Technology and the Arts – Ep. 71 (09.12.2014)

Technology and the Arts – Ep. 71 (09.12.2014)

Technology and the Arts – Episode 71 (09.12.2014) features lightly edited audio from a live Google+ Hangout On Air conducted September 8, 2014. This season premiere focuses on cord-cutting—the pros and cons, as well as the tips, tricks and tools of eliminating your cable television provider…and more! File size: 24.9 MB. Time: 50 min., 33 sec. Hosts: Brian Kelley and John LeMasney.

Related links:

• Miscellaneous
  • LeMasney Technology, Design & Training – co-host John LeMasney’s consulting business
  • Atlantic City International Triathlon – co-host Brian Kelley will be competing in his first international/Olympic triathlon (1-mile swim, 20-mile bike ride, 10K run) on Sunday, Sept. 14, 2014.
  • Trenton Half Marathon – Brian will also be running in his first 13.1-mile race on Saturday, Nov. 8, 2014.
• Featured Topic: Cord-Cutting
  • New devices from TiVo and Roku…
    • http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/04/technology/personaltech/new-roku-and-tivo-devices-make-cutting-the-cable-cord-plausible.html?_r=0
    • http://gigaom.com/2013/10/03/tivo-roamio-review/
  • TiVo Mega – $5,000 for 24 terabytes of DVR storage –
    • http://variety.com/2014/digital/news/tivo-unveils-huge-5000-dvr-with-enough-storage-for-three-years-of-tv-1201300560/

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Technology and the Arts – Ep. 70 (03.12.2014)

Technology and the Arts – Ep. 70 (03.12.2014)

Technology and the Arts – Episode 70 (03.12.2014) features lightly edited audio from a live Google+ Hangout On Air conducted March 10, 2014. This special episode focuses on the 39th edition of the Trenton Computer Festival and includes an interview with festival co-founder and chair Dr. Allen Katz from The College of New Jersey, where the event will take place March 15. We also discuss the return of Cosmos to television, Marvel’s Netflix deal and Hoopla, a relatively new library-based streaming media service…and more! File size: 16.2 MB. Time: 1 hr., 5 min., 45 sec. Hosts: Brian Kelley and John LeMasney.

Related Links:

• Trenton Computer Festival
  • Dr. Allen Katz, professor of electrical and computer engineering at The College of New Jersey and TCF co-founder and chair
  • @TCFSHOW – TCF on Twitter
  • TCF on Facebook
  • TCF 2014 Program [pdf]
  • TCF 2014 Speaker Schedule [pdf]
• Hoopla – free streaming media service provided through participating libraries
• Marvel/Netflix deal involving The Defenders — Daredevil, Luke Cage, Iron Fist and Jessica Jones
• Cosmos – the groundbreaking PBS show spearheaded by the late, great Dr. Carl Sagan is reborn for the 21st century on Fox with Seth MacFarlane as executive producer and Neil DeGrasse Tyson as host.

Technology and the Arts – Ep. 66 (09.27.2013)

Technology and the Arts – Ep. 66 (09.27.2013)

Technology and the Arts – Episode 66 (09.27.2013) features lightly edited audio from a live Google+ Hangout On Air conducted September 23, 2013. This installment of the podcast features discussion on technologies libraries need to be aware of and using in today’s world, the praise heaped upon Netflix by Breaking Bad creator Vince Gilligan following the show’s Emmy win for best drama, and the value of Internet radio stations focusing on local music…and more! File size: 15.3 MB. Time: 1 hr., 02 min., 09 sec. Hosts: Brian Kelley and John LeMasney.

Show Notes for Technology and the Arts – Episode 66

Technology and the Arts – Episode 66 (09.27.2013) features lightly edited audio from a live Google+ Hangout On Air conducted September 23, 2013. This installment of the podcast features discussion on technologies libraries need to be aware of and using in today’s world, the praise heaped upon Netflix by Breaking Bad creator Vince Gilligan following the show’s Emmy win for best drama, and the value of Internet radio stations focusing on local music…and more! File size: 15.3 MB. Time: 1 hr., 02 min., 09 sec. Hosts: Brian Kelley and John LeMasney.

John talked about:

• Training he is providing through LibraryLink NJ
• Classes he is teaching at Rider University
• And work-for-advertising opportunities for his consulting business

Brian talked about:

• An update on his participation in a recording of Yoko Ono’s “Silver Horse” by friend/singer-songwriter Christian Beach for an upcoming Main Man Records tribute CD
• A performance of “Silver Horse” during a New Jersey Peace Action Concert for Peace event taking place October 19

Together, they discussed:

• Top technologies libraries should know and use
• “Breaking Bad” creator Vince Gilligan’s post-Emmy praise for Netflix
• The perils of relying on any one online mapping or GPS app.
• New Jersey Internet radio:
  • Altrok – keeping alive the legacy of the long-gone WHTG 106.3 FM, Modern Rock at the Jersey Shore
  • BlowUp Radio – an online radio station that hosts, Banding Together, an annual “webathon” featuring local music artists designed to combat spondylitis.
  • The Penguin Rocks

Here is the webcast version of the episode:
Technology and the Arts 2.0: Series 2, Ep. 7 – 09.23.2013

Technology and the Arts – Ep. 64 (09.13.2013)

Technology and the Arts – Ep. 64 (09.13.2013)

Technology and the Arts – Episode 64 (09.13.2013) features lightly edited audio from a live Google+ Hangout On Air conducted September 10, 2013. This installment of the podcast features discussion of Paul McCartney’s new album and legacy, the recent NASA moon mission launched from the Virginia coast, Evernote, Google’s removal of the video response feature on YouTube, the mostly underwhelming announcement of the iPhone 5c and 5s, new technology and its potential impact on classic works of art, setting up a staging/development site with WordPress…and more! File size: 18.5 MB. Time: 1 hr., 15 min., 25 sec. Hosts: Brian Kelley and John LeMasney.

Technology and the Arts – Ep. 63 (08.30.2013)

Technology and the Arts – Ep. 63 (08.30.2013)

Technology and the Arts – Episode 63 (08.30.2013) features lightly edited audio from a live Google+ Hangout On Air conducted August 27, 2013. This installment of the podcast features a discussion on the NSA’s PRISM spying program, Kevin Spacey’s impassioned defense of the Netflix business model, Facebook’s just-announced shared photo albums, the Iowa City Library Local Music Project…and more. File size: 22.5 MB. Time: 1 hr., 31 min., 30 sec. Hosts: Brian Kelley and John LeMasney.

Show Notes for Technology and the Arts – Episode 63

Technology and the Arts – Episode 63 (08.30.2013) features lightly edited audio from a live Google+ Hangout On Air conducted August 27, 2013. This installment of the podcast features a discussion on the NSA’s PRISM spying program, Kevin Spacey’s impassioned defense of the Netflix business model, Facebook’s just-announced shared photo albums, the Iowa City Library Local Music Project…and more. File size: 22.5 MB. Time: 1 hr., 31 min., 30 sec. Hosts: Brian Kelley and John LeMasney.

John talks about:

• A number of upcoming projects
• LibraryLinkNJ
• Teaching classes at Rider University
• Doodle.com/lemasney
• Arts, Culture, Technology & Community NJ Meetups at ArtWorks Trenton
• The fact that his Chromecast has finally shipped
• 12-year-old Lillian Powers…Vine superstar (Gawker | Vinebox)

Brian talks about:

• An update on his friend, singer-songwriter Christian Beach‘s cover of Yoko Ono’s “Silver Horse”—on which Brian played accordion—that will be appearing on an Main Man Records tribute album due this fall
• A planned “arts hub” featuring lofts, studios, classroom space, business and training areas, and retail space in an abandoned mill from the 1890s at the Hamilton/Trenton border in Mercer County, NJ

Together, John and Brian discussed:

• Thoughts on the NSA, PRISM and the “quick death of privacy” in the United States
• Google’s reported efforts to acquire the rights to the NFL’s Sunday Ticket package, currently exclusive to DirectTV, and bring the action to YouTube
• Kevin Spacey’s impassioned defense of the Netflix business model during his is address at the James MacTaggart Memorial Lecture at the Edinburgh Television Festival
• The lack of great design apps in the cloud…aside from Adobe.
• AllCast app developer’s accusations that Google is disabling unsupported use of Chromecast via firmware updates
• Facebook’s new shared photo albums, which are rolling out slowly now
• The controversy over a plans to install a 9/11 memorial in Princeton Battlefield State Park, the site of a pivotal Revolutionary War battle
• NASA Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia and the planned Sept. 6 launch of the LADEE (Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer) mission to the moon—a launch that could be visible to most of the mid-Atlantic and northeastern United States.
• Iowa City Library Local Music Project—a unique licensing scheme allowing Iowa City Library patrons to download and keep music by local artists

Here is the webcast version of the episode:
Technology and the Arts 2.0: Series 2, Ep. 4 – 08.27.2013

Technology and the Arts 2.0: Series 2, Episode 4 – 08.27.2013

Technology and the Arts 2.0: Series 2, Episode 4 – 08.27.2013

In this installment of Technology and the Arts with Brian Kelley and John LeMasney…

John talks about:

• A number of upcoming projects
• LibraryLinkNJ
• Teaching classes at Rider University
• Doodle.com/lemasney
• Arts, Culture, Technology & Community NJ Meetups at ArtWorks Trenton
• The fact that his Chromecast has finally shipped
• 12-year-old Lillian Powers…Vine superstar (Gawker | Vinebox)

Brian talks about:

• An update on his friend, singer-songwriter Christian Beach‘s cover of Yoko Ono’s “Silver Horse”—on which Brian played accordion—that will be appearing on an Main Man Records tribute album due this fall
• A planned “arts hub” featuring lofts, studios, classroom space, business and training areas, and retail space in an abandoned mill from the 1890s at the Hamilton/Trenton border in Mercer County, NJ

Together, John and Brian discussed:

• Thoughts on the NSA, PRISM and the “quick death of privacy” in the United States
• Google’s reported efforts to acquire the rights to the NFL’s Sunday Ticket package, currently exclusive to DirectTV, and bring the action to YouTube
• Kevin Spacey’s impassioned defense of the Netflix business model during his is address at the James MacTaggart Memorial Lecture at the Edinburgh Television Festival
• The lack of great design apps in the cloud…aside from Adobe.
• AllCast app developer’s accusations that Google is disabling unsupported use of Chromecast via firmware updates
• Facebook’s new shared photo albums, which are rolling out slowly now
• The controversy over a plans to install a 9/11 memorial in Princeton Battlefield State Park, the site of a pivotal Revolutionary War battle
• NASA Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia and the planned Sept. 6 launch of the LADEE (Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer) mission to the moon—a launch that could be visible to most of the mid-Atlantic and northeastern United States.
• Iowa City Library Local Music Project—a unique licensing scheme allowing Iowa City Library patrons to download and keep music by local artists

Technology and the Arts Podcast -€“ Episode 62 (08.23.2013)

Technology and the Arts – Episode 62 (08.23.2013) features lightly edited audio from a live Google+ Hangouts On Air conducted August 19, 2013. This installment features a discussion about the It’s a Thing podcast, the 5:10 egg, Jay Z’s “Picasso Baby” video, Brian’s music on Soundcloud, the flat design trend with shadow element, alternatives to cable TV, Google Easter eggs and more! Also, John presents a brief introduction to Scratch, an MIT-developed tile-based visual programming environment and toolkit. File size: 20.2 MB. Time: 42 min. The episode also includes Brian’s worst edit in his six years of podcasting at around the 25:25 mark. Hosts: Brian Kelley and John LeMasney.

Show Notes for Technology and the Arts – Episode 62

Technology and the Arts – Episode 62 (08.23.2013) features lightly edited audio from a live Google+ Hangouts On Air conducted August 19, 2013. This installment features a discussion about the It’s a Thing podcast, the 5:10 egg, Jay Z’s “Picasso Baby” video, Brian’s music on Soundcloud, the flat design trend with shadow element, alternatives to cable TV, Google Easter eggs and more! Also, John presents a brief introduction to Scratch, an MIT-developed tile-based visual programming environment and toolkit. The episode also includes Brian’s worst edit in his six years of podcasting at around the 25:25 mark. File size: 20.2 MB. Time: 42 min. Hosts: Brian Kelley and John LeMasney.

Here are some quick links to things mentioned during the show…

• John talked about the It’s a Thing podcast, the 5:10 egg, Jay Z’s “Picasso Baby” video, the flat design trend with shadow element, alternatives to cable TV
• John also presented an introduction to Scratch, a tile-based visual programming environment and toolkit developed by MIT.
• Brian talked about his music on Soundcloud and Google Easter eggs —hidden features found on YouTube, Google Image Search and Google Maps.

Below is the full version of the Technology and the Arts: Series 2, Ep. 3 – 08.1912.2013 webcast…