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OK for serious this time

Jerry Brito — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 02:42:44 +0000

In this episode of In Conversation: We’re back I guess, DAT tapes, Steve Jobs, Google TV, Microsoft, Robert Reich and nuking the oil spill, tech sabbaths, Steve Case, Law & Order, and a bunch of other crap. If you’re still subscribed to this thing, do us a big favor and just say yeah in the comments.

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The Triumphant Return, Again

Jerry Brito — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 04:48:25 +0000

In this episode of In Conversation: Robert Nozick, Boston, air assault school and dodging shoes, Carter, Hamas, and Jesse Jackson, Chicago corruption, Marion Barry, weddings and our iPhone cake, Wisconsin’s drinking age, alleged serial killers, death and violence, genetic memory, and personal transparency.

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The Triumphant Return

Jerry Brito — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 01:38:15 +0000

In this episode of In Conversation: are game consoles the new PCs, the Apollo moon-shot computers, Cord’s massive waste of bagels for his bourgeois amusement in NC, alligator kayaking, the temerity of disabled and obese people, Battalk, modern conceptions of beauty, and magazines and the Amazon Kindle.

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Iron Conversation

Jerry Brito — Wed, 07 May 2008 23:41:12 +0000

In this episode of In Conversation we’re joined by metallurgist Ray Lehman to talk about Cord going hiking, Iron Man, St. Baldrick’s Day, Iron Man, selling out, Iron Man, insurance for Hollywood productions, Iron Man, hunky Patrick Dempsey, Iron Man, nuclear energy, and Iron Man.

We were also joined by some lurkers listening live via Ustream. If you want to be notified when you can listen live, follow Jerry or Cord on Twitter. Don’t forget to post a comment and let use know what you think. And don’t forget to subscribe to the podcast feed.

Zen Conversation

Jerry Brito — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 23:35:51 +0000

In this episode of In Conversation we discuss cleaning house, zen and meditation, Wordpress and blogging, Facebook and Twitter spam (check out twerpscan.com) our friends in Iraq, Cord’s super-secret conference and intimate groups, InConversationCon 2011, RSS and Yahoo! Pipes, Grand Theft Auto 4, and publish then filter.

Nerds in space

Jerry Brito — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 04:44:26 +0000

In this episode of In Conversation we’re joined by space expert Berin Szoka to talk about space, legos, and space legos, as well as robots and other Roombas, Big Dog and other military robotics, beaming solar power from space back to earth, an extension of the life extension conversation, even more on the Power of Twitter, and Jott.

In Conversation goes to the movies

Jerry Brito — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 22:33:12 +0000

In this week’s episode, web developer to the stars PJ Doland joins us to talk about nerd flicks including The Watchmen, Iron Man, and the Incredible Hulk. Plus he tells us why Star Wars isn’t all that. We also talk more media, including the YouTube series “We Need Girlfriends,” NBC’s crappy fall line-up. Other topics include Cord’s correspondence with Robert X. Cringely, whether unlimited means unlimited, the Clinton’s income disclosures, the Warner $5 music tax proposal, Hulu, digital distribution, and the inevitable talk about DRM.

On this episode we also took questions and comments from folks listening live via Ustream. If you want to be notified when you can listen live, follow Jerry or Cord on Twitter. Don’t forget to post a comment and let use know what you think. And don’t forget to subscribe to the podcast feed.

Wired and frozen

Jerry Brito — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 01:31:35 +0000

In this episode, adventures at Tech Policy Summit 2008, Cord harshes on L.A., Ray Kurzweil, transhumanism and the singularity (book picks: Great Mambo Chicken and the Transhuman Condition and Altered Carbon), life extension, Apple vs. Google (as if), airport time as a mini-retreat, and why children should be segregated on planes.

Please post a comment and let use know what you think. And don’t forget to subscribe to the podcast feed. Next week we’ll be broadcasting live and taking your questions. If you want to be notified when we’re on the air, follow Jerry on Twitter.

The tech triad

Jerry Brito — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 02:03:16 +0000

In this episode, renowned web personality Tim Lee joins us to discuss the sneaky Safari update for Windows, is the stimulus payment a welfare check, Twitter and other low-intensity, low-cost web technologies, Cord’s mystery conference, FriendFeed vs. Facebook and open vs. closed, the viability of Mahalo.com, Clay Shirky’s new book Here Comes Everybody, distributed campaign phone banks (really amazing), and hipster hating. Please post a comment and let use know what you think. And don’t forget to subscribe to the podcast feed.

Nerd improvement

Jerry Brito — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 03:13:55 +0000

In this episode, Cord wonders why websites can’t be truly off-the-shelf, while Jerry obsesses over goofy Web 2.0 stuff that Cord’s still skeptical about. Also: Murphy’s Law and the Peter Principle, Napoleon Dynamite vs. the Wes Anderson oeuvre, web ads, why Elliott Spitzer’s unsafe at any speed, and nerds can fix things, so why can’t you? Please post a comment and let use know what you think. And don’t forget to subscribe to the podcast feed.