Topic: Personal Technology
Dr. Moira Gunn speaks with New York Times Business and Tech Writer, John Markoff. They look at the start - and missteps - of the personal computing technology all around us. [Tech Nation audio from IT Conversations]
Dr. Moira Gunn speaks with Jeffrey Rayport, a former professor at Harvard Business School and author of "Best Face Forward -- Why Companies Must Improve their Service Interfaces with Customers." He taught their first e-Commerce class and originated the concept of "viral marketing." Now, he talks about how humans can emotionally connect with technology and buy, buy, buy! (Or if the tech is wrong, they won't, won't, won't.) [Tech Nation audio on IT Conversations]
A day is coming when Robert will have 10,000 feeds instead of the 915 he's currently reading. (He guesses the average blog reader follows 50 to 100 feeds, based on anecdotal evidence of talking with other bloggers). In fact, the number of bloggers he reads is much higher than 915 thanks to group blogs and services like Feedster, Pubsub, and Technorati. Robert Scoble leads the Overload session at Bloggercon III.
The latest electronic gadgets and gizmos promising to organize your life, provide hours of entertainment or keep you connected with breaking news and upcoming events. Fred Davis, a nationally renowned speaker, author and editor of top computer magazines, reveals the facts and the hype behind notebooks, iPods and digital cameras and camera phones. Many of these products have features and benefits that are not even marketed or advertised. (Recorded at a SofTECH meeting by IT Conversations.)
Memory Lane with Halley Suitt: Halley interviews Francois Schiettecatte, the CTO of Feedster, the RSS search database, on all things search. They discuss Google's ability to eclipse Yahoo's search market, search engines and apps which dominated the Net going back in time including AltaVista, Lycos, InfoSeek and Webcrawler among others. They talk about Feedster's partnership with The Washington Post and other unique features of Feedster.
From Gnomedex 4.0: With already more than 500,000 RSS feeds, Yahoo! rolls out RSS for the masses--20 million My Yahoo! users. Scott Gatz, senior director of personalization products for Yahoo!, explains what's behind the enhanced My Yahoo! service.
