Dec 27th 2009
This Week in Tech 228
The TWiT of the Decade
Hosted by
Leo Laporte
We end the year, and decade, with a look at the most important stories of the 2000s.
Records live every Sunday at 5:15pm Eastern / 2:15pm Pacific / 22:15 UTC.
Guests:
Kevin Rose,
Robert Scoble
We end the year, and decade, with a look at the most important stories of the 2000s.
Guests:
- @alexlindsay on Video on the Web
- @bobbyllew on YouTube
- @danegolden on Googlization of everything
- @danpatterson on shorter distance between people, other people, and information
- @catherine_hall on Freedom to work from anywhere
- @chrismarquardt on Cinema quality video in Digital SLRs
- @DonMcAllister on RSS
- @drkiki on Large Hadron Collider
- @heathr on Democratization of media
- @iEchuu on HD-DVD story on Digg
- @klandwehr on iPhone and App store
- @macsfuture on Apple goes from has-been to kingmaker
- @malventano on Solid state
- @marcpelletier on Life-extending medicine
- @martinsargent on Webvan and Peapod
- @merlyn on Moore's Law still works
- @notpatrick on Net Neutrality
- @patricknorton on Moore's Law applies to everything
- @ScottBourne on Digital Photography
- @shwood on Y2K
- @sirjimbo on Leo-Arrington controversy
- @techAU on HD
And a special thanks to those who made the effort to recommend stories but we weren't able to get to:
- @mccannt on iPhone
- @Arenlor on Podcasting
- @danstuntz on iTunes
- @thegizwiz on Slingbox
- @Jack_Y_Zhang on HD-DVD vs. Blu-ray
- @GrendelKhan on iPhone
- @silnan on User-generated content
- @reldnahcire on Digital content distribution
- @MarkHunterOrr on iPhone developer community
- @dhowell on The two-way web
- @BagelTechNews on Dotcom bubble burst
- @elliot on Email, cell phones, and more
- @LeifAndersen on Ubuntu Linux
- @janafarman on Wireless technology improvements
- @swordedge on Hard drive advancements
- @ernieattorney on RSS
- @David_Ford on Internet Video
- ... and Steve Wozniak on the Mars rover
For additional show notes, visit the wiki page for this episode. Links to stories we covered (and then some) are available from Delicious or in our Friendfeed Room.
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