ITC: Programming Podcast
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IT Conversations: Programming
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girijad83, February 17, 2006
Reviewer: girijad83
from India
ITC: Programming podcast is a product of www.itconversations.com. It explores the world of software programming, of how to code better, make better software documentations and projects on the whole. It features eminent programmers like Joel Spolsky, who has worked with Microsoft's Excel development team. It also explores the world of hacking and what motivates hackers, how to recognize one, how to make them work for you, and how you can become one. It includes interviews with the likes of Ken Schwaber, who explains the benefits of Agile, and people like Dan Bricklin who have graduated from MIT and Harvard Business School. The varied and huge knowledge database it presents is understandably one of the best that a podcast can offer.
The audio quality however, is a tad disappointing. The interviews are held on phone, which make the volume level vary. Moreover, the voice of the host is not too clear, with some static noise in it. Overall, the content gains a sweeping victory, and the presentation can be improved by improving the audio quality.
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Luke Kanies - Puppet
Tue, Jul 8, 2008
Puppet is an automated administrative engine for systems, performs administrative tasks (such as adding users, installing packages, and updating server configurations) based on a centralized specification. Luke Kanies, who founded Reductive Labs, has been doing server automation for years, and Puppet is the result of his frustration with existing tools. He joins Phil, Scott, and Ben to discuss it. 
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Steve Yegge - How to Ignore Marketing and Become Irrelevant in Two Easy Steps
Mon, Jul 7, 2008
If you're a software developer, you probably already know who Steve Yegge is. Developers all over the world spend a lot of their time reading or commenting on his blog when they're not writing code. A senior software engineer at Google, an ex-Amazon employee, one of the most widely read bloggers, an excellent hacker, and an outrageously funny chap, Steve talks about why branding is so important.
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Stephen M. Omohundro - The Nature of Self-Improving Artificial Intelligence
Fri, Jul 4, 2008
Dr. Stephen Omohundro tells what characteristics a self improving artificial intelligence will need and how we can shape it to include human values. The economic rational theory that has trouble explaining many human actions is the key theory that will guide the actions of a self improving AI. He explains the emergent attributes such an AI with preferences and beliefs will exhibit, and how to prevent the nightmare scenarios that movies and fiction writers have long feared.
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Rick Falkvinge - Copyright Regime vs. Civil Liberties
Thu, Jul 3, 2008
Rick Falkvinge is a Swedish politician who recently founded a new party. Its values include freedom, upholding laws, and rights to privacy. These may sound like safe and just laws - things that are constant and don't need defending; so what's jeopardizing them? According to Falkvinge, that would be copyrights and patents.
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Episode Twelve - StackOverflow
Wed, Jul 2, 2008
Joel and Jeff discuss Macbook Air overheating and undervolting, constructive criticism, and engage in an extended discussion of Joel's management training program reading list. If you love classic books, this is the podcast you're looking for.
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Trojans, DVD Wars & Interactive Light Displays - IEEE Spectrum Radio
Tue, Jul 1, 2008
Sony's Blu-Ray defeats HD-DVD, but will downloadable movies make that victory moot? On this edition of IEEE Spectrum Radio, targeted trojan horse attacks are a growing security threat and have expanded the spyware vocabulary. Also, an interview with Ash Nehru of UnitedVisualArtists on their interactive light exhibits.
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Michael Shiloh - OpenMoko: Open Mobile Computing
Mon, Jun 30, 2008
Cell phone handset manufacturers don't know what features future applications will use, and developers can't build those applications without having hardware support. In this talk from the Emerging Communications Conference, Michael Shiloh of OpenMoko tells how their open hardware platform solves this "chicken and egg" problem.
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Jim Zemlin - The New Era of Linux
Sun, Jun 29, 2008
During the first stage of Linux, openness and a superior development methodology created a new technology product that changed the world. The next stage will be a battle between two platforms and ideologies, with Linux representing openness and Microsoft representing closedness. Jim Zemlin of the Linux Foundation tells how Ubuntu is leveraging the strengths of the Linux platform while buttressing its weaknesses.
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Jeff Patterson - Valuing Content in a Web-enabled World
Sat, Jun 28, 2008
With the web upending traditional distribution models, publishers need to understand how their content is valued by the audience. In this talk, Jeff Patterson, CEO of Safari Books Online, shares research on the information seeking habits of their client base of IT professionals. As users weigh the worth of information in exchange for their time, money and attention, publishers must grasp not just what is sold, but what is read, used and reused.
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Susan Gerhart - As Your World Changes
Fri, Jun 27, 2008
As macular degeneration erodes Susan Gerhart's vision, she's shifting into audio mode. On this edition of Interviews with Innovators, host Jon Udell asks about what she has learned about adaptive technologies, and ask her about her blog, As Your World
Changes.
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Nicholas Carr, Chris Meyer - Technology's Potential to Reshape Business
Thu, Jun 26, 2008
Attempting to predict how technology will impact business in the future, is a daunting task. However, with the Internet, many consider the rate of change too rapid to even accept the challenge. Still, there are precedents to understand hyper-change and guide our expectations. Controversial analysts Nicholas Carr and Christopher Meyer offer their theories on the implications for business after everything is connected.
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Episode Eleven - StackOverflow
Wed, Jun 25, 2008
Joel and Jeff try to avoid talking over each other while discussing data generation, full text searching, cross-site scripting, Markdown, Microsoft's Silverlight, and how to get a job at Fog Creek software.
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Brian Fling - Mobile 2.0
Tue, Jun 24, 2008
In a recent Business Week article, writer Olga Kharif discussed the changes to the mobile phone industry that will take place because of the iPhone. Brian Fling of Fling Media clearly agrees with Kharif's premise. In a discussion with Phil and Scott, he talks about his recent Web 2.0 Expo presentation and how he believes the everyday mobile phone user will be impacted by the iPhone.
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Robin Hanson - Overcoming Bias
Mon, Jun 23, 2008
We live in a world of cognitive biases and polarized opinions. We consider ourselves to be largely rational, yet we are often prone to systematic errors such as overconfidence, wishful thinking, and the attraction of strong opinions. This means decisions are often driven more by personalities and passions rather than technical merits. Economic theorist Robin Hanson explores common errors, and points to innovative tools such as prediction markets which can help overcome bias and promote truth.
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Jean-Claude Bradley - Open Notebook Science
Fri, Jun 20, 2008
Jean-Claude Bradley, an associate professor of chemistry at Drexel University, is a pioneering practitioner of open notebook science. On this edition of Interviews with Innovators, Bradley explains to host Jon Udell that he believes scientific research happens better and faster when the entire process is transparently narrated online.
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Episode Ten - StackOverflow
Thu, Jun 19, 2008
Joel and Jeff discuss the fine art of listening, source control, the risks of being an internal IT developer, and the state of current mobile platforms. Oh, and how to clean the toilet.
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Tech Toys & Remote Telescopes - IEEE Spectrum Radio
Wed, Jun 18, 2008
A high speed wireless network deployed throughout rural areas of San Diego county has changed both the quantity and quality of research done there. Most prominent is the repurposing of the Palomar telescope to rapidly respond to astronomical events. Following that is a review of some of the best tech toys of 2007.
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Rich Miner - Openness and the Future of Mobile Technology
Tue, Jun 17, 2008
In this talk at the Emerging Communications Conference, Rich Miner, manager of the Wireless Platforms group at Google discusses the ways that increasing openness will bring an explosion of innovation in the mobile industry. Carriers, manufacturers, and software companies are beginning to open up the networks, technology, and business models, all of which is opening up new opportunities for entrepreneurship and services for consumers.
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Peter Thiel - Financial Markets and the Singularity
Mon, Jun 16, 2008
As we anticipate the possibility of a coming singularity, we ask "What shall our investments bet on and how will the financial climate differ?" Peter Thiel, investor and cofounder of PayPal, however, has a different view. He argues that singularity-like behavior is already here - as seen in the recent and seemingly accelerating cycles of boom and bust. In this talk from the 2007 Singularity Summit, Thiel discusses this and some unique strategies to manage risk.
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Mark Shuttleworth, Tim O'Reilly - Talking Ubuntu
Sat, Jun 14, 2008
Mark Shuttleworth began Ubuntu in 2004 with a dedicated group of developers intent on creating a revolutionary new Linux desktop. Now, many in the Linux community are calling it the Linux desktop for real people. After three years of phenomenal growth, Shuttleworth sat down with Tim O'Reilly at the first ever O'Reilly Media sponsored Ubuntu Live Conference. During the interview, Tim asks Mark for insight into Ubuntu's meteoric rise and about key challenges for Ubuntu going forward.
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