Special Report - Who's Your GoDaddy!? Round 2
I have some important follow-up to my last post about the GoDaddy issue. Back on Friday, July 17, I posted to the blog here the lack of responsiveness that we got regarding what seemed to be pretty clearly a configuration issue on GoDaddy's mail servers. I'm including my written email to their support below, as well as the eventual written response that I got from their Office of the President as well. Late ...

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Ep. 235 - Matt Richtel's Idle Hands!
TOPIC: Pulitzer prize winning journalist and author Matt Richtel comes on-air to discuss his newest book and the fate of our brains, on tech! Plus, Jay Garmon gives us another zinger with this geek trivia question: How many mommies and daddies did Dolly, the famous cloned sheep have? We would've like to spend more time with Matt and Jay, but don't mind getting one coolsite in anyways: Intel's Museum of Me - I...

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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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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. 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. 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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Ep. 217 - Facebook for Old Folks!
TOPIC: Dave and Mike have a GREAT time with return victim ... errm, guest that is, Mike Miller! He talks to us about his new book Facebook for Grownups (or as I like to call it - "Facebook for Old Folks"). This wouldn't really be TechTalk without our good friend Jay Garmon as he asks us this toughy: What classic board game was used by the Allies to help rescue POW's during WWII? We wind up with just enough t...

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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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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. 296 - Singularity Rising Author James Miller
TOPIC: The coming AI singularity - that point when the growth of non-human intelligence surpasses our ability to control (even understand it) is coming. Do you know how it will affect you, and what you can do about it? This week we have a fantastic conversation with author James Miller about his new book Singularity Rising ... tune in to find out if you should be excited, afraid, or both! Jay Garmon hits us up ...

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Ep. 217 – Facebook for Old Folks!

Mike Miller Facebook for Grownups [ 57:23 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (321)

TOPIC: Dave and Mike have a GREAT time with return victim … errm, guest that is, Mike Miller! He talks to us about his new book Facebook for Grownups (or as I like to call it – “Facebook for Old Folks”).

This wouldn’t really be TechTalk without our good friend Jay Garmon as he asks us this toughy:

What classic board game was used by the Allies to help rescue POW’s during WWII?

We wind up with just enough time for a few coolsites of the day – enjoy!

Art Project by Google – What can’t Google do? Check out some fine art up close and personal – without leaving your seat!

Podcast only song this week is Static Waves by Andrew Bell feat. Katie Herzig!

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Special Report - Who's Your GoDaddy!? Round 2

Ep. 235 - Matt Richtel's Idle Hands!

Ep. 288 - Alexandre Montagu on Intellectual Property

Ep. 249 - Klout Exec Megan Berry

Episode 114 - Matt Richtel and Your Email Footprint

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

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

Ep. 217 - Facebook for Old Folks!

Ep. 223 - Nextworth's Robert Wesley!

Ep. 300 - Alex Knapp of Forbes and Asteroid Contingency Planning

Ep. 230 - Transhuman Much?

Ep. 296 - Singularity Rising Author James Miller

Ep. 217 – Facebook for Old Folks!

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