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Episode 114 - Matt Richtel and Your Email Footprint
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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. 288 - Alexandre Montagu on Intellectual Property
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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. 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. 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. 298 - PBS American Experience's "Silicon Valley" Filmmaker...
TOPIC: Fabulous show this week, as we get a sneak peek and in-depth discussion about the upcoming documentary "Silicon Valley." Randall MacLowry gives us his take on the genesis of not only the technologies and hardware we depend on every day, but also the innovations to culture and business that men like Robert Noyce (founder of Intel) heralded. The show comes out February 5th on your local PBS station, so set yo...

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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. 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. 230 – Transhuman Much?

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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 don’t even have time for coolsites of the week! We do however get in a great podcast only song “Sadie Hawkin’s Day” by Yip Deceiver.

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