://mastodon.me.uk/system/media_attachments/files/114/795/782/558/277/556/original/8b2f813088d5eada.jpeg"> <br/> <img src="https://mastodon.me.uk/system/media_attachments/files/114/795/782/522/917/317/original/702347697124e472.jpeg"> <br/> <img src="https://mastodon.me.uk/system/media_attachments/files/114/795/782/675/994/636/original/0f06ea988041841d.jpeg"> <br/> 2025-07-04T16:02:13Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqst2uy9eq9ffwan349yktjydlrzwux98vgrha08dnr7uty6w2czjvczyqet7a03r7xm6hpkv2zmzx7etl69j3unjkae72jgescsnlwftd9qzgjjqdv In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsdtst03yhwnjuzugj3p3vj96794ml5smwlc5elu5k3mgvj8vzwyncdlnrj2'>nevent1q…nrj2</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I think some sort of formalised accreditation is the only way PSP will increase adoption of all the standards they’re currently promoting, and the only way of creating a uniform minimum baseline of features that the entire industry should be delivering. 2025-06-04T08:13:50Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsvzhs9ek8wa358gmr8ulpsza9uy7jn0pms42x9jfdnlryygv6eygszyqet7a03r7xm6hpkv2zmzx7etl69j3unjkae72jgescsnlwftd9qzv95v2q In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsf6myx0vc5v25l49kymcq6k83a97elqalssls4l7uqxn4pffckslg22a0eh'>nevent1q…a0eh</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I guess my question is: what would your thoughts be on the industry creating a new ISO standard based on direction and input from the PSP? 2025-06-04T07:59:59Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsf6myx0vc5v25l49kymcq6k83a97elqalssls4l7uqxn4pffckslgzyqet7a03r7xm6hpkv2zmzx7etl69j3unjkae72jgescsnlwftd9qzz8hkl0 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsrenxz4fmdxq2g7u47wrtlwudv4fcqce0xcmkzjkx5ntehvr934ks8wv0ex'>nevent1q…v0ex</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>would these issues be helped if the PSP pushed for all their standards to become a formal ISO Standard (eg ISO:xx001). There would be additional costs involved in order for apps and hosts to gain the accreditation but it would also have greater likelihood of industry wide adoption. It would also slow things down enough to allow businesses like Blubrry to not be overwhelmed by constant new additions to the standard (generally ISO standards update only every few years) 2025-06-04T07:57:19Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsgjap98pejsnxfvgyuc274jt408hw3veqq5mzc5pcfy5jp54spawszyqet7a03r7xm6hpkv2zmzx7etl69j3unjkae72jgescsnlwftd9qz3xhv6z In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqnjk4u5r5kkscq2x5v4qmvh96lc22x7pet6nsy0njpuhvftft8hgdfdsfq'>nevent1q…dsfq</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>that was essential breakfast viewing during my early teens. I can&#39;t think of any other daily live TV broadcast with that much energy and fantastically watchable chaos. It&#39;s tragic that you couldn&#39;t do that kind of show today, and yet BBC and ITV breakfast offering (news and interviews from a sofa) really havent changed from the same period. 2025-05-20T07:00:39Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsd6pfu4rjkx752m7jlrsff0hehu8plwa766h9p9m8nac2fczedxjczyqet7a03r7xm6hpkv2zmzx7etl69j3unjkae72jgescsnlwftd9qzkmqqup In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsq5eul9cl5xzr7clnlsaxprh9rjw4xmch2hflg80dt5d7l5vnx2gghxzf22'>nevent1q…zf22</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>change just the language? Or change the actual currency you’re using to boost? Because it’s crazy to spend $30 on pizza and then in 5 years time you look back and realise that pizza cost you $10,000. Boosting/streaming sats to podcasters is nuts, in the same way that you shouldn’t buy coffee or pizza with it. 2024-11-19T13:46:50Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsqhdwru576n0twxmdu872m8mms0l49qz30nced0hvul3pc59tw72qzyqet7a03r7xm6hpkv2zmzx7etl69j3unjkae72jgescsnlwftd9qzshsld8 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswwaawh2t45cgyvc00pul5spp4f699sskff9k7p0jmxyuq6tnf39cdrnwwn'>nevent1q…nwwn</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>ah I had taken away the wrong information from that interview (my fault for having it in background whilst multi-tasking) as I thought this was in relation to all podcast listening apps. Sorry for misunderstanding! 2024-09-06T14:15:56Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs2fgy5kdwtrztux9ns8hc5wjtky8reyuf4n4txqxq2xcf5z5xudjszyqet7a03r7xm6hpkv2zmzx7etl69j3unjkae72jgescsnlwftd9qz4axc2a In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsv6qxzyt3szm8x3z5n5pq54000z2v2knzffyakj3rgwmepsurpcnsh6zsh6'>nevent1q…zsh6</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>imagine how much more under pressure Apple/Spotify would feel if there were a handful of breakout indie apps. That probably won’t happen unless the smaller ones drop out. 2024-09-06T13:36:23Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsv6qxzyt3szm8x3z5n5pq54000z2v2knzffyakj3rgwmepsurpcnszyqet7a03r7xm6hpkv2zmzx7etl69j3unjkae72jgescsnlwftd9qzk5lfjk <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1thg905slqzqfhj3g6rszmkf9emh4wvgawu4y2uzl5ycqs74tetlq5szq23" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Sam Sethi :pc2red: ⁂</span> (<span class="italic">npub1thg…zq23</span>)</a></span> <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub13cgvw8v4hy7yr7ehc0hs27m4csaly2t9x4w60pjzqe0cfhesvhfqf4ck4q" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>James Cridland</span> (<span class="italic">npub13cg…ck4q</span>)</a></span> really interesting interview about the fund from PodToo and whilst we do need to support developers of listening apps I’m also left wondering whether we actually need quite so many? When Russell said “the more apps that are out there the better” I thought “really, why?” What we really need is just a few to stand out and challenge the big two. But having dozens (hundreds?) dilutes that effort 2024-09-06T13:35:01Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsx8dvfcy6ng8p8j9jwa67k5qkzr7jk23azeuvemeqp8px09ajfqtqzyqet7a03r7xm6hpkv2zmzx7etl69j3unjkae72jgescsnlwftd9qz0n468a In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsfwqud2m88tw85v56e34s5n4k96mgnxrd99u8ksvnwq4kswrn6e3qhvu8gc'>nevent1q…u8gc</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>did they just....build a terminal around the old houses? Don’t tell our UK government, or they’ll be getting ideas about how to finally expand Heathrow. 2024-09-04T07:10:51Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsdnly8etl6sdgzs77fqxmwgen4fv5hwvdt42kal54n5lrvwn50qtczyqet7a03r7xm6hpkv2zmzx7etl69j3unjkae72jgescsnlwftd9qzq8ccml I would Iove to see one of our political leaders, maybe the Home Secretary, head down onto the beaches on the south coast with some blankets and specially designed welcome packs showing new arrivals how to settle and make themselves a new home in the UK. <br/><br/>Lead from the front and show these fascist mobs what we&#39;re really about. 2024-08-08T09:52:53Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs0jau3art5sfqu9m0qscdyhc73mx4u6qeddg4j28utrz9x62shjfszyqet7a03r7xm6hpkv2zmzx7etl69j3unjkae72jgescsnlwftd9qzfjvjj7 <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub13cgvw8v4hy7yr7ehc0hs27m4csaly2t9x4w60pjzqe0cfhesvhfqf4ck4q" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>James Cridland</span> (<span class="italic">npub13cg…ck4q</span>)</a></span> loved the Shaun of the Dead reference in today’s edition. 2024-06-25T12:14:14Z