Tech broadcaster Tom Merritt joins TWiT

I’m a big fan of both CNET as well as TWiT and am pleased to hear that Tom Merritt is moving from CNET to TWiT this coming week. Petaluma, CA — The TWiT netcast network has hired Tom Merritt to bring several news- and geek-oriented shows to the channel. Owned by longtime tech broadcaster, president [...]

Leo Laporte dumps Facebook

Many of you know I am a huge fan of Leo Laporte a/k/a The Tech Guy and the brains behind TWIT (This Week In Tech). I listen to his show on weekends (2p-5p Eastern) on the internet on a variety of radio stations (KFI/Los Angeles is my personal favorite) and it’s a great show. Recently [...]

Lost Apple iPhone or was it stolen?

Apparently Gray Powell is a hot item these days. I was listening to Leo Laporte (The Tech Guy) today on the internet (via KFI radio online) and he talked about it. The full story is below. Apple’s Lost iPhone: A Case of Puppet Master or Victim? Paul Suarez/PCWorld Apr 25, 2010 12:17 pm Apple could [...]

SXSW: Maybe next year?

I have been hearing about SXSW for years…and never really considered going. My good friends Marisa Bangash & Melinda Lee (www.uncensoredinterview.com) first turned me onto it a few years ago and while it initially appeared like a new music conference 2010 was the beginning of the shift. CBS Interactive, Leo LaPorte (twit.tv), NPR, BBC and [...]

Many people ask me where I get alot of my information about digital media and related technologies and my answer is a handful of people who really get it…Natali DelConte, Jason Calcanis and Leo LaPorte are three good examples. I was listening to the live webcast of Leo LaPorte’s “TWIT Live” program and his two [...]

Wolfram Alpha: The Google Killer?

I’ve mentioned many times here that I am a huge fan of Leo Laporte who hosts (among other things) a weekend technology-oriented talk radio program show titled Leo Laporte: The Tech Guy. This afternoon he played an interview with Stephen Wolfram, a British physicist, mathematician, and businessman, known for his work in theoretical particle physics, [...]

The Obameter

As I mentioned a few weeks ago I recently became a fan of Leo Laporte and his TWIT world. TWiT.tv, hosts thirteen podcasts covering various topics including the internet, computer security, Microsoft, Apple, food and current technology news. In addition to the flaghip show, “This Week In Tech” I am a big fan of “TWIT [...]