Steven and I record a bit late tonight to accommodate me attending a local community meeting about my city trying the Google Broadband project. We spend the first 20 minutes of the episode discussing what the meeting was like, what the chances are of my city getting it and what it could means for us.
To say I’m excited about the prospects would be an understatement, but I am trying to keep my hopes in check considering how many cities are trying for it.
Yet again someone is saying the desktop is doomed … seriously, isn’t this record worn out by now? How many times does this have to come around? You think about it for more than two seconds and you see it fall apart.
Steven and I have another one of those episodes where we kind of jump all over the place. I know … you’re all shocked.
- Some parents in the Lower Merion School District apparently need some education in privacy concerns.
- When going on a military mission … don’t mention it on your Facebook.
- Oh noes! A Twitter employee said something that could be interpreted in 500 different ways! Leave it to MG “I have a theme song” Siegler to blow it out of all proportion.
- So, if a company does business in another country they have to follow the laws of that country … unless their home country tells them not to?
Steven and I just go hog wild tonight with various subjects.
- What in the world went wrong with the PlayStation Network that they actually told owners of PS3 pre-Slim versions to not even turn on their units during an outage?
- Okay, look, if you have a WinMo 6.5.X device, face it, you aren’t going to upgrade to Windows Phone 7 Series … get over it. Just because you can’t upgrade it is no reason to get all angry.
- Could someone please explain how Art Lindsey III could get press credentials for an event with attendees such as Dick Chaney, but he couldn’t get credentials for SXSWi? Has the tech industry decided its better than political groups?
- Why are people paying over $1 million for comic books all of a sudden?
It’s Friday! That means Steven and I spend the show perusing the TechMeme headlines and doing rapid fire commentary.
This week was a bit sad, though… No headlines from MG Siegler over at TechCrunch … we think he may have a cold. We’re sending over chicken soup. Get better MG … we miss mocking your lackluster writing based on weak concepts!
Steven and I share a moment where he shows me on the doll where the bad TalkShoe touched him …
Then we discuss ho Walmart is already changing Vudu … no porn! Say it isn’t so!
We follo this up with discussion of how three Google executives have been found guilty in Italy of violating privacy laws over a video uploaded to YouTube by a user. Scary, scary stuff.
Finally we wax poetic over the new Bloom Energy Servers.
Steven and I have a heck of a time finding anything to discuss tonight as it is just an insanely boring day in the world of tech. So … lets talk about the Google CEO’s mistress! woo-hoo!
What, if anything, is Google ever going to do with Friend Connect? It’s like they launched a product just to launch it … and gave absolutely no thought as to what it would actually be used for.
Would you trust a a free server package from a Russian who works on it all by himself? You’ll hear why we wouldn’t.
Steven and I kick off the night by talking the ongoing saga of the schools in Pennsylvania that were caught spying on their students. While we do discuss the actual story, we also take a few moments to talk about the absolutely disappointing state of coverage by the tech blogosphere.
Apparently they have all been too busy discussing the rule change by Apple in regards to how much skin can appear in an iPhone app to talk about something that effects kids.
Tune in and listen to Steven and I get amazed by how stupid the world seems some days.
Scattercast is 83 … and with as much as I’m writing, it’s hard finding things to talk about for a podcast!.
- That school in Pennsylvania is really bugging me.
- In what is quite possible the most personal comments I have made on this show, I delve in to some of the trials and tribulations of being a heavy person in this country, and how the recent Kevin Smith/Southwest Air debacle opened my eyes to just how much we are despised in this country. Hopefully by opening up some of my own past some people out there might think twice before mocking someone for their weight.
Scattercast is 85 … and it was actually a slow week!
