Monthly Archives: October 2009

TalkTech Podcast October 8, 2009

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This show was broadcast and recorded October 8, 2009.
Baynard and Chad were hosting. Karen Homan, a training and documentation specialist was our phone in guest from Bard.
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Weekly Picks:
http://www.fontcapture.com/ – Create a font from your own handwriting
Rock Band Network Tools – Edit your own song to be shared on Rock Band

Links & Articles Referenced:
Free Blogs WordPress Blogger
U.S. Begins Antitrust Inquiry of IBM
Apple Tablet To Redefine Newspapers, Textbooks and Magazines

TalkTech Podcast October 1, 2009

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Podcast:

Listen to the podcast here: Talk Tech Podcast October 1, 2009

These are links to articles discussed in our podcast.

Using Wikis to Rebuild Cultures in Northern Uganda

Facebook Offers Transation Tool to Other Sites

Coming Up With Hybrid Books, Videos Included

One Laptop Per Child

Netbook – an increasingly affordable small computer with web capabilities

Weekly Picks:

http://mediaconverter.org/ online free video file converter

http://filext.com/ – search for the name of a program that uses a particular file extension

Google Wave – “an online tool for real-time communication and collaboration

Random bits that came up:

WebTV a mostly obsolete web appliance that was ahead of its time

Uncanny Valley – When robots are just a little too real

Good Dog, Carl – one of Jane’s favorite books

The Turing Test – test to see if computers can simulate human behavior

Speak and Spell – an early text to speech converter by Texas Instruments

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