In Conversation A weekly talk show for nerds

In Conversation goes to the movies

In Podcast on 5 April 2008 with no comments

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

In Podcast on 30 March 2008 with no comments

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

In Podcast on 24 March 2008 with no comments

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

In Podcast on 11 March 2008 with no comments

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.