(T+A #18) Technology and the Arts: 8/29/2007

(T+A #18) Technology and the Arts: 8/29/2007

Guest Whitney Hoffman, lead organizer of PodCamp Philly, talks about the three-day event taking place at Drexel University in Philadelphia, Sept. 7-9, 2007, as well as how she Other topics of discussion include a look at various flow charts on the Web, WordPress MU, Wal-Mart’s move to sell DRM-free music online, Google Sky and the upcoming NASAimages.org. Hosts: Brian Kelley, John LeMasney. File size: 18 MB. Time: 38 min., 37 sec.

Show Notes for Technology and the Arts Podcast #18

Guest Whitney Hoffman, lead organizer of PodCamp Philly, talks about the three-day event taking place at Drexel University in Philadelphia, Sept. 7-9, 2007, as well as how she Other topics of discussion include a look at various flow charts on the Web, WordPress MU, Wal-Mart’s move to sell DRM-free music online, Google Sky and the upcoming NASAimages.org. Hosts: Brian Kelley, John LeMasney. File size: 18 MB. Time: 38 min., 37 sec.

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Featured Links

• PodCamp Philly – Learn more about this three-day event, taking place at Drexel University in Philadelphia, Sept. 7-9, 2007…or go directly to the PodCamp Philly wiki to register.
• LD Podcast – The home for guest Whitney Hoffman’s weekly podcast about all aspects of learning disabilities and kids who struggle in school.

Other links related to this episode:

• crumb.tumblr.com – John LeMasney’s tumble log.
• bktandem.tumblr.com – Brian Kelley’s tumble log.
• John and Brian recorded this podcast at Panera Bread at Nassau Park Pavilion in West Windsor, N.J.
• Brian again discusses the plight of the Robert J. Novins Planetarium at Ocean County College in Toms River, N.J., and mentions the Reach for the Stars campaign.
• John discusses various flow charts and decision trees he has found online and has posted on his Tumblr site.
• John talks about installing WordPress MU (multi-user) at Rider University.
• Wal-Mart joins the DRM-free revolution by selling music free of copy-protection software for 94 cents per track.
• Google Earth now looks into deep space with a new Sky view.
• NASA and the Internet Archive are collaborating on NASAimages.org, which will become a huge public gallery of NASA’s decades of space photography and video.

The Technology and the Arts podcast takes an extra week off for the Labor Day holiday and for Brian’s attendance at PodCamp Philly. The podcast will return Sept. 19.

(T+A #17) Technology and the Arts: 8/15/2007

(T+A #17) Technology and the Arts: 8/15/2007

In this installment of the Technology and the Arts podcast, topics discussed include Universal Music Group’s plan to sell DRM-free music online, the ReacTable and an Oxford University professor’s theory that we may all exist in a computer simulation being run in the future. Hosts: Brian Kelley, John LeMasney. File size: 6.5 MB. Time: 13 min., 25 sec.

Show Notes for Technology and the Arts Podcast #17

In this installment of the Technology and the Arts podcast, topics discussed include Universal Music Group’s plan to sell DRM-free music online, the ReacTable and an Oxford University professor’s theory that we may all exist in a computer simulation being run in the future. Hosts: Brian Kelley, John LeMasney. File size: 6.5 MB. Time: 13 min., 25 sec.

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Note: Be forewarned…Brian recorded this podcast solo.

Links related to this episode:

• crumb.tumblr.com – John LeMasney’s tumble log.
• bktandem.tumblr.com – Brian Kelley’s tumble log.
• Universal Music Group becomes the latest — and biggest — major record label to start selling songs online without digital rights management (DRM) protection…but doesn’t include iTunes in the “promotion.”
• Bjork used it on her recent tour and now Gizmodo shows some love to the incredible ReacTable surface computer/synthesizer.
  
• Oxford University philosopher Nick Bostrom thinks there is a “20 percent chance” that we are all living in a computer simulation being run in the future by what he calls “posthumans.” If that is the case, we better hope the computer isn’t running Windows Vista. Read about it on Gizmodo or peruse the original New York Times article.

(T+A #16) Technology and the Arts: 8/1/2007

(T+A #16) Technology and the Arts: 8/1/2007

In this installment of the Technology and the Arts podcast, topics of discussion include a Wired How-to wiki on “How to Explain DRM to Your Dad,” a guide to photographer’s rights, 10 ways to become a self-taught master through autodidacticism, an IT professional who wrote a book on his cell phone during his daily commute, and WXPN’s upcoming countdown of the 885 Most Memorable Musical Moments…plus more. Hosts: Brian Kelley, John LeMasney. File size: 10 MB. Time: 21 min., 20 sec.

Show Notes for Technology and the Arts Podcast #16

NOTE: I apologize for being a day late with this…we tried yet another way to record our conversation — this time using Apple’s iChat. Thankfully, I saved a copy of the GarageBand file because I had to refer to that file more than once to rebuild some recordings that I had inadvertently lost during the editing process. So between editing delays and not being around an Internet connection last night, I didn’t have much of a chance to get this online. – Brian

In this installment of the Technology and the Arts podcast, topics of discussion include a Wired How-to wiki on “How to Explain DRM to Your Dad,” a guide to photographer’s rights, 10 ways to become a self-taught master through autodidacticism, an IT professional who wrote a book on his cell phone during his daily commute, and WXPN’s upcoming countdown of the 885 Most Memorable Musical Moments…plus more. Hosts: Brian Kelley, John LeMasney. File size: 10 MB. Time: 21 min., 20 sec.

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Featured Links

• Wired How-to wiki on “How to Explain DRM to Your Dad.”
• The Photographer’s Right is a downloadable guide that is loosely based on the Bust Card and the Know Your Rights pamphlet that used to be available on the ACLU website. It may be downloaded and printed out using Adobe Acrobat Reader. You may make copies and carry them your wallet, pocket, or camera bag to give you quick access to your rights and obligations concerning confrontations over photography.
• A recent study found obesity may be socially contagious. While this may have nothing to do with Technology and the Arts, it does have something to do with the hosts.
• DumbLittleMan.com shows you 10 ways to become a self-taught master through autodidacticism.
• An IT professional in Italy wrote a 384-page science fiction novel…during his daily commute…on his cell phone! And published it at Lulu.com.
• Want free content? Try your local library…and it’s legal!
• Congress is blaming P2P file sharing for national security leaks…why are national secrets on computers that can be accessed by P2P file sharing services?
• Philly’s 88.5 FM WXPN will be counting down its list of 885 Most Memorable Musical Moments in October. Visit the link to submit your moment…or read about Brian’s MMMM.