The Drill Down 004 - Apple (and Other Systems)

by andy

On this week’s show we discuss the new line of iMacs from Apple, iWork & iLife with guest blogger Tanner Godarzi. We also try to give equal time to PC hardware (albeit unsuccessfully).
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Show Links:

300 iPhones at Apple Matters:
http://www.applematters.com/index.php/section/comments/300-iphones/

Apple’s new lineup:
http://www.apple.com/imac/
http://www.apple.com/iwork/
http://www.apple.com/ilife/
http://www.apple.com/dotmac/
http://arstechnica.com/reviews/hardware/aluminum-and-glass-a-review-of-the-new-imac.ars

Sony’s PCVW10:
http://news.com.com/Sony+folds+all-in-one+PC+into+U.S.+lineup/2100-1040_3-960992.html

Intel’s Quad-core site:
http://www.intel.com/quad-core/index.htm

Shuttle SB75S Limited Edition (review):
http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,1558,1584734,00.asp

Geeks Take Down Dirty C-Level Executives - With Email:
http://blogs.ittoolbox.com/security/investigator/archives/geeks-take-down-dirty-clevel-executives-8976

coRank Launches its First API:
http://mashable.com/2007/08/11/corank-api/

Pligg is for Sale:
http://mashable.com/2007/08/12/pligg-sale/

Computers for 3-Year-Olds:
http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/aug2007/tc2007087_437013.htm

Starfall teaching comprehension and phonics:
http://www.starfall.com/

Disney.com for pre-schoolers:
http://home.disney.go.com/foryou/preschool/

20 Things I Learned From Tech Support:
http://kludgespot.blogspot.com/2007/08/20-things-i-learned-from-tech-support.html
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Andrew Sorcini on Digg.com:
http://digg.com/users/MrBabyMan/news/submitted
mr.babyman@google.com

Reg ‘Zaibatsu’ on Digg.com:
http://digg.com/users/zaibatsu/news/submitted

Muhammad Saleem:
http://digg.com/users/msaleem/news/submitted
http://www.google.com/search?q=%22Muhammad+Saleem%22

Tanner Godarzi:
http://digg.com/users/titlesaysitall/news/submitted
http://www.applematters.com/
http://www.iphonematters.com/
http://tech-blot.com/
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Music (Courtesy Podsafe Music Network):

Intro: Pl@stic Soul - “005-1 Electric Guitar”
http://www.mf247.jp/index.php?gr2_id=00000000000000000000000000315600

Outro: Freightrain Jones - “Pervs and Pornos”
http://www.soundclick.com/bands/pageartist.cfm?bandID=467690
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Drill Bits 003 - More Tamar

by andy

Andy, Mu & special guest Tamar discuss gaming Digg for marketing, dressing for Web 2.0, eVoting, the hostility of anonymity, cybersquatting and building community in social networks.
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The Drill Down 003 - The Cult of the Amateur

by andy

On tonight’s show we discuss Andrew Keen’s book “The Cult of the Amateur” and how (or if) the democratization of the internet is killing our culture. We lose Reg entirely this episode, but gain special guest Tamar Weinberg, from Techipedia.com
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Show Links:
Andrew Keen’s “The Cult of the Amateur: How Today’s Internet is Killing Our Culture”
http://www.amazon.com/Cult-Amateur-Internet-killing-culture/dp/0385520808

Authors@Google: Andrew Keen
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lN_n7I0PM3w

Media Literacy in a Media Saturated World
(an aggregation of the blogosphere’s reaction to Keen’s book)
http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=5118

Why We Must Close the Net by Sir Elton John
http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2-2007350453,00.html

HandHeld To Acquire eBaum’s World For $15 Million Cash; Other Payouts Possible
http://www.paidcontent.org/entry/419-handheld-to-acquire-ebaums-world-for-17-million

Office Snapshots.org
http://www.officesnapshots.com/

Most Vote Machines Lose Test to Hackers
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/07/28/VOTING.TMP
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Andrew Sorcini on Digg.com:
http://digg.com/users/MrBabyMan/news/submitted

Reg ‘Zaibatsu’ on Digg.com:
http://digg.com/users/zaibatsu/news/submitted

Muhammad Saleem:
http://digg.com/users/msaleem/news/submitted
http://www.google.com/search?q=%22Muhammad+Saleem%22

Tamar Weinberg:
http://www.techipedia.com/
http://www.seroundtable.com/

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Music (Courtesy Podsafe Music Network):

Intro: Pl@stic Soul - “005-1 Electric Guitar”
http://www.mf247.jp/index.php?gr2_id=00000000000000000000000000315600

Outro: Freightrain Jones - “Pervs and Pornos”
http://www.soundclick.com/bands/pageartist.cfm?bandID=467690

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Drill Bits 002 - Our Favorite Podcasts

by andy

We talk about Digg (naturally). Online Security, Citizen Journalism and The Orbit Gum Girl. Later, we namedrop our favorite podcasts.

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Here are links to the stuff we talked about in this episode (So you can follow along at home):

- Efinke’s Top Digg User Page http://www.efinke.com/digg/topusers.html
- Vanessa Branch (the Orbit Gum Girl…”Fabulous”) http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0104376/
- The GigaOm show http://revision3.com/gigaom/
- “A Day in the Life of a Digger” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PhLoghrZ9vE
- http://www.newstrust.net/
- http://www.twit.tv/TWiT
- Top Ramen http://www.nissinfoods.com/topramen/
- http://www.diggnation.com/
- http://dl.tv/
- http://revision3.com/infected
- The Totally Rad Show http://revision3.com/trs
- HDTV & Home Theatre podcast http://www.htguys.com/
- KCRW’s The Business http://www.kcrw.com/etc/programs/tb
- KCRW’s Martini Shot http://www.kcrw.com/etc/programs/ma
- KCRW’s The Treatment http://www.kcrw.com/etc/programs/tt
- Our pal Charbarred’s blog http://www.theplugg.com/
- Fat Guys at the Movieshttp://www.filmschoolrejects.com/podcast/
- Andrew’s 2006 Comic-con Flickr album http://www.flickr.com/photos/mr_babyman/sets/72157594208549019/
- MacBreak video http://www.twit.tv/MB
- net@nite with Amber & Leo http://www.twit.tv/ITN
- http://digg.com/tech_news/Harry_Potter_and_the_Deathly_Hallows_leaked_to_BitTorrent
- ABC’s Official LOST Podcast http://abc.go.com/primetime/lost/podcast
- What’s New Now audio podcast (XML Feed) http://rssnewsapps.ziffdavis.com/audioblogs/whatsnewnow.xml
- http://askaninja.com/
- http://ninjustice.blogspot.com/
- http://happytreefriends.atomfilms.com/
- http://hopeisemo.com/
- http://www.theonion.com/content/video
- Onion Internet Crash Video http://www.theonion.com/content/video/breaking_news_all_online_data
- Onion Monkey Beating Video http://www.theonion.com/content/video/study_multiple_stab_wounds_may_be
- TED Talks http://www.ted.com/talks
- http://www.calacanis.com/category/podcast/
- http://www.pronetadvertising.com/articles/what-content-reddit-users-are-clicking-on34430.html
- http://www.digg.com/world_news/GIRLS_with_ASSULT_RIFLES_buying_ice_cream_in_ISREAL_PIC
- http://www.digg.com/offbeat_news/Google_has_priorities_straight_when_searching_for_Argentina

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