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
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
