http://www.netscoop.tv Tech Podcast with Mike Chandler Tue, 03 Feb 2009 07:01:49 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en When Greg Grunberg of Heroes fame announced this morning that he was starting an online coupon business with friends he met on Twitter, I got a little jealous. The service targets the iPhone but I have a Blackberry through Verizon Wireless. Since when did the Blackberry become the bastard ... http://www.netscoop.tv/2009/02/02/twitter-cant-be-beaten/ Everybody love a good video... Here's one that pokes a little fun at the revival of the internet boom and the inevidable crash that will result as investors eagerly over-hype anything with an internet presence. It's very well done!  Check it out. http://www.netscoop.tv/2009/01/21/here-comes-another-bubble-v11/ Today is a historic day in Washington D.C.!  It marks the first day of our new President's blog on Whitehouse.gov.  The first post was fascinating because it was the introduction of the Director of New Media for the Whitehouse.  It's definitely a showing of evolution and our leaders' willingness to ... http://www.netscoop.tv/2009/01/20/new-whitehousegov/ TechCrunch has a fantastic article on former Google employees and their gripes in a private Google group. The well known search firm that moves the Internet is like any other corporate culture apparently, with questionable managers, flawed hiring processes, unsatisfactory pay rates, and the typical work related complaints. Says Issara, ... http://www.netscoop.tv/2009/01/19/google-gripes/ One of my favorite episodes of South Park was the episode where the kids get addicted to World of Warcraft and then are recruited by the software company that created the game to rid the network of a powerful player. I first watched the episode with someone who enjoys ... http://www.netscoop.tv/2009/01/18/you-pay-wow-or-they-pay/ This week on NetScoop, we're covering Pownce... and that's it. From the really negative reviews to the much more positive ones, we cover the good and the bad this week, offering a demo of the web-based service and the desktop application. Digg this podcast please! This episode is available for download ... http://www.netscoop.tv/2007/07/12/netscoop-20-pownce-just-pownce/ This week on NetScoop, we cover MySpace related news, demo the new VeohTV beta, and review the live video streaming and editing/mixing service called Mogulus. We'll show you how to set up the Ruby on Rails development environment in your Windows PC using InstantRails and Rad Rails. Please digg this ... http://www.netscoop.tv/2007/07/04/netscoop-19-internet-tv-bandwagon/ This week on NetScoop, we've got some stuff that'll help you attract users and track users on your website. We start with some social networking news related to Yahoo and MySpace, some news about the infamous lonelygirl15 and we have an update on our comments regarding Justin.TV. We ... http://www.netscoop.tv/2007/06/22/netscoop-18-website-dressing/ This week on NetScoop, we cover the newest channel on Justin TV. A viewer email prompts a call-out to the great Leo Laporte. We have a cool Firefox plug-in that allows you to control the look and feel of popular online destinations. Lastly, we show you how ... http://www.netscoop.tv/2007/06/14/netscoop-17-internet-fame/ This week on NetScoop, Chris Pirillo steps up his efforts spawning a new level of jealousy within me. I've got a cool Web 2.0 design tip for Curvy Corners, and a Google Pagerank plug-in for Firefox. This week's site of the week is Talkr, the service that turns ... http://www.netscoop.tv/2007/05/31/netscoop-16-no-pants/ Due to moderate illness, NetScoop will not be seen this week. Instead, please enjoy this video of Gary Busey's best performance EVER... http://www.netscoop.tv/2007/05/24/no-netscoop-this-week/ This week, we've got a cool web 2.0 download for Adobe Photoshop. Plus, Mike declares himself the King of UndoTV after reading an article that suggests Chris Pirillo and Leo Laporte aren't too excited about the UndoTV platform! Fortunately (I hope) the article was based on a quote ... http://www.netscoop.tv/2007/05/17/netscoop-15-royalty-edition/ On NetScoop this week, we discuss the HD-DVD key issue on Digg. We'll show you a nice slide show on Flickr of transparent monitor screens along with a cool Commodore 64 theme for your Wordpress blog. This week, we demonstrate WengoVisio, the widget for video messages on your blog or ... http://www.netscoop.tv/2007/05/10/netscoop-14-digging-keys/ This week on NetScoop, we take a unique look at Twitter. Vonage gets a break, kinda... We sample the group creation and management process on Pikspot, the software that powers UndoTV and I seek Leo Laporte's help with a podcasting blunder. Do you believe in good karma? Then digg ... http://www.netscoop.tv/2007/05/03/netscoop-13-pik-your-spot/ Kevin Rose opts NOT to censor news stories relating to the HD-DVD DRM crack on Digg. Details are here. http://www.netscoop.tv/2007/05/02/kevin-rose-says-up-yours-drm/