GigaOM &#187; Chris Albrecht

RoadMap re-run, our talk with Instagram’s Kevin Systrom

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Hosts: Chris Albrecht and Erica Ogg

00:00 – 17:17 – Eliza Kern and Ryan Kim talk Twitter photo filters and Flickr’s mobile app

17:18 – 17:34 – A message from GigaOM PRO

17:35 – 37:32 – Erica Ogg and Tom Krazit break down Microsoft’s iOS app store spat and whether Apple is breaking down against Google

37:33 – 40:35 – Parting gifts:

Tom recommends former paidContent-er Amanda Natividad’s sandwich cookbooklet

Erica recommends giving the gift of Starbucks giftcards, straight from the Starbucks app

Chris recommends NPR’s All Songs Considered best music of 2012 podcast

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Director Jay Duplass on low-fi movies through high-tech

Election Dissection, Ditching DSL and Dumping the iPad

Sandy’s Social, Infrastructure Impact and Forstall

Commutist interview: Joy of X author Steven Strogatz

Commutist podcast: Patent trolls, Costco ban and Passbook’s home run

Commutist, meet Nerdist, and interview with Chris Hardwick

Paul Tough: How Children Succeed and what you can learn from them

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Commutist podcast: War tweets, Google TV 3 and Nexus 4

Chris Albrecht — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 00:16:44 +0000

On this week’s episode of our weekly podcast, we bring in Mathew Ingram to examine the fascinating and bizarre concept of Israel live tweeting its military actions. And then on a less serious note, we get all Google-y with Janko Roettgers about what the new Google TV 3.0 means for the future of television and Kevin Tofel talks up the Nexus 4 phone and the state of Chrome OS.

(NOTE: We are aware of the audio scratching noise you can sometimes here. We isolated it part-way through the show and it disappears halfway through the first segment. Thank you for your patience!)

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Election Dissection, Ditching DSL and Dumping the iPad

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Hosts: Chris Albrecht and Erica Ogg

0:00 – Israel’s social media offensive

11:37 – Google TV 3.0

26:10 – The Nexus 4 and Chromebooks

34:45 – Parting gifts:

Kevin teaches you how to take a screenshot with a Kindle Paperwhite

Erica likes the Food with Friends app from Foodily in advance of Thanksgiving

Chris wants you know if you were bugged by Skyfall’s hacking scene as much as he was. (email him at podcast at gigaom dot com)

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Director Jay Duplass on low-fi movies through high-tech

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Commutist, meet Nerdist, and interview with Chris Hardwick

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Commutist Podcast: Election dissection, ditching DSL and dumping the iPad

Chris Albrecht — Fri, 09 Nov 2012 08:01:27 +0000

It’s an eclectic week on the GigaOM Commutist podcast! First, Laura Owen drops in to talk about traditional and new media coverage of election night. Then Stacey Higginbotham gets wirelined to discuss AT&T cutting its copper loose. And finally, Kevin Tofel explains why he got rid of his iPad … for the iPad mini. Give your Retina screens a break and listen to this week’s episode now!

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Hosts: Chris Albrecht and Erica Ogg

0:00 – 18:04 – The New York Times lagged behind the networks in calling a winner and other media reflections from election night

18:05 – 26:42 – AT&T gives copper the kiss off

26:43 – 41:05 – Is the Mini the better iPad?

41:06 – 44:18 – Parting gifts:

Kevin kinda wishes he had the Fenix ReadySet backup power supply during Sandy

Erica recommends an Atlantic article on the psychology of post-election melodrama

And Chris says you should check out the on-demand video from our recent GigaOM RoadMap conference on design in a continuously connected world

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Commutist interview: Joy of X author Steven Strogatz

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Commutist, meet Nerdist, and interview with Chris Hardwick

Paul Tough: How Children Succeed and what you can learn from them

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Commutist podcast: Sandy’s social, infrastructure impact, and Forstall

Chris Albrecht — Thu, 01 Nov 2012 23:11:00 +0000

Technology provided entirely new ways to witness the destruction caused by Hurricane Sandy. Twitter, Instagram and other social media outlets provided a steady stream of information… and misinformation. Mathew Ingram walks us through the world of real-time news, where everyone is a publisher and not everything can be believed. The damage from Sandy had the potential to move beyond the physical world and into the virtual as data centers on the East Coast battened down their hatches to stay up and running. Barb Darrow explains what was at stake for the web’s infrastructure during the storm and how it all fared. And finally, the winds of change blew hard through Apple’s top executive ranks, Tom Krazit helps us break down who’s out and what that means for the company.

SHOW NOTES:

Hosts: Chris Albrecht and Erica Ogg

0:00 – 0:18 – The social media side of Sandy

0:18 – 0:19 – Watch the GigaOM RoadMap Conference livestream on Nov. 5!

0:20 – 0:27 – The infrastructure impact of Sandy

0:28 – 0:41 – Apple’s executive shuffle

0:42 – 0:44 – Parting gifts

Chris likes The Wirecutter’s guide to emergency gear

Erica orders up the Coaster drinks app

Tom like the stats on 538

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Commutist interview: Joy of X author Steven Strogatz

Commutist podcast: Patent trolls, Costco ban and Passbook’s home run

Commutist, meet Nerdist, and interview with Chris Hardwick

Paul Tough: How Children Succeed and what you can learn from them

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Commutist podcast: Windows 8 Surfaces, and disruption eruption

Chris Albrecht — Fri, 26 Oct 2012 07:01:49 +0000

It was a busy week in tech-land. We covered the iPad Mini launch earlier this week, and now we turn to Microsoft, which launched Windows 8 and its Surface tablet. Kevin Tofel stops by to give you all you need to know about the rumblings from Redmond. Then Mathew Ingram pops in from the Great White North to talk about the downsides of disruptions. Finally, it’s the most wonderful time of the quarter — earnings! Erica Ogg and Tom Krazit run down the numbers for Apple, Amazon and more.

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Hosts: Chris Albrecht and Erica Ogg

0:00:00 – 0:10:10 – Kevin Tofel talks Windows 8 launch and Surface RT tablet

0:10:10 – 0:11:34 – This episode is brought to you by GigaOM RoadMap conference

0:11:35 – 0:25:59 – Mathew Ingram brings the disruption eruption

0:26:00 – 0:38:41 – Earnings! Apple and Amazon

0:38:42 – 0:41:05 – Parting gifts

Tom recommends Yahoo Finance

Erica says the new MacBook Pro Retina 13″ is more diminutive than you’d think

And Chris is off to hear Studio 360′s podcast episode on The Wizard of Oz

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Commutist interview: Joy of X author Steven Strogatz

Commutist podcast: Patent trolls, Costco ban and Passbook’s home run

Commutist, meet Nerdist, and interview with Chris Hardwick

Paul Tough: How Children Succeed and what you can learn from them

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Commutist podcast: Patent trolls, Costco ban and Passbook’s home run

Chris Albrecht — Fri, 12 Oct 2012 07:01:25 +0000

We kick off today’s show with patent trolls: scourge of the tech world, or are they just misunderstood? (Hint: they are not misunderstood.) Jeff John Roberts tells us about the troubles with patent trolls and what we can do about them. Want to know how to get banned from Costco? Derrick Harris says you just need to buy tons of hard drives, like the guys from BackBlaze did. And finally, Apple’s Passbook was a big hit with Major League Baseball fans, but how will smartphones impact America’s pastime? Tom Krazit brings it all home (you’re going to buy more stuff).

SHOW NOTES:

0:00:00 – 0:11:00 – Patent Trollin‘ with Jeff Roberts

0:11:00 – 0:12:00 – This episode is sponsored by the GigaOM RoadMap conference

0:12:00 – 0:22:00 – Backblaze gets banned from Costco

0:22:00 – 0:33:00 – Take me out to the ballgame… with Apple’s Passbook

0:33:00 – 0:36:00 – Parting gifts:

Tom recommends the MLB’s At Bat app

Erica likes Trover for previewing her travels

And for those with kids, Chris recommends the book “Goodnight iPad“

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Commutist podcast: T-Metro, Broadband Caps and Steve Jobs

Chris Albrecht — Fri, 05 Oct 2012 07:01:47 +0000

Is a T-Mobile/MetroPCS merger crazy… or so crazy that it just might work? Is your ISP capping your broadband and what should we do about it? And is it time to let Steve Jobs finally rest in peace? We talk about all this and more on today’s Commutist podcast with special guests Kevin Fitchard, Stacey Higginbotham and Om Malik.

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Hosts: Chris Albrecht and Erica Ogg

0:00:00 – 0:11:00 – Kevin Fitchard explains everything you need to know about a T-Mobile/MetroPCS merger

0:11:00 – 0:12:00 – Today’s episode is sponsored by the GigaOM RoadMap conference

0:12:00 – 0:25:00 – Stacey Higginbotham breaks down broadband caps, and how they could be capping innovation (and here’s her cap chart)

0:25:00 – 0:36:00 – Om Malik discusses why we just can’t let go of Steve Jobs, one year after his death

0:36:00 – 0:38:00 – Parting gifts

Erica likes the WiThings home blood pressure monitor

And Chris recommends aspiring writers listen to the Nerdist Writers Panel podcast

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Commutist podcast: Apple’s iO-mess, dirty data centers and Tesla

Chris Albrecht — Fri, 28 Sep 2012 07:01:21 +0000

Do you know the way to San Jose? Apple Maps might not and has made an iO-Mess of the company’s new operating system launch, Tom Krazit stops by the Commutist podcast to point us in the right direction on the topic. And our cleantech editor, Katie Fehrenbacher, talks about the controversy over a New York Times piece on dirty data centers as well as Tesla’s supercharger and slow production. But wait, there’s more, we also talk with Alec Saunders, the guy behind Blackberry’s long-distance REO Speedwagon dedication to devs.

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Hosts: Chris Albrecht and Erica Ogg

0:00:00 – 0:14:42 – Do you know where you’re going to? Will Apple Maps be the one that’s showing you?

0:14:43 – 0:24:27 – What’s the deal with dirty data centers?

0:24:28 – 0:26:44 – the Commutist is sponsored this week by the GigaOM RoadMap conference.

0:26:45 – 0:33:40 – Tesla supercharges your car, but not its production

0:33:41 – Parting gifts:

Katie has a good experience with both SideCar and Lyft car services.

Erica says don’t throw out the case for the new earpods! Keep it around for handy, tangle-free storage.

Chris talks with Alec Saunders of Blackberry’s super sincere version of REO Speedwagon’s Keep On Lovin’ You.

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The Commutist episode 2: Apple’s event and why an LTE iPhone is a big deal

Chris Albrecht — Fri, 14 Sep 2012 07:01:15 +0000

The Commutist is a weekly GigaOM podcast giving you all the tech news and analysis you need to know on your way into work.

With Apple’s big iPhone 5 event this week, what other tech news is there to cover? We give you the big takeaways and explain why Apple’s LTE move means more than just speed. Also, a quick heads up that The Commutist is now available on iTunes!

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