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In episode 4 of the Chris & Ray Show Neil Perrin of geekwithglasses.net joins us for a debriefing of today's Apple Keynote.There are a few things we are excited about like the newly introduced HDR (High Dynamic Range) photography capabilities for the iPhone 4 and the game Sword.As a whole we were all pretty depressed about the "one more hobby" announcement for Apple TV and taken aback by Steve Job's insinuation that podcasts are "amature hour." In fact, podcasts is no longer a category header in the user interface. It is now under My Computer. There are also a slew of other concerns we have about the new Apple TV.Finally, we were pretty indifferent to Ping, Apple's new social media music platform. It seems cool, but will it allow users to listen to full songs if they "ping" one?At the time of this podcast recording, which was recorded immediately after the keynote, none of us had installed iTunes 10 yet so we will have to wait and see.The Apple TV icon in the ID3 image was created by Dan Wiersma (http://www.danwiersema.com).You can visit Neil Perrin at http://www.geekwithglasses.net and Ray Ortega at http://www.rayortega.com.(download)
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Here it is! The long-awaited follow up to the Chris & Ray Show Episode 2 - Buzz or Bust?This time we discuss Canon's new announcement about the EOS 60D. How does the feature set on this new camera compare with the Rebel T21 and the Canon 7D? Is this the right camera for videographers looking for that hot new DSLR look you are starting to see in a lot of television commercials?
Next up Ray gets into Google Voice and how it integrates with Gmail. Has Google nailed the ultimate communication dashboard with this new feature? Chris seems to think so.
Finally we talk a little bit about mix-minus setups and Ray convinces Chris that our next episode should be a video tutorial for podcasters looking to incorporate multiple connections via Skype, each with their own track.
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While my day job is to create audio and video podcasts for a science organization, I am an avid listener of a variety of different shows. I thought I would take the time to turn some people on to some of my consistent favorites that are not work-related for me:
Hosted by Leo Laporte, this insider's tech podcast brings in a consistent cadre of tech pundits each week, including folks like John C. Dvorak, Natali Del Conte, Becky Worley, Tom Merritt, Jason Calicanis, Brian Brushwood, Baratunde Thurston, and more. Not only do they cover the week's tech news, but they often veer off topic and that's when I think they are at their best. Published on Sunday evening this is the show I listen to to start off my week.
Hosted by Bob Garfiend and Brook Gladstone, this weekly NPR show explores how the media covers popular news stories. What's interesting about their production is that they interview the journalists behind the stories, giving you a unique perspective into why they chose to highlight certain aspects of a story. Most recently they have been focusing on the state of old media verse new media, technology issues and subjects related to the craft of journalism. But don't let this brief description mislead you, often they cover wide variety of political and policy related stories. This a must listen show for those in communications, public relations, journalism and the news industry.
This is a weekly video show produced by Al Jazeera English whose focus is on international news and how the media from different countries often present opposing sides of a story. Hosted by Richard Ginzberg, viewers get a broad look at news that is often not covered in US outlets. What's interesting to me is how they incorporate a wide range of viewer comments and perspectives via webcams. If you are accustomed to watching our regular cable and network news programs from CNN, Fox, NBC, CNN, ABC, CBS, MSNBC, CNBC, etc., you should find this take on reporting refreshing.
This daily CNET production is presented by Natali Del Conte. In five minutes or less Del Conte covers the tech news headlines of the day and often ads her own brief and light commentary. This well produced show helps fill my tech void during the week while I wait for the next episode of This Week in Tech.
Brian Parrish brings the rocking-est sounds of garage, surf, indie, blues, soul and shoegaze music on a weekly basis. A lot of what he plays is vintage but he occasionally throws in some fresh tracks from emerging artists around the world. Broadcasting live every Saturday night from KSYM 90.1 in San Antonio, Texas, this show is not to be missed if you like this style of music. To say this podcast is cool is an understatement. Outside of Blip.fm, this is the place I discover a lot of great music.
TED stands for Technology, Entertainment, Design, and is a nonprofit organization that hosts conferences that bring together some of the world's most thought provoking people from a diverse variety of fields and backgrounds. The video and/or audio podcast versions present some of the conference's most stand-out presentations. And, what's great about them is that you almost never know what you are going to get. But you can be assured that whatever it is it is top notch content. This is where I turn to learn about new ideas and innovative concepts.
Presented by TimesOnline (UK), The Daily Show with Jon Stewart correspondent/writer John Oliver and comedian Andy Zaltzman deliver a clever and delightfully witty take on the world's breaking news stories each week. If you are a fan of The Daily Show you often get interesting anecdotes from what happens behind the scenes at Comedy Central's hit faux news show and Zaltzman, who majored in classical studies at University College, Oxford, brings an amusing historical perspective to current events. One of the best features of the show is when they invite The American on, played by The Daily Show producer and comedian Rory Albanese. Albanese portrays just about every stereotype one can imagine citizens of the United States have been guilty of at one time or another. If you are a fan of intelligent comedy this is a podcast not to be missed.
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Due to the surprising number of listens to The Chris & Ray Show episode 1 we decided to spend some of our snow day recording episode 2 "Buzz of Bust?" in which we discuss Google's launch of Buzz.
Buzz is similar to Twitter on steroids but Ray and I wonder if it's more of a Google Wave killer than a Twitter killer.Take a chance and give it a listen. Let us know what you think in the comments. Please subscribe to the Chris & Ray show in iTunes. -
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On the backend of Posterous (pun intended) I noticed the site allows you to publish audio files as podcasts compatible with iTunes. In the spirit of experimentation I called up Ray of The Podcaster's Studio fame and created this "guerrilla" podcast episode. In our conversation we review Posterous as a way to publish podcasts. Let us know if you enjoy this and maybe we'll create more episodic content so our chatter can become a "real" podcast.Oh yeah, please subscribe to The Chris & Ray Show in iTunes :)
