When I lived in Boston, I fell in love with TechTV. This coincided with the decline of TV for me and Jodi – we grew to realize that we liked, less and less, the crap you’re forced to buy on cable. In an era of “on demand” content, podcasts, and $0.99 songs on iTunes, the all-or-nothing cable package is a dinosaur. Or a dodo bird. One of those.<\/p>\n
TechTV I liked. That was before it merged with G4, and then collapsed. My favorite show was “The Screensavers”, a tech magazine with great tips and neat tech demos. I loved the cast – they were an easy-going lot, fun to listen to (and who always looked like they loved their jobs). Alas, before I could go see a show in San Francisco the show basically died. All the good cast members slowly disappeared, and then G4TechTV died an ugly death.<\/p>\n
Thank GOD for podcasts and free media content. Leo Laporte, one of the founders of “The Screensavers”, has regrouped his colleagues for a regular podcast from his website, “This Week in Tech”:http:\/\/twit.tv\/ (http:\/\/twit.tv\/), or “TWiT”. Have a listen. They use Skype to bring the cast together, and record the conversation. It’s great fun. Tech news, discussions about computer philosophy and software… good times.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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