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Oscar (the cofounder of the Fountain podcasting app) is back on for the 3rd time after a long break between our chats.

In Conversation #81, Oscar and I discuss: all the new features in the 0.6 edition, strategic decisions he is making whilst building the app, the complexity of trying to integrate comments from across different platforms, ways in which the onboarding is becoming much easier, whether the 'value for value' model can work for a business and my hesitation to participate with advertising in any manner.

As always, I hope you enjoy. Kyrin out!

Timeline:
(0:00) - Intro to Oscar
(1:04) - Fountain compared to last year
(2:51) - Payments & Zebedee
(5:15) - Time spent developing
(7:31) - Fiat to Bitcoin within the app
(11:47) - Attention vs Value as the signal
(16:59) - YouTube comment system
(21:16) - Podcasting 2.0 comments
(29:08) - Tags in the namespace
(30:56) - Moderation & free speech
(36:14) - Opt-in organ donations
(38:02) - Adoption of P2.0 tags
(43:38) - Fountain Lightning addresses
(49:41) - V4V as a business
(56:06) - Fountain Premium
(58:21) - Advertising on Fountain
(1:00:52) - My satvertising conflict
(1:14:35) - BTC, KYC and ethics
(1:24:04) - Value For Value podcast season 3


Connect with Oscar & Fountain:
Website: https://fountain.fm/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/fountain_app
Oscar's Twitter: https://twitter.com/MerryOscar

Connect with Mere Mortals:
Website: https://www.meremortalspodcast.com/
Discord: https://discord.gg/jjfq9eGReU
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/meremortalspodcast/

Oscar is back! But this time for a shorter more casual convo about what has been happening with Fountain.

In Conversation #69 Oscar and I discuss: if it's harder to code in good audio features or integrate bitcoin into Fountain, why we need more connection between podcasters and listener, how users are behaving differently on his app, my review of a book he recommended, how he intends to make Fountain even better and my decision to kick back up the Value For Value podcast.

I hope you're having a fantastic day wherever you are in the world. Kyrin out!

Timeline:
(0:00) - What's harder designing for: bitcoin or audio?
(4:18) - Mixing social media with podcasting
(9:27) - User behaviour
(13:43) - Reducing spam
(15:12) - Nathaniel's Nutmeg
(19:14) - Marketing & clipping
(21:31) - What is Fountain lacking?
(27:55) - Restarting the V4V podcast
(32:37) - Get the Fountain app!


Connect with Oscar:
Website: https://fountain.fm/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/fountain_app
Personal Twitter: https://twitter.com/MerryOscar

Connect with Mere Mortals:
Website: https://www.meremortalspodcast.com/
Discord: https://discord.gg/jjfq9eGReU
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/meremortalspodcast/

Juan has been super busy this week and he's been compensating by eating more of his bland food than normal.

In Episode #257 of 'Meanderings' Juan and I discuss: whether it's good to be super busy, the selection of buffet food at my old work, why I stopped the V4V podcast, our interactions with Podcasting 2.0, the recent changes in our fashion (particularly fancy socks) and a big thankyou to all the people who helped support the show!

As always, we hope you enjoy. Mere Mortals out!

Timeline:
(0:00) - Flat out at work
(4:52) - Buffet food at the mines
(12:00) - Learnings from the V4V podcast
(16:48) - HELICOPTER!!!
(17:20) - Adam Curry response
(20:37) - Our appearance on Podcasting 2.0
(21:59) - Hosky tattoo and t-shirt
(24:08) - Gary Vee cards and our fashion choices
(31:50) - Brian of London
(32:10) - Chad Farrow
(32:28) - Petar the Slav
(33:45) - Nick
(35:31) - No name boostagrams
(39:05) - Value for value


Connect with Mere Mortals:
Website: https://www.meremortalspodcast.com/
Discord: https://discord.gg/jjfq9eGReU
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/meremortalspodcast/

Value for value has jumped forward with the ability to stream micropayments of Bitcoin whilst listening to your favourite podcaster (hopefully it's us)!

In Conversation #65 Oscar and I discuss: unique names and finding twitter handles, the fountain podcasting app and how it started, why Oscar was quick to combine his crypto and podcasting passions, awesome design and choosing which features to integrate first, his thoughts on the v4v model, escaping bureaucracy to work on something he loves and his favourite book. 

I hope you're having a fantastic day wherever you are in the world. Kyrin out!

Timeline:
(0:00) - The merriest of us all
(3:13) - What is fountain.fm?
(5:23) - Starting a new project
(11:46) - Podcasting meets crypto
(15:17) - What makes a stellar app?
(21:30) - Caring for your users
(24:08) - Deciding which features
(38:50) - BTC value block & other currencies
(43:49) - Value for value model
(59:33) - Accenture, contracting & army cadet
(1:05:42) - Fountain frustrations and excitements
(1:11:37) - Nathaniel's Nutmeg
(1:13:53) - Check out fountain.fm


Connect with Oscar:
Website: https://fountain.fm/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/fountain_app
Personal Twitter: https://twitter.com/MerryOscar

Connect with Mere Mortals:
Website: https://www.meremortalspodcast.com/
Discord: https://discord.gg/jjfq9eGReU
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/meremortalspodcast/

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GUESTS

• Oscar Merry - talks about Fountain App (clips, boostergrams and chapters)
• Alex Jacobi - talks about OPAF (Open Podcast Analytics Format)

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• In a client note, Richard Kramer, an analyst from Arete Research has criticised Spotify.
  
  
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• The number of podcasts in Spanish grew 6.8 times last year, according to iVoox.
   
• Simplecast founder and CEO Brad Smith has been promoted he’s been named Head of Podcast Products for SiriusXM.
  
  
• "Podcasting Killed the Radio Star" - River Radio, a radio station in the UK, is working with podcast company Whooshkaa to be a “podcast-first radio station”. The station has around twenty subject-focused hour-long shows.
  
  

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