Top Tech: Recent Episodes
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At this time, please listen as the Most Powerful Men in Canada discuss Top Tech. As heard on “Be the Media” on CHLY 101.7 FM Vancouver Island.
Download Top Tech 029 - Automation and Workflows
At this time, drop the bass as the Most Powerful Men in Canada discuss Top Tech. This week, Automation and Workflows.
Sorry for the 2 month wait between episodes. I made up for it by having the most show notes ever. We are switching to a slightly longer format and a new episode at least once a month.
notes:
- Daft Punk - Get Lucky
- Dropbox.com - Cloud storage and sharing for your files
- Edit your autoexec.bat tutorial - Oh god, don’t do this
- Levitator - Automate fixing your audio levels
- Applescript - The Ultimate Beginner’s Guide
- Applescript Folder Actions - TUAW.com
- Windows Task Scheduling- Microsoft.com
- Automator - Mac OS X Workflow and Scripting
- Automator Articles - Lifehacker.com
- Automator Shell Scripts
- Hazel - Noodlesoft.com
- Keyboard Mystro
- The Terminal - Introduction to the Max OS X Command Line
- Cron - Unix/Linux scripting
- POSIX
- Applescript - Recording Manual Tasks
- Late Night Dub Fight - Synaptic Chaos Theatre
- launchd
- Mondo - Posters
- Growl - The Notification System
- If Then Then That - Web scripting on your phone - IFTTT.com
16:25 - Intro Music “Drop the Flow” by The Subliminal Beej and MC I-HO
Download Top Tech 028 - Backing Up
At this time, grab your surfboard as the Most Powerful Men in Canada discuss Top Tech. This week, Backing Up.
notes:
- Johnny bought a Drobo - Top Tech 001
- Apple Time Machine - cNet
- Doctor Who “Timey Wimey” - Youtube
- rsync - Wikipedia
- LaCie Back UP Software
- Apple Time Capsule - network backup
- Super Duper - shirt-pocket.com
- 3-2-1
- Free Crash Plan - peer to peer backup
Ian had some problems with his microphone levels, I didn’t notice the issue until I started editing. Despite the audio quality we like this episode, so we decided to release it any way. Sorry about your ears.
13:44 Music: “Mr. E’s Beautiful Blues” by Eels
Download Top Tech 027 - Troubleshooting
At this time, reinstall your Beej as the Most Powerful Men in Canada discuss Top Tech. This week, Troubleshooting.
notes:
- Apple Time Machine - Cnet
- Online Backups - Crash Plan
- Mac OS X Disk Utility - Apple Knowledge Base
15:07 - Intro Music: “99 Problems” by Hugo
Download Top Tech 026 - Video Production
At this time, release the wombats as the Most Powerful Men in Canada discuss Top Tech. This week, Video Production.
Beej was on assignment this week, so our friend Graham Stark of LoadingReadyRun filled in for him. We recorded this episode at the LRR “Moonbase” studio in beautiful Victoria BC.
notes:
- LoadingReadyRun
- Black Magic Cinnema Pocket Camera
- Digital8 - Wikipedia
- Rode VideoMic
- Monoprice Shotgun Microphone
- Sennheiser Wireless Lapel Mic
- Vancouver Island Short Film Festival
- Golden Hour
- Golden Hour iPhone App
- The Tree of Life by Terrence Malick, shot entirely in the golden hour
- Reflectors
- tubetape.com
21:34 - Intro Music: “Verbal” by Amon Tobin
Download Top Tech 025 - Goolge Alternatives
At this time, 11001001101100110 as the Most Powerful Men in Canada discuss Top Tech. This week, Google Alternatives.
The 1 year anniversary of our show. This episode is a bit longer, I hope you like it. I also hope to do a poster for each new episode going forward…
notes:
- Google Graveyard
- How to still get Google Apps for free - Lifehacker
- Google Apps Replacements Options - Lifehacker
- TopTech Episode 014 - Domain Names
- TopTech Episode 023 - Personal Web Publishing
- Zoho - Free Email Hosting for up to 3 users on your domain
- Rackspace Email Hosting
- Open-Exchange - Ars Technica
- Brent Simmons on RSS
- Duck Duck Go - A Search Engine That Cares About Privacy
- Binary Translator
18:50 - Intro music: “Dance Floor” by Apples in Stereo
Download Top Tech 024 - Personal Finance
At this time, hollow out your mattress as the Most Powerful Men in Canada discuss Top Tech. This week, Personal Finance.
notes:
- Mint.com
- Ufile
- CRA Netfile
13:45 - Intro music: “American Money” by Yoko Kanno
Download Top Tech 023 - Personal Web Publishing
At this time, buy salt as the Most Powerful Men in Canada discuss Top Tech. This week, personal Web Publishing.
notes:
- Twitter Shuts Down Posterous - Business Insider
- App.net the add free social network
- Tools to help you write a blog - Lifehacker
- Wordpress
- Cat Scientists of the 1960s - Tumblr
- Vine
- Squarespace.com
- Best Content Management Systems
- Free Content Management Systems
- Octopress.org
- I think Beej meant Jekyll - a static web site site generator
16:20 - Intro Music: “Love You Madly” by Cake
Download Top Tech 022 - Software Alternatives
At this time, lower your expectations as the Most Powerful Men in Canada discuss Top Tech. This week, Software Alternatives.
notes:
- Adobe Acrobat Pro
- PDF Creator
- CUTE PDF
- PDF Pen
- The G.I.M.P.
- Gimpshop
- Adobe Photoshop Elements
- Sign pdf documents with preview - OSX Daily
- Alternative To
- Numbers
- Pages
- Keynote
- Libre Office
- Star Office - Wikipedia
- Open Office
- WordPad
17:14 - Intro music: “Scott Pilgrim” by Plumtree
Download Top Tech 021 - Mechanical Keyboards
At this time, relax every muscle in your body as the Most Powerful Men in Canada discuss Top Tech. This week, Mechanical Keyboards.
The episode that I thought was too geeky for TopTech! Thanks to Ian and Tami for helping with the editing.
notes:
- Keyboard Technology - Wikipedia
- Das Keyboard
- Cherry Corp
- Cherry Switches - Wikipedia
- ALP Switches - Wikipedia
- IBM Model M Keyboard - Wikipedia
- USB Cable for Model M
- Apple Extended II Keyboard - Wikepida
- ADB to USB adapter
- Unicomp Buckling Spring Keyboards
- Monoprice Cherry MX Red
- Monoprice Cherry MX Blue Keyboard
- Monoprice Cherry MX Black Keyboard
Download Top Tech 020 - Cloud Collecting
At this time rock a rhyme, rock a rhyme that’s right on time as the Most Powerful Men in Canada discuss Top Tech. This week, Cloud Collecting.
notes:
- Ars Technica My Kindle ate my homework: lawsuit filed over 1984 deletion
Download Top Tech 019 - Downloading Things
Laugh at the follies of the Mayans, because thats always funny, as the Most Powerful Men in Canada discuss Top Tech. This week Downloading Things.
notes:
- We actually never did an episode about BitTorrent but here is TopTech Episode 008 - Collecting Movies
- Flexget
- Flexget plugins
- Cross platform BitTorrent client Transmission
- The Internet Movie Database
- TheMovieDB
- The TVdb
- TVShows 2 for Mac OS X
- Downloading stuff on the Mac with Automator
Download Top Tech 018 - Buyer’s Remorse
At this time, think about us late at night in your bedroom as the Most Powerful Men in Canada discuss Top Tech. This week, Buyer’s Remorse.
notes:
- Steve Jobs 2007: “There is always change and improvement, and there is always someone who bought a product before a particular cutoff date and misses the new price or the new operating system or the new whatever. This is life in the technology lane. If you always wait for the next price cut or to buy the new improved model, you’ll never buy any technology product because there is always something better and less expensive on the horizon. The good news is that if you buy products from companies that support them well, like Apple tries to do, you will receive years of useful and satisfying service from them even as newer models are introduced.”
Download Top Tech 017 - Windows 8
At this time, polish your stainless steel appliances as the Most Powerful Men in Canada discuss Top Tech. This week, Windows 8?
notes:
- The Verge - Windows RT and Office 2013 RT video demo
Download Top Tech 016 - eBooks
At this time, power down and stow all electronic devices as the Most Powerful Men in Canada discuss Top Tech. This week, eBooks.
notes:
- Frank Herbert’s Dune
- Palm Pilot
- Optical Character Recognition
- Handera 330
- Amazon Kindle
- Barnes and Noble Nook
- Chapters/Indago Kobo
- 2012 eBook Store Comparisons
Download Top Tech 015 - Desert Bus For Hope
At this time, fill your heart with charitable love as the Most Powerful Men in Canada discuss Top Tech. This week, Desert Bus For Hope.
notes:
- Desert Bus For Hope
- Apple Mac Pro
- Black Magic Intensity Pro
- CamTwist
- Flash Media Live Encoder
- Allen & Heath Zed 14 Mixer
Download Top Tech 014 - Domain Names
At this time, shred all of your identifying information as the Most Powerful Men in Canada discuss Top Tech. This week, Domain Names.
notes:
- Beej & Ian’s Comedy Troupe Synaptic Chaos
- Johnny’s Film Festival Vancouver Island Short Film Festival
- Tiltyhouse
- We never did an episode on backups, we did Storage Top Tech 001 - Storage
- Domain registry Hover.com
- Bloging tool Tumblr.com
Download Top Tech 013 - Media Appliances
At this time, enjoy a delicious frothy beverage as the Most Powerful Men in Canada discuss Top Tech. This week, Media Appliances.
notes:
- Top Tech 008 - Collecting Movies
- Front Row
- AppleTV
- Ultrasonic Remote
- WD TV
- Boxee Box
- Nexus Que
- Hulu - US Only
- Netflix
- Plex
- XBMC
- Myth TV
- TheMovieDB
- TheTVdb
- Hacking an AppleTV to run XBMC
- Recommended computers for XBMC
- Ian’s BEST Remote - Pule-Eight NYXboard
Download Top Tech 012 - Patents and Innovation
At this time, unpack several cardboard boxes as the Most Powerful Men in Canada discuss Top Tech. This week, Patents and Innovation.
notes:
- Andy Ihnatko “Near-total victory for Apple stifles phone, tablet design”
- Software patents - wikipedia
- Trade dress - wikipedia
- Visual Guide to Apple vs. Samsung
- Transformers vs. Gobots
Download Top Tech 011 - Great Apps
At this time, extend your hand towards the heaven and touch the tears of God as the Most Powerful Men in Canada discuss Top Tech. This week, Great Apps.
notes:
- iOS App design “iPhone Blueprints”
Download Top Tech Special 001 - Clip Show
At this time, reminisce about the past with your friends and neighbours as the Most Powerful Men in Canada discuss Top Tech. This week, Clip Show.
A four minute introduction to the past 10 episodes of Top Tech.
notes
- Be the Media 100th episode