Ep. 291 - Do Facts Have a Half-Life? Sam Arbesman Says "Yes!"
TOPIC: We have a great interview today with the author of the book "The Half-Life of Facts," Sam Arbesman! It's a fascinating and deep book, and Sam does a wonderful job of explaining how all of the "facts" we know are constantly being overturned ... and that this is occurring at a mathematically definable rate. If that scares you, don't worry, we also spend a lot of time talking about Popeye, astronomy, and who e...

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Ep. 257 - 9 Algorithms That Changed the Future
TOPIC: Dave and Mike have a great time, joined by John MacCormick discussing his new book "9 Algorithms That Changed the Future"! John breaks down the basics of everything from Euclid's algorithm to modern day cryptography, web search and compression and somehow makes it accessible and easy to understand. If you've ever been mystified and impressed by all the goings-on that must be happening in that electronic ...

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Ep. 195 - Mark Frauenfelder's "Made by Hand"
TOPIC: You may have seen him on "The Colbert Show," but you'll actually get to listen to him on TechTalk! We explore some of the deeper avenues of what it means to be DIY, why it's happening now, and what part Mark Frauenfelder, former engineer and founder of boingboing.net is playing in it today. It's a true "don't-miss" interview for the TechTalk guys, and Mark's newest book "Made by Hand: Searching for M...

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Episode 114 - Matt Richtel and Your Email Footprint
TOPIC: August 16th, 2008 (A CLASSIC FROM OUR ARCHIVES) - This week's geek trivia winner receives a copy of Matt Richtel's "Hooked", and then we talk to the author himself about the craziness of a monkey-style brain trying to recreate it's arboreal roots via electronic stimulation. No, really. And yes, it does make sense! Of course we've got our awesome cool sites of the week - www.criminalsearches.com will expose...

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Ep. 288 - Alexandre Montagu on Intellectual Property
TOPIC: Alexandre Montagu, founder of MontaguLaw - a leading intellectual property law firm - joins us to talk about all things IP! Did you know that the color red can be considered intellectual property, and sued over? We don't stick with fashion, but have a very interesting and in-depth discussion about what IP is and how it affects you and the technologies you use every day. We even have time to freewheel some ...

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Ep. 249 - Klout Exec Megan Berry
TOPIC: Wondering what your true impact in the (online) world is? Don't know how "social" you are? Klout exec Megan Berry is here to clear up any confusion you may have and help elevate you to 50+ Klout ranking overnight! OK, maybe not - even the guys at TechTalk can't seem to get higher than mid 40's - but Megan does a fantastic job of explaining what all the fuss is about and why you should be interested in i...

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Ep. 300 - Alex Knapp of Forbes and Asteroid Contingency Planning
TOPIC: Wow! Episode 300 ... and what a great one it is too! Oddly enough, our tricentennial goes unremarked, either through excessive humility or rampant obliviousness (long time listeners of the show will be placing their bets on obliviousness), but with Dave "Sparky" Saganaki, good friend Jay Garmon and new friend of the show Alex Knapp of Forbes magazine tech and blog fame, this is an outstanding reflection on t...

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Ep. 230 - Transhuman Much?
TOPIC: Just Mike this week, but in addition to all his regular junk he manages to squeeze in a fascinating interview with Braden Allenby and David Sarewitz, authors of the book "The Techno-Human Condition." Jay Garmon finally joins us again and regains our trust with some awesome geek trivia (as usual)! Why will the final shuttle mission in July have only 4 crew members? We have such a great conversation we d...

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Ep. 172 - Total Recall sans Arnie
TOPIC: Jim Gemmell scares the h-e-double hockey sticks out of Dave and our station manager when he talks about how the e-memory revolution, lifelogging, and cloud-based information storage is going to change your life! He and Gordon Bell, both of Microsoft, have written a not-so-little book called "Total Recall," and we really get into the nitty-gritty of what the coming decade could mean to you - and how you can g...

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Ep. 194 - Tom Standage and The Economist's Technology Quarterly
TOPIC: The title of this one pretty much says it all, but doesn't give you a hint at what an awesome guest Tom was! We don't have nearly the time needed to get into all the cool stories from the Economist's special Technology Quarterly insert (though we give it that old college try), but Tom's promised to come back next quarter and fill us in again! Jay Garmon does his usual great job at keeping us on our g...

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Ep. 223 - Nextworth's Robert Wesley!
TOPIC: Dave's back and just in time for us to have a great show! Not only does Mike get in a nice rant on how not worth living life is without a smart phone, but Robert Wesley of NextWorth.com joins us for a fantastic discussion of what you should do with all that old - or gently used - tech ... including finding out if any of it is really worth anything at all! Of course we're able to find time for Jay Garmon w...

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Episode 130 - Parry Aftab's Happy Safemas!
TOPIC: December 20 - It's almost Christmas, everyone's shopping is at full gear, and Parry Aftab, the "angel of the Internet", is here to make sure you surf safely into the new year! Plus a great holiday-themed Geek Trivia from Jay Garmon, and a very special guest contributor - "The Fixer" - with some fixer-approved cool sites! Have a merry, blessed and SAFE Christmas this year! Oh, and don't forget our very...

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Ep. 152 – Geeks on Bikes!

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TOPIC: A surprise party of guests this week, as we talk to the pair behind ‘Real Geeks Ride‘ – a cross-country biking adventure to raise awareness of the fact that geeks do ride, and that riding a bike to work is possible for everyone! We also get Jay “Geek Trivia” Garmon back and he wows us with a specially crafted space-oriented trivia question that will really make you think!

The coolsites of the week just keep getting better, and this week we’ve got:

Bubbl.us – Like the ever-popular Mindmeister, this mindmapping software will let you get it all out of your head and someplace usable; Bubbl.us makes it about as easy as can be with cute bubbles and – of course – free mapping!
MonkeyOn – Put a monkey on somebody else’s back for a change! Schedule reminders and tasks for other people and keep bugging them until they get ‘er done!

The podcast only song of the week is “The Future is Where We Belong” by the Hotpipes.

biking, environment, fitness, green, gtd, health

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Ep. 291 - Do Facts Have a Half-Life? Sam Arbesman Says "Yes!"

Ep. 257 - 9 Algorithms That Changed the Future

Ep. 195 - Mark Frauenfelder's "Made by Hand"

Episode 114 - Matt Richtel and Your Email Footprint

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Episode 130 - Parry Aftab's Happy Safemas!

Ep. 152 – Geeks on Bikes!

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Ep. 308 – Dr. Farzad Mostashari, National Coordinator for Health IT

Ep. 258 – Healthcare Technology and Mobility

Ep. 195 – Mark Frauenfelder’s “Made by Hand”

Ep. 190 – Google Heil!

Episode 147 – Fun, Fun, Fun (and getting things done)!

Episode 123 – Taglocity CEO Dave Towert

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