Topic: Media
Recorded live at
Gnomedex 4.0, the Gang digs into audioblogging and podcasting. What's it all about? Is it a fad, a future trend, or here today and to stay? And what about the state of RSS? Is there too much content, a glut of information?
Our special guest, Dave Sifry, founder and CEO of Technorati, will be providing real-time analysis of the political blogosphere for CNN at next week's Democratic National Convention. Dave discusses this announcement and gives us his social and technical insights into Technorati: "tracking patterns of influence and authority in real time." 140+ servers give Technorati a huge grid-computing system, and Dave explains how their technology is different from traditional search engines. On open-source software, "We wouldn't exist without it." He even goes deep into the Postgres/MySQL debate.
Are your CD-R backups safe? Think they'll last a long time? Think again! Listen to this interview in which Alex tells the secrets of CD-R media, burners and techniques:
Are there differences between CD-R media?
Are store-brand generic discs good enough?
Is a fast CD-R (48x, 52x) better than a slower one?
Which combination of media and burner speeds is most reliable?
What's the best way to label CD-R media?
The answers may surprise you.
Not only has the company carved out a leading position in the nascent niche of blogging tools, its founders, Ben and Mena Trott, have aquired personal reputations among their customers and critics alike. Prior to version 3.0, Movable Type was donation-ware and the average contribution was only US$0.38. Now they're dealing with the controversy surrounding TypeKey, their hosted identity service for weblog comments. Hasn't Microsoft tried the same thing with Passport? Hear why Ben and Mena think TypeKey is different.
If listening to IT Conversations leaves you wanting a chance to speak for yourself, Audioblog.com is a new service that lets you record sound clips for your own weblog. Eric Rice, founder of Audioblog.com, explains why he created Audioblog.com, the technology behind it, and the applications some bloggers have already found for it.
Everything from set-top boxes to digital photography is driving new industry standards for the digital home. The arrival of broadband and wireless technologies is changing the rules. The panel answeres the critical question, does the consumer really want access to their favorite digital entertainment, including recorded TV, photography, movies and music anywhere in the home.
Guests AKMA, Lawrence Lessig and Simon Carless talk about Creative Commons licensing and how bloggers got together over a weekend to produce an audio version of Larry's latest book.
In this energetic interview with IT Conversations' host Doug Kaye, we get to know the personal side of Chris Pirillo and a sense of what makes him tick. He also has a chance to get on his latest soapbox: touting the virtues of content syndication using RSS or Atom.
Dan Gillmor, columnist, San Jose Mercury News, Jeff Jarvis, president & creative director, Advance.net, Jay Rosen, associate professor of journalism, NYU
