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Podcast: Instagram’s Twit-storm, Netflix nabs Disney, Gmail’s pretty iPad app

Chris Albrecht — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 23:55:52 +0000

It was an interesting week, to say the least, in the consumer tech space: Mathew Ingram explains how Instagram cropped Twitter out of the picture and what that means for fans of food pictures, Janko Roettgers and Laura Owen break down recent content plays from Netflix and Amazon, and Janko sticks around to chat about the new Gmail and YouTube apps for iOS.

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00:00 – Instagram v. Twitter (bonus: College Humor’s genius Look at this Instagram)

12:54 – Netflix’s Disney deal and Amazon Kindle’s kid content

28:39 – New GMail and YouTube app for iOS

39:33 – Parting gifts:

Erica likes hastheusgoneoffthefiscalcliff.com

Janko looks forward to YouTube on Virgin America flights

Chris just like watching well produced YouTube videos on the big screen

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

iTunes 11, When Things Connect, Sun Volt

What Aspiring New Media Stars Should Know About Agents and Managers

Holiday Gadget Gift Guide

War Tweets, Google TV and Nexus 4

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

Windows 8 Surfaces, and disruption eruption

iPad Mini, iMac gets skinny

Boxee Cloud DVR, Apple Rumors and Chromebook

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

T-Metro, Broadband Caps, Remembering Steve Jobs

Apple’s iO-Mess, Dirty Data Centers and Tesla

News from the Mobilize Conference

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

The iPhone 5 Event

Come on, Kindle, Light My 4G Fire

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

Chris Albrecht — Mon, 03 Dec 2012 22:00:37 +0000

If you weren’t able to attend our GigaOM RoadMap conference last month, we’ve got good news! We will be releasing audio from the show as special edition podcasts over the coming weeks, so you’ll get to hear the great chats we had with the likes of Tumblr’s David Karp, Kickstarter’s Perry Chen and Tesla’s George Blankenship.

We kick things off with Instagram Co-founder and CEO Kevin Systrom’s chat with Om about the power of emotional and social design.

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PREVIOUS EPISODES:
iTunes 11, When Things Connect, Sun Volt

What Aspiring New Media Stars Should Know About Agents and Managers

Holiday Gadget Gift Guide

War Tweets, Google TV and Nexus 4

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

Windows 8 Surfaces, and disruption eruption

iPad Mini, iMac gets skinny

Boxee Cloud DVR, Apple Rumors and Chromebook

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

T-Metro, Broadband Caps, Remembering Steve Jobs

Apple’s iO-Mess, Dirty Data Centers and Tesla

News from the Mobilize Conference

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

The iPhone 5 Event

Come on, Kindle, Light My 4G Fire

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Podcast: We talk iTunes 11, when “things” connect, and sun Volt

Chris Albrecht — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 00:27:52 +0000

The Commutist podcast gives you all the technology news and analysis you need to know on your way into to work!

On today’s show we talk about the brand spankin’ new iTunes 11 from Apple with Alex Layne, Stacey Higginbotham explains why the “Internet of Things” is both cool and creepy, and Kevin Tofel talks about using his excess electricity to fuel his new Chevy Volt.

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Today’s episode of the Commutist is brought to you by TriNet – the cloud-based HR partner helping startups and small businesses manage payroll, benefits, and employer related risks.”

Hosted by: Chris Albrecht and Erica Ogg

0:00 – The new iTunes!

10:44 – The Internet of Things

22:47 – Kevin enter the Volt-age

31:34 – Parting gifts:

Kevin recommends the book Make: LEGO and Arduino Projects: Projects for extending MINDSTORMS NXT with open-source electronics

Erica Ogg loves tracking her sleep with the Sleep Cycle app

And after reading this piece on Slate, Chris seeks ideas for “wrapping” digital presents

PREVIOUS EPISODES:
What Aspiring New Media Stars Should Know About Agents and Managers

Holiday Gadget Gift Guide

War Tweets, Google TV and Nexus 4

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

Windows 8 Surfaces, and disruption eruption

iPad Mini, iMac gets skinny

Boxee Cloud DVR, Apple Rumors and Chromebook

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

T-Metro, Broadband Caps, Remembering Steve Jobs

Apple’s iO-Mess, Dirty Data Centers and Tesla

News from the Mobilize Conference

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

The iPhone 5 Event

Come on, Kindle, Light My 4G Fire

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Podcast: What aspiring new media stars should know about agents and managers

Chris Albrecht — Mon, 26 Nov 2012 20:01:05 +0000

As a talent agent and manager, George Ruiz has helped launch and guide the careers of some of new media’s biggest names: Felicia Day, Veronica Belmont and Dane Boedigheimer (The Annoying Orange). In this special edition of the Commutist podcast, Ruiz explains what aspiring YouTube stars need to know to attract representation, what to expect when working with an agent or manager, and most importantly, he declares once and for all who is the handsomer Albrecht, his client Alex or myself.

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PREVIOUS EPISODES:
Holiday Gadget Gift Guide

War Tweets, Google TV and Nexus 4

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

Windows 8 Surfaces, and disruption eruption

iPad Mini, iMac gets skinny

Boxee Cloud DVR, Apple Rumors and Chromebook

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

T-Metro, Broadband Caps, Remembering Steve Jobs

Apple’s iO-Mess, Dirty Data Centers and Tesla

News from the Mobilize Conference

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

The iPhone 5 Event

Come on, Kindle, Light My 4G Fire

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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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Apple’s iO-Mess, Dirty Data Centers and Tesla

News from the Mobilize Conference

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

The iPhone 5 Event

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The Commutist podcast: Mobilize! EKGs, Connected cars and Siri

Chris Albrecht — Fri, 21 Sep 2012 04:43:17 +0000

Mobile EKGs! Hi-def videos piped to your car! Calling people and not numbers! We’re at the GigaOM Mobilize conference in San Francisco for this week’s episode of The Commutist. Stacey Higginbotham, Kevin Tofel and Kevin Fitchard gather ’round for a chat about the mobile industry’s past, present and very cool future.

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Host: Chris Albrecht

0:00:50 – 0:02:45 – A quick look back at different predictions and topics covered at previous Mobilize conferences.

0:02:45 – 0:04:39 – Size matters (with screens)

0:04:40 – 0:06:09 – Mobile-first world?

0:06:10 – 0:10:22 – Spectrum crisis! Fewer app requests! Sony games on mobile! The hazards of apps in cars!

0:10:23 – 0:12:46 – Mobile first vs. data first and interoperability.

0:12:47 – 0:14:58 – Apple’s influence.

0:14:59 – 0:16:12 – The Mobile 15.

0:16:13 – 0:18:20 – The role of the carriers.

0:18:21 – 0:21:29 – Voice: the invisible interface.

0:21:30 – 0:25:30 – Calling phone numbers vs. calling people: when talking sucks.

0:25:31 – 0:29:00 Mobile stuff you should know: mobile IVF, do not disturb across devices, MVNO.

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Episode 2: The iPhone 5 Event

Episode 1: Come on, Kindle, Light My 4G Fire

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Commutist podcast: How Children Succeed and what you can learn from them

Chris Albrecht — Tue, 18 Sep 2012 07:01:21 +0000

In reading Paul Tough‘s new book, How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character, it struck me that many of the characteristics Tough talks about in raising a successful child are also hallmarks of successful entrepreneurs. Persistance, the ability to fail, constantly asking questions.

So we asked Tough to stop by the studio and record a special edition of our Commutist podcast. In it, we talk about the similarities between successful kids and startup founders, how super busy Silicon Valley execs can be great parents, and what managers with younger direct reports can learn from his research.

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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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0:00:00 – 0:21:00 – Om Malik joins in to give his takes on what this latest Apple event says about the company.

0:21:00 – 0:37:00 – GigaOM writer Kevin Fitchard breaks down everything you could ever possibly want to know about LTE networks and why Apple’s move into 4G is a big deal.

0:37:00 – 0:40:00 – Parting gifts:

Chris brazenly recommends his own timelapse video from outside the Apple event.

Erica likes the Olloclip lens attachments for the iPhone.

Kevin really likes GoJee for making killer meals from what you have.

The Commutist theme song written and performed by Phil Reno.

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