Join the Waves of Tech as we explore technology and how it influences your life on a daily basis. In this week’s TPN Weekly, the Waves of Tech crew discussed education, space, consumer devices, and the future of various industries.

Education: The influence of technology is everywhere! Educational institutions maintain thousands of research databases and professional journals which makes going to the library for research a near thing of the past! Professional IT training, information access, and career development are all discussed here.

Space: The introduction of technologies such as GPS, satellites, television, and communication have created a global village of connectivity. We enjoy stories from around the world and are able to witness miraculous events such as the Chilean miner rescue. Also, when was the last time you stopped and ask for directions instead of using your GPS system or cell phone?

Consumer Devices: The crew discusses the various tech gadgets laying around the house. Once you really start thinking about this topic, the list is long. The home computer, the cell phone, the gaming system, the Blu-Ray player, the Kindle, the iPad, and the HD-TV are tech gadgets we have grown accustom to having and using.

The future: The debate rages on about the future of newspapers, brick and mortar bookstores, and commercial TV. Dave is a bit more optomistic while Mikee and Steve are convinced these industries are soon to be a thing of the past.

We are out of here, it’s time to ride the waves of tech.

Host Todd Cochrane takes you through what has been happening lately at the Tech Podcast Network, and our new channel on the Roku Set Top Box. Todd also walks you through his upcoming trip to Ford Motor Company to check out the new 2011 models and a special guided tour through Ford Facilities in Dearborn Michigan. Tune into Geek News Central Podcast this week and next for all the details.

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Make sure you visit Geek News Central to check out the latest in Tech and tune into his twice weekly Podcast streamed live every Monday and Thursday night with downloadable media available Tuesday and Friday morning subscribe here through iTunes today!

This week’s TPN Weekly is by Jeffrey Powers of Geekazine. In this episode, I am going to talk about how you should take your Podcast to the next level by involving Social Networking. Gone are the days of “One Site to Rule them All…” New networks pop up everyday. People moved from MySpace to Facebook – Where will they move when Facebook doesn’t work for them and why you should be there first.

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In this Podcast, I will talk about 5 ways to let your social networking work for your show. This includes:

5. Sign up to Everything

I know – Being on one Social Networking site is enough. Being on them all is just insane! But you never know how many fans you miss until you do it.  Facebook, MySpace, Yahoo, CNet.com, Gizmodo, Ning.com and more.

Check out SocialMediawebsites to find out the newest ones.

4. Post, Post Post

Most lists talk about posting on other pages. I am no different. The more you post, the more people will form an opinion.

3. Your RSS is GOLD, Baby!

The most under-appreciated part of your website. The RSS is your megaphone. Use it.

Check out Geekazine and how I have not one, but 5 RSS feeds to choose from.

2. Your Facebook Fan Page can contain multiple admins

Simple recruit tactics can get other people posting on your Social Network sites. That can bring more people to your site.

1. Local community is always first, no matter what your show is about.

Do not discount the people around you. Build a base and work outward.

Aloha

I wanted to take a few minutes in today’s TPN Weekly to introduce you to the Geek News Central Podcast, and encourage you to come over and check out my full length show. Geek News Central Podcast is produced twice weekly in both Audio and Video format. Subscribing is easy and I encourage audience participation so get involved with the show. Check out the podcast and all of the great content at GeekNewsCentral.com

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Our Feburary Rountable featured the following guest and presentations.

Joining us Today:

• Nuance – Dragon Naturally Speaking for the desktop and iPhone
• Andy McCaskey – Social Media Takeaways from Recent Conference
• Todd Cochrane - TechPodcasts.tv

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There are a lot of options to watch of listen select one below.

• Watch the Interactive Video
• Watch Apple TV Ready Video
• Listen to the Audio Only

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TechPodcasts.tv is the newest offering from the Tech Podcast Network. With over 100 of the top tech shows in the new media space we are no venturing into syndication of our members video content. While this initiative is just getting underway we are excited to make the site available.

Currently the TechPodcasts.tv is running on a custom WordPress template, but we have plans to offer a pure video portal driven by the RawVoice Generator in the coming months.

Let us know what you think of TechPodcasts.TV

One heck of a lineup of guest for the January Round Table

• Mark Smith – CEO of iPadio.com -We provided TPN updates from CES by phone right from the show floor, in audio podcast form. Learn how the technology from the UK Company spearheaded coverage of the disaster from Haiti a few days after CES.
• Rob May BackUpify.com - offering a way to safely back up all of the data that you have stored in the cloud – such as Twitter, Facebook, Flickr, and Gmail.
• Jeffrey Powers will be talking about ways to Podcast via your Mobile

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There are a lot of options to watch of listen select one below.

• Watch the Interactive Video
• Watch Apple TV Ready Video
• Listen to the Audio Only

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Join us today Saturday January 30th at 1:00PM Pacific – 4:00PM Eastern for the Tech Podcast Roundtable.

Joining us Today is

• Mark Smith – CEO of iPadio.com -We provided TPN updates from CES by phone right from the show floor, in audio podcast form. Learn how the technology from the UK Company spearheaded coverage of the disaster from Haiti a few days after CES.
• Rob May BackUpify.com - offering a way to safely back up all of the data that you have stored in the cloud – such as Twitter, Facebook, Flickr, and Gmail.
• Jeffrey Powers will be talking about ways to Podcast via your Mobile

To participate in the Round Table is very simple, 15 Minutes before we start Simply Click this link! GotoMeeting will load automatically and then you can then choose to either dial in, or participate with a headset via VOIP.

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Hello everyone and Happy New Year! I’m Simon Calder from SimonSezIT.com and host of the Simon Sez IT Tech Show at www.SimonSezIT.com/tips

During this week’s edition of the TPN Weekly, we’re going to start the New Year by providing practical tips for overcoming email overload. We’ve reached a tipping point where the deluge of email is making us less productive instead of more productive. While still a great communication tool, we need to get things under control. I’ll provide 10 practical tips to help you start the New Year on solid footing.

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Overcoming Email Overload

• Focus on CPT – critical productivity time
• Turn new email notifications off
• Use rules to organize your email
• Resort to “traditional” methods of communication
• Use newer methods of communication
• Be less formal
• Read the email, then reply
• Use search tools
• Don’t be emotional
• Set aside time each day or 1 day each week to organize your email

I hope you enjoyed the show. Be sure to stop by SimonSezIT.com/tips for all of our previous shows, SimonSezIT.com for software video training tutorials, and my other tech blog, HotButteredIT.com.

Wishing you a successful and prosperous 2010!

Warmly,
Simon

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Hey everyone. Jeffrey Powers from Geekazine here. Check out my newest podcast – Day in Tech History

This week I have put together this show in a different way. It is recorded 100% from the iPhone. Some of it was with the headset, some without and one part was even from my podcast rig recorded to the iPhone.

The idea is simple: If you say you don’t have time to do a podcast, then I am showing you otherwise. Toward the end I put up a challenge to everyone that has been saying they wanted to do a podcast.

Some items you can get to help record shows

Monster iSoniTalk
Logitech LIC-iREC03P (Which for some reason is not on Logitech site)
Quicktime

This was one of the most valuable Tech Podcast Round Tables yet. Lots of great ideas to make you more productive and increase your geek factor.

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We have three presentations

• Federico Viticci -  Adapting and Customizing Firefox with Greasemonkey Script
• Todd Cochrane – RawVoice Inc. PowerPress Next Geneation Podcast Publishing
• Andy McCaskey – SDRNews.com Reviews CoolIris

There are a lot of options to watch of listen select one below.

• Watch the Interactive Video
• Watch  Apple TV Ready Video
• Listen to the Audio Only

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This is Jeffrey Powers, I run a show called Geekazine. I am here to give you episode #2 of the TPN Weekly Show and a slice of cake. You KNOW you want the cake…

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Contact: Geekazine@gmail.com or 608-205-4378

Geekazine and SDRNews in Chicago for the CMS Expo

From the Quickcast:  WITH (Week in Tech History)

Apr 27 – 1981

• Xerox introduces the Xerox 8010 Star Information System, featuring a new piece of Hardware called a “Mouse”.

Apr 28 – 2003

• Apple Computer launches the iTunes Music Store.
• Corel releases version 8.0 of Paint Shop Pro (PSP) for Windows.

Apr 29 – 1994

• Commodore International announces that it will declare bankruptcy.

2004

• Google Files it’s initial IPO

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Virtual XP Mode - Windows Inside Windows.

Geocities Shutting Down – What does Yahoo gain without selling or merging?

Thanks for listening. Feel