Topic: Personal Technology
Dr. Moira Gunn speaks with IDEO co-founder Bill Moggridge. They look at how some of our favorite technology came into being, from the very first laptop right up to the iPod.
Early January is a busy period in technology with events such as Macworld and the Consumer Electronics Show (CES). As the Director of Operations for OC Tanner, Kelly Phillipps must stay abreast of new products and software upgrades. He joins Phil, Matt, and Scott in a discussion of what's new or upcoming in the IT world. They talk about the new iPhone from Apple, Linux as a desktop alternative, and how an enterprise decides whether to upgrade an operating system, particularly the newly released Microsoft Windows Vista.
Managing technology is no longer optional; it is a critical piece of any nonprofit's business plan. In this audio lecture recorded at the 2007 Nonprofit Boot Camp, information technology consultant John Kenyon offers guidance on what small and medium-size organizations require to get the most out of their tech investment. Using a work systems framework, Kenyon explores the choices needed to minimize risks and strike the right balance between people, data, and technology.
Steven Levy, the chief technology writer at Newsweek and author of "The Perfect Thing," speaks with Dr. Moira Gunn about all things iPod - it even shuffles culture.
FON, the largest WiFi community in the world, is powered by the belief that the internet should be everywhere there are people. Building a network from the ground up, FON members willingly share their wireless access at home. In return, they enjoy free WiFi and VOIP wherever they find another member's access point. In this talk, entrepreneur Ejovi Nuwere explains the energy behind the FON movement for "everyone, everywhere" internet access, driven by the explosion of ubiquitous bandwidth and WiFi-enabled devices.
Personal fabrication may one day put the power to make anything in the hands of everyone. Neil Gershenfeld entertains and educates in this fascinating tour of projects from MIT's Center for Bits and Atoms. First inspired by students in his "How to Make (Almost) Anything" course, global outreach with the digitization of fabrication has led to unexpected opportunities, not only to build cool objects, but also to empower people world wide through invention.
Dr. Moira Gunn speaks with environmental journalist Elizabeth Grossman, who dissects the retired technology we have lurking around our houses. From cell phones and PDAs to computers, monitors and printers, we'll find out what's in them and what to do with them.
Nicholas Negroponte wants to give every school child in the developing world a laptop computer. He has established a non-profit organization to design and produce $100 laptops for sale to governments in quantities of no less than 1 million machines on the condition that they are given to school children. In this talk, he describes his and his colleague Seymour Papert's experience with educational computing in developing nations as well as the machine design.
As a technologist, Ethan Zuckerman has spent much time working with the new generation of African entrepreneurs, programmers, organizers, and young people who are hooking up their continent to the web. In an audio interview with Globeshakers host Tim Zak, Zuckerman explains how these new netizens are changing the way villagers and urban dwellers learn, organize, network, and face the challenges of poverty, AIDS, political strife, and making a living.
There are four screen networks that touch the everyday lives of many consumers: TV, Web, mobile phones, and out-of-home media. Stephen Randall, CEO of LocaModa and founder of Symbian, explains that, without a strategy to connect the dots between these four screens, the target market or many products and services might just as well be on the dark side of the moon.
