Stevie Puckett

Author: Stevie Puckett

  • Pocket Casts is the One

    I love listening to podcasts as well as audiobooks. Auditory learner here, for sure. I loaded Pocket Casts up yesterday to give it a whirl and fell in love instantly. How easy it was to move my subscriptions over and discover new listens too. What a pleasure! Also, it was a simple thing to manually add my feeds from Substack subscriptions. Even with being a paid subscriber to Spotify, that wasn’t a convenience available on that platform. I love that WordPress bought and is developing Pocket Casts. WordPress has done so much right, in my opinion. If you are just starting out in blogging and want an easy way to run with it on your own, I can’t recommend WordPress.com highly enough either.

    Automattic acquired Pocket Casts last July, and since we’ve been tapping away trying to make the best podcast client for people who love listening to podcasts.

    Open Source Podcasting Client – Matt Mullenweg

  • Monday Morning Movie

  • Transformation of Education, Finally

    Decades later, we are finally at what I recognize as a tipping point for the transformation of public education. There has been an understanding for decades now that public schools were not keeping up to speed with the real world and that we could do better. Many of us felt a change was imminent back in the 90s, but the wheels of politically charged bureaucracies turn slowly, and the public was generally not concerned enough to take action. Many of us moved on because time was passing us by. Now is different, though. There is change afoot! I’m sure more years in development are required, but the decks are being cleared.

    The (Further) Case for the Free Market in Education – Foundation for Economic Education

    The (Further) Case for the Free Market in Education – Foundation for Economic Education

    While you are at it, review some of Peter Gray’s work.

  • Research Public Domain

    Here is helpful documentation with many useful links for researching public domain and copyright law. I would like to find a public domain project to breathe new life into this year. I love the idea of the detective work required to find the perfect project.

    Public Domain Day 2023 | Duke University School of Law

    Public Domain Day 2023 | Duke University School of Law

  • Email Newsletter Examples – Go WordPress

    Like with other creative endeavors, your newsletter creation skills expand when you read newsletters in the first place. But, since so much of the action happens in emails, it’s easy to miss out on examples that could inspire your own newsletter.

    24 Awesome Email Newsletter Examples (And What Makes Them Great) – Go WordPress

    Looking at setting up my next newsletter and thinking of ideas. The above-referenced post is great for the brainstorming stage. I also recommend Aweber for email newsletters. Not every small business owner can afford to invest in email marketing right away. But they still need to be able to connect with their customers and prospects. That is why AWeber is now available to everyone. Start for free and quickly grow your business ⏤ no time restrictions, no credit card required. Create your free account today via my affiliate link.