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TWiT 196: Flesh Colored Tape

by Jonathan Downin in Tech1090 days ago

With Leo, Dvorak and Dan Bricklin being the only people on this week, we get a lot more reminiscing than topical discussion.  While this is fun occasionally it really makes you appreciate the usual structure. One thing the guys do go into is the recent survey that reveals that although internet video is cutting into traditional TV viewing, it is moving at a rather slow crawl.  TV still takes up 98.8% of the market, while over-the-internet streaming still only accounts for 1.1%.  No wonder the big studios are still largely motivated by tradition...

TWiT 195: A Series Of Tube Tops

by Jonathan Downin in Tech1096 days ago

Another great episode of TWiT this week.  It’s nice that Leo mixes up the group a lot and having Dvorak on the show is always a good thing. If you haven’t heard about Wolfram Alpha yet Leo and the group talk about it this week.  As they iterate time and time again, it is not a search engine.  It’s purpose is to be able to provide statistical data for anything you are looking for.  It is a first of its kind and while it isn’t quite there yet, it is a pretty amazing service in theory.  GO check it out and you may be surprised...

TWiT 191: Corked

by Jonathan Downin in Tech1124 days ago

Twitter has been picking up steam at a pretty insane rate in recent weeks.  With the Ashton Kutcher/CNN situation and now Oprah joining twitter there is a backlash brewing from many tech enthusiasts. The Susan Boyle video has taken the internet by storm and the guys here don’t think it’s kosher.  Dvorak is especially convinced that the whole performance was architected.  It has come out that she has released a CD before.  She is an amazing singer regardless. It is an absolute Twitter explosion on the Show and Dvorak is having none...

TWiT 190: Gripping Jobs

by Jonathan Downin in Tech1132 days ago

It’s very small group this week with just Dvorak, Wil Harris and Neha Tiwari on the show.  For those of you who don’t know Neha, she has been around since the Tech TV days and has done a few shows since with a new show named V01d coming soon. Insiders at Apple insist that Steve Jobs has been involved in all big decisions at the company during his absence and that he is still on track to return in June.  His leave is already more than half over so we will soon know how things are going to shake out. The talk of the last part of the...

TWiT 188: Judge Mental

by Jonathan Downin in Tech1146 days ago

There is the requisite Twitter talk up-front here.  Has Twitter jumped the shark?  The noise to real information ratio is pretty high and is just getting worse as its popularity grows. There are so many topics in this one.  This is a three person affair, and with Leo and John drinking it feels like friends talking tech at a pub.  It’s actually a nice change of pace to the normal TWiT. Leo is pretty excited about OnLive.  He makes a great point when he says he doesn’t think this is aimed at the hardcore.  The people who want to...

TWiT 185: TWiTs in Space

by Jonathan Downin in Tech1160 days ago

In this weeks episode Leo talks to David Prager who not only had his house invaded by someone he doesn’t know, but instead of calling the police he Twittered and started a UStream to chronicle the situation.  Say what you will about the way he handled it, it is extremely interesting and a real sign of the web 2.0 era we are living in. Kevin Rose’s new website wefollow.com is talked about here.  If you haven’t taken a look at it, it is a central directory of Twitter accounts divided into relevant categories.  You can add yourself...

TWiT 184: Hard Times For Hard Copy

by Jonathan Downin in Tech1174 days ago

Print media has been slowly losing steam and now it is quickly dying.  With recent closings around the country of many long-running newspapers, people in print must be pretty nervous. A pretty good discussion on the Kindle 2 here. Alex Lindsay predicts that we will see an iPhone/iPod Touch device from Apple in the same form-factor as the Kindle by July of this year.  Everyone is still waiting for the mythical Apple tablet.  With the app store and mobile OS X in place, it seems like the posibility is increasingly becoming more and more likely. Apple...

TWiT 182: Have You Met The Internet?

by Jonathan Downin in Tech1188 days ago

Leo usually streams live video of his shows over Stickam at twitlive.tv, but it seem they are having some technical issues over there so it is not up at the moment. John C. Dvorak makes an interesting point about journalism in this episode.  He says that it is actually easier to write a lot of articles a month rather than a few.  It is just the nature of “getting in the groove.”  That’s a concept that isn’t lost around here. Sirius possibly going bankrupt; Pioneer dropping TVs; when is all of this going to turn back around? ...

TWiT 181: I Am Not Spock

by Jonathan Downin in Tech1195 days ago

Bill Gates releasing mosquitoes into the audience at the TED conference is the craziest thing I have heard all week.  I understand that he wanted to make a point and raise awareness about malaria, but that is FAR from the best way to do it.  As John C Dvorak put it, “That was a dick move.” I have talked about it a lot in many posts recently, but the Kindle 2 is becoming more of a reality day by day.  Looks slick and really, really thin. The topic of print media dying has been a popular talking point for more than two years now. ...

TWiT 179: Retail Therapy

by Jonathan Downin in Tech1208 days ago

Right up front the crew is talking about the business prospect of giving content away for free and what that means on the business side of things.  How is it that the big guys don’t understand that getting content out there will almost always have a positive influence on sales? The 1 second commercial idea for this year’s Super Bowl is interesting.  It’s just another sign of the changing landscape of advertising. On a technical note, this week’s episode is a little echo-y, quite out of the norm for TWiT. Update 01/26 @...

TWiT 178: Call Of Doody

by Jonathan Downin in Tech1216 days ago

Back to a very classic team on this week’s TWiT. Dvorak is constantly on target with his insights.  He has been around for a long time and is still up on what’s happening in the tech scene on a daily basis. An interesting discussion on the future of Apple here. 3 out of the 4 think Apple will be worse off 2 years after Jobs has left, assuming he doesn’t come back. I gotta agree to some extent. Apple and Microsoft have become more interesting companies than they have been since the 80s. Steve Jobs’ illness hiatus, Windows...

TWiT 177: There’s A Little Shatner In All Of Us

by Jonathan Downin in Tech1223 days ago

We get a great TWiT this week.  So many exciting topics are covered with so many great people.  Leo really is the only one in the industry that can consistently get these kind of guests. A lot of people are probably getting Macworld and CESed out.  This should be close to the last of the coverage. LeVar Burton!!!  Jordi Laforge!  And more importantly– Reading Rainbow!  Amazing! Highlights from CES and Macworld, Windows 7, Palm Pre, the Digital TV conversion, and more. Runtime – 1:21:06 Link (TWiT)

TWiT 176: The Fat Middle

by Jonathan Downin in Tech1230 days ago

Like everyone else, the TWiT crew really has nothing to talk about, except for CES and Macworld stuff.  The anticipation seems to be killing everyone. Windows 7 looks great and Apple’s ______ looks (fill in the blank).  It’s funny how the two big players in the tech world operate so differently.  No matter what happens, things should be interesting in the tech world for the next few days. CES and Macworld predictions, iPhone Nano, Windows 7, iFart, dead Zune day, and more. Runtime – 1:08:49 Link (TWiT)

TWiT 175: Highlights And Lowlifes 2008

by Jonathan Downin in Tech1237 days ago

We are lucky enough to get a clip show on this weeks episode of TWiT.  When it comes to a weekly show, making a clip show is incredibly time consuming and labor intensive so it great to get this one. Listening to all of these clips makes me glad I put TWiT in the top 5 that I put out a few days ago.  The discussion here is great with so many different points of view from so many people.  You absolutely will not find another tech podcast with a better roster than this. A selection of good and bad TWiT clips from 2008, featuring many of this year’s...

TWiT 173: Dvoracanis

by Jonathan Downin in Tech1251 days ago

The last TWiT of the year is creeping up.  Next week’s show will be a previously recorded show with John Hodgman and the week after will be a “best of.” I have heard the many don’t like Calacanis, but I find him quite interesting.  He always has strong view and thinks he knows exactly what he is talking about, so I can see how he could rub some the wrong way. Battery life, Google editing, LeWeb’08, and a look back at 2008. Runtime – 1:34:54 Link (TWiT)

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