• 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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  • 7-22-2009 10-43-50 AM

    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. 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. 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. 247 - NYT Tech Writer Nick Bilton

    TOPIC:     Mike fights through a bad headcold to bring an excellent show to your ears - thanks mostly to his guests of course!  Lead technology writer for the New York Times and author of the book "I Live in the Future & Here's How it Works" Nick Bilton comes on for a solid half hour of cerebral social networking discussion, and we have Scott Andraschko, Director of IT for the Round Lake Area Schools as a spec...
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  • 300

    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. 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. 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!

    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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  • 9algorithms

    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. 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. 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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Posts tagged klout

Ep. 275 – Apple App-a-geddon!

Jul 13th

Posted by TechTalk in mike and dave

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Appageddon [ 1:03:14 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (172)

TOPIC:  That’s right Apple lovers, Dave and Mike get yet another chance to break bad on Apple and it’s app store!  We talk a bit about the DNS Changer malware issue, but if you’re reading/listening to this you’ve probably got it sorted out already anyways.  Jay Garmon gets beat up a bit (not too bad) but still sticks with us to share this gem:

How many missing space shuttle mission numbers are there?

  • WordHippo: Great collection of word tools – definitions, synonyms, antonyms, and more!

Podcast only song of the week is “Cocaine Blues” by Escort … extra bluesy!

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Ep. 249 – Klout Exec Megan Berry

Nov 7th

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Klout and Megan Berry [ 58:50 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (236)

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 improving your Klout score today!

Jay “Encyclopedia Garmonica” helps boost our Klout scores by providing yet another fabulous geek trivia question:

Who first thought he had discovered element #94 (now known as Plutonium), and what did he call it?

There’s even time for a couple cool sites of the week!

  • Klout – Social impact measurment!
  • GoMiles – Keep track of all those mileage programs and points in one place!
  • SparkLines – Cool cell graphing feature from Excel 2010, now available in 2007 and 2003!

Great podcast only song of “Sleepyhead” by Passion Pit this week!

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