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/

Technology and the Arts 2.0: TCF Special – 03.10.2014

Technology and the Arts 2.0: Trenton Computer Festival Special – 03.10.2014

 

Technology and the Arts 2.0: Series 2, Episode 10 – 10.14.2013

Technology and the Arts 2.0: Series 2, Ep. 10 – 10.14.2013

During the fall 2013 season finale of Technology and the Arts, we discussed:

• John talked about presenting at Gloucester County Library’s staff day retreat, his proposed talk on personal branding being accepted for the 2014 Trenton Computer Festival (scheduled for March 15, 2014), his continued participation in the “Codecademy” program at Princeton (NJ) Public Library, and an October 18 Brookdale Computer Users Group talk on Scratch, Arduino, Raspberry Pi and the “Make” movement.
• Brian talked about his Tandem With The Random podcast’s celebration of Doctor Who’s 50th anniversary in November, and playing accordion for Christian Beach on a cover of Yoko Ono’s “Silver Horse” at the New Jersey Peace Action’s Concert for Peace on October 19, 2013, in Bloomfield, N.J.
• The Oatmeal’s “Columbus Day” comic…digital art as political platform.
• Hypothes.is – “Hypothes.is will be an open platform for the collaborative evaluation of knowledge. It will combine sentence-level critique with community peer-review to provide commentary, references, and insight on top of news, blogs, scientific articles, books, terms of service, ballot initiatives, legislation and regulations, software code and more.”
• Canada on verge of mandating “pick and pay” (similar to “a la carte”) options for nation’s cable television subscribers.
• Coverage by Mashable and Ars Technica on New York Comic-Con’s controversial tactic of promoting the event through attendees’ social media accounts…without the attendees’ knowledge.
• The discovery of nine missing Doctor Who episodes from the 1960s that have restored two Patrick Troughton-era stories—”The Enemy of the World” and “Web of Fear”—to near completion (only one episode of “Web of Fear” remains missing) for the first time in more than 40 years.

Thank you for watching this season of Technology and the Arts…Brian and John will be back in spring 2014.

Technology and the Arts 2.0: Series 2, Episode 9 – 10.07.2013

Technology and the Arts 2.0: Series 2, Ep. 9 – 10.07.2013

Here’s a rundown of what we discussed:

• John’s presentation on food blogging and his participation in a three-session “Codecademy” program at Princeton (NJ) Public Library.
• With the recent talk of Christian Beach’s cover of Yoko Ono’s “Silver Horse,” Brian discovered yesterday that Ono currently holds the No. 1 spot on Billboard’s Dance/Club Play chart with “Walking on Thin Ice 2013,” an update of her 1981 hit.
• The odd presence of giant touchscreens on Fox News’ revamped “breaking news” deck…and John’s vision of such devices from last year.
• The tasteless, ill-advised tweet sent by Joyce Evans of Fox 29 News in Philadelphia that foolishly invoked the “Breaking Bad” finale to tease a story on an upcoming newscast about six people getting shot—one of whom was killed. The story ignited a firestorm on Twitter and even reached Gawker. It also spawned the ridiculously funny #JoyceEvansTweets hashtag on Twitter, mocking her original tweet.
• Nielsen’s efforts to measure tweets about television shows.
• The STEM to STEAM movement championed by the Rhode Island School of Design and thoughts on the concept from RISD President John Maede, which he shared in a guest blog post for Scientific American.

Technology and the Arts 2.0: Series 2, Episode 8 – 09.30.2013

Technology and the Arts 2.0: Series 2, Ep. 8 – 09.30.2013

Here is a rundown of what we discussed on this episode…

• Robert Scoble and the “age of context”
• Co-host Brian Kelley’s current training for the Trenton10K in November.
• Australian singer-songwriter Kate Miller-Heidke, her departure from Sony and her crowd-funded new album–successfully funded via PledgeMusic.com in just three days.
• A Doctor Who fan club in New York City is spearheading a Change.org petition to have the Empire State Building go TARDIS blue on Nov. 23, 2013, to mark the program’s 50th anniversary.
• John extolled the virtues of Google+ Hangouts, compared to Adobe Connect and GoTo Meeting.
• John discussed an effort to bring gamification to Artworks Trenton.
• The new Seaboard keyboard instrument from Roli.
• The future of Google Glass in the medical community.
• Christian Beach – a singer-songwriter interviewed during the episode who also performed his song “Divide and Conquer”

 

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 2.0: Series 2, Episode 7 – 09.23.2013

Technology and the Arts 2.0: Series 2, Ep. 7 – 09.23.2013

Here is a rundown of things discussed in this installment of Technology and the Arts…

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
    

Show Notes for Technology and the Arts – Episode 65

Technology and the Arts – Episode 65 (09.20.2013) features lightly edited audio from a live Google+ Hangout On Air conducted September 16, 2013. This installment of the podcast features discussion of Chromebook, PGP (Pretty Good Privacy), the great new album Warm Blanket from indie musician Dent May, the Oxymoron (hot ice cream) Maker made exclusively for Spain’s Rocambolesc ice cream shop, and the fantastic 99% Invisible podcast about design of all forms…and more! File size: 13.5 MB. Time: 55 min., 00 sec. Hosts: Brian Kelley and John LeMasney.

John talked about:

• The class he is teaching at Rider University
• His continuing classes at Princeton Public Library
• Courses he is teaching at Princeton Adult School
• And a Chromebook session he taught at Rossmoor, an active adult community in central New Jersey…without the benefit of Internet access

Brian talked about:

• “Warm Blanket,” the new CD from one of Brian’s favorite indie artists, Dent May…check out his Soundcloud page

Together, they discussed:

• PGP (Pretty Good Privacy) – in this day and age of NSA spying on you, PGP will at least make them work a bit to get to your data
• More on the beauty and simplicity of Chromebook
• Andreu Carulla’s “Oxymoron Maker II,” a hot ice cream maker produced exclusively for Rocambolesc, the ice cream store offshoot of Spain’s famed El Celler de Can Roca restaurant
• The 99% Invisible podcast — hosted by Roman Mars, this entertaining and informative podcast looks at all forms of design…graphic design, architecture, networks and systems and format structures
• And more…

Here is the webcast version of the episode:
Technology and the Arts 2.0: Series 2, Ep. 6 – 09.16.2013

Technology and the Arts 2.0: Series 2, Episode 6 – 09.16.2013

Technology and the Arts 2.0: Series 2, Ep. 6 – 09.16.2013

Here is a rundown of things discussed in this installment of Technology and the Arts…

John talked about:

• The class he is teaching at Rider University
• His continuing classes at Princeton Public Library
• Courses he is teaching at Princeton Adult School
• And a Chromebook session he taught at Rossmoor, an active adult community in central New Jersey…without the benefit of Internet access

Brian talked about:

• “Warm Blanket,” the new CD from one of Brian’s favorite indie artists, Dent May…check out his Soundcloud page.

Together, they discussed:

• PGP (Pretty Good Privacy) – in this day and age of NSA spying on you, PGP will at least make them work a bit to get to your data
• More on the beauty and simplicity of Chromebook
• Andreu Carulla’s “Oxymoron Maker II,” a hot ice cream maker produced exclusively for Rocambolesc, the ice cream store offshoot of Spain’s famed El Celler de Can Roca restaurant
• The 99% Invisible podcast — hosted by Roman Mars, this entertaining and informative podcast looks at all forms of design…graphic design, architecture, networks and systems and format structures.
• And more…

Show Notes for Technology and the Arts – Episode 64

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.

John talks about:

• Teaching classes at Rider University
• The arrival of his Chromecast

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…and a scheduled performance at a special event in October. Details will hopefully be available soon.
• Paul McCartney’s “New” album and his incredible musical legacy.
• The LADEE (Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer) mission launch from Virginia, including a look at a photo by NJ photographer Mike Black.

Together, John and Brian discussed:

• A follow-up on our item in the last podcast on 12-year-old Lillian Powers, whose clever Vine videos garnered her much media attention…only to have her kicked off Vine by the powers that be.
• The many uses for Evernote, a suite of software and services designed for notetaking and archiving.
• The Nexus 7 tablet and Nexus 4…which John purchased.
• Google’s sunsetting of the video response feature on YouTube.
• More thoughts on the NSA spying scandal, which keeps getting worse, as it’s found the agency can crack through most smartphone protections without breaking a sweat, and has consistently violated court rules regarding its phone records program.
• Apple’s mostly underwhelming announcement of the iPhone 5c and iPhone 5s.
• A recent article pondering if advances in technology might threaten the value of classic works of art.
• Creating a staging site using WordPress
• The new poster for The Day of the Doctor, the newly named Doctor Who 50th anniversary special.

Here is the webcast version of the episode:
Technology and the Arts 2.0: Series 2, Ep. 5 – 09.10.2013