Welcome Isometric!

We are so excited today to announce that in a few weeks time, we'll be welcoming the fantastic Isometric to our roster at Relay FM.

Much like Rocket, what I love most about Isometric is that the viewpoint of the hosts is completely different to what you'll find elsewhere. Isometric is a real champion for equality in video games, with a passion (and flare of humour) that are totally unique.

When I listen to this show, I am given a completely different point of view to my own, about old and new games, and it really helps me think differently and challenge myself.

We are already lucky enough to have Brianna Wu as part of our great group of hosts on Relay FM, and we are so excited to now welcome Georgia Dow, Maddy Myers and Steve Lubitz as well.

Since adding Rocket to Relay FM, I have developed a great working relationship with Brianna, so having Isometric join us felt like a no-brainer. You can read Brianna's take on this on her blog.

I really hope that you give Isometric a listen when it joins us in April, but you can also start checking it out now at its current home on 5by5.

We'll have the feed and page ready shortly, so follow either Isometric or Relay FM on Twitter to find out more as it happens.

We are so excited to welcome another great show to Relay FM; 2015 is shaping up to be pretty great already.

Myke

Rocket stickers now on sale!

We've got Rocket stickers up in the store!

To celebrate, use the code “rocket” at checkout for 20% off all stickers before march 14!

Myke at the Apple Store: 'How I Became an Independent Podcaster'

Myke recently spoke at the Covent Garden Apple Store in London about podcasting for a living, and Apple has been kind enough to put it up as a download in the iTunes podcast directory. Go check it out.

Inquisitive: Behind the App

Today, I posted the first episode of a special series of Inquisitive, called 'Behind the App'. This first episode is all about the history of the App Store.

'Behind the App' marks a total change for Inquisitive. This series is going to be all about what it takes to build Apps for the iPhone, and how the App Store has totally changed the software industry. But I have lots of idea for other series' that I would like to do, with totally different topics.

I've been working on this every day since November, and it's been a massive undertaking. This kind of show is way different to anything I've made before. The new format for this series focuses more on storytelling. I interviewed a bunch of awesome people to help me get a sense for how I was going to cover this, and I spent a tonne of time going through all of these interviews, chopping them up in to interesting clips, then researching and writing scripts to tie the episodes together.

As of today, I have three episodes recorded of the series. I expect it to run for maybe 10-15 episodes, but I'm going to see how that fares as I continue to plough through.

Making these shows has been an incredible amount of work, but I am so proud of them. It's totally different in style and production to anything I have made before, and I am learning new skills as I progress. I think I'm getting better at it every day too.

I genuinely believe that my last five years in podcasting has taught me all of the base skills that I needed to do this, and 'Behind the App' is going to teach me what I need to know for the next five years.

But I need a favour from you; please share this episode with your friends. For me to be able to continue to create this show, I need it to be a success. I believe that it can be, but I need it to be seen by as many people as possible to do so. I want 'Behind the App' to be just the first series I do in this style, and if enough people hear this, I think I could continue making shows like this for a long time to come. You could also subscribe to the show in iTunes and leave a review too, that always helps.

I really welcome any feedback that you have for me about this episode, you can reach me on Twitter or by email, if you'd like.

I want to thank everyone that has helped make this show possible, and has given their time and effort. But most importantly, thank you for tuning in.

I am so excited for where this may lead.

Myke.

The Pen Addict Podcast: Live!

Even after three years, and nearly 150 episodes of The Pen Addict, Brad Dowdy and I have never met in person. Not once. This is the year we want it to change. You can help me get to the 2015 Atlanta Pen Show to record a special live episode of The Pen Addict Podcast!

We are launching a Kickstarter campaign today to make this happen and we really hope you can be a part of it.

We have a couple of reward levels that you can check out on the Kickstarter page.

The Pen Addict has a great commuity built around it and this project will be another great way for us to make something happen together, I really hope you can help out.

Update: After just 10 hours, we've hit out goal! There are still lots of Nock cases left, though! We're excited to get to make this awesome video for everyone. More soon!