The NPR show Science Friday pulled one an old show from their archive this week. It dates from 1993, and the topic is the Internet. Normally a show this old wouldn’t be all that interesting, but this is NPR’s first podcast. Also, one of the participants was using VOIP (more likely a pre-VOIP protocol). How cool is that?
Entries Tagged as 'podcast'
Joshua Tallent interviewed on Unruly Guides
November 12th, 2010 · interview, podcast
I’ve just come across a new blog today by the name of Unruly Guides. I’m still looking them over, but I think I’ll be adding them to my RSS feeds.
I found them because they interviewed Joshua Tallent, the founder of Ebook Architects. If you’ve followed TDR for any length of time then you should recognize Joshua as an ebook designer and a conversion specialist. They discuss ebook formatting, tools, and design concepts. You can check out the full notes for the interview over on Unruly Guide.
Vintage launches new monthly podcast
October 5th, 2010 · podcast, press release
This looks interesting.
Vintage, The Random House Group imprint, announces the launch of the ‘Vintage Podcast’, a thirty-minute monthly arts programme, available to download free from the Vintage Books website, www.vintage-podcast.co.uk , and to subscribe to through iTunes.
The E-Textbook Experiment Turns A Page (podcast)
September 19th, 2010 · podcast
I found an interesting interview of the head of Inkling (they make a textbook app for the iPad).
The game changer, according to Matt MacInnis, may be a little thing called the iPad. MacInnis is the founder and CEO of Inkling, a company that designs textbook software for the iPad. He says the iPad has allowed for the reinvention of the textbook.
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Podcast: TKC Ep. #112: James McQuivey
September 10th, 2010 · podcast
Len Edgerly has posted another edition of The Kindle Chronicles podcast. This week he covers a tech tip on finding other Kindle owners, interviews James McQuivey (vice president and principal analyst at Forrester Research), and leads a discussion session on the recently fixed frozen Kindle bug.
Interview: Peter Rukavina on paper e-books
September 7th, 2010 · podcast
Nora Young Interviewed Peter Rukavina last week on his rather unorthodox ebook solution. You see, he doesn’t have an e-reader. Instead he has a guy named Shawn (who runs a local copy shop). Here’s his e-reading solution:
- Find book in Google Books.
- Download PDF.
- Email PDF to Shawn.
- Pick up printed and bound copy of book at Kwik Kopy a few hours later.
Okay, so it’s just a POD solution, but this is still an interesting podcast. You can listen to the interview over on the Sparks blog on CBC.ca. Or you can download the MP3 (here).
P.S. You might also want to read about why Peter went with Shawn (instead of an e-reader). It’s interesting.
Podcast – Lewis Hyde interviewed on his book about IP
August 27th, 2010 · podcast
Lewis Lapham of Bloomberg interviewed Lewis Hyde, and they discussed Hyde’s book, Common as Air: Revolution, Art, and Ownership. They also discussed:
- Creating Intellectual Property
- 1710 Statute of Anne
- The Cultural Commons
- Corporeal vs. Incorporeal Goods
- U.S. Piracy
I haven’t listened to the podcast, but it looks interesting. You can download it here.
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Kovid Goyal (creator of calibre) interviewed on a podcast
August 20th, 2010 · interview, podcast
UK Ubuntu just posted a podcast yesterday where they interviewed Kovid Goyal. It was interesting. I was under the impression that he was a physics professor (now that he had his PhD). No, he works on calibre full time.
You can listen to or download the podcast in multiple formats. I selected Play in a popup window, myself. His interview starts at about 5:00 and runs until 20:00.
P.S. If anyone from a tech company is reading this, there’s a business opportunity here. Calibre is the best conversion tool and e-reader management tool out there.
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New Podcast: Kindle Gives Amazon More Bang for Less Bucks
August 9th, 2010 · podcast
One of the podcasts I follow a weekly series from PBS Media Shift called 4 Minute Roundup. This week’s podcast is on the Kindle obviously. (Actually, it’s last week’s podcast. I missed it the first time around.)
In this week’s 4MR podcast I look at the surprising success of the Amazon Kindle e-reader in the wake of the hit Apple iPad tablet. While many people expected the iPad to impact the e-reader market, instead the major players cut prices and Kindle sales tripled in the past month. Plus, Amazon announced a new line of Kindles that will cost even less — with no touch screen or color. Book publishing veteran and MediaShift contributor Dan Brodnitz talked with me about Amazon’s successful sell-everywhere strategy.
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