TM 20: Thunderbolt 3 and how to pitch a Kickstarter campaign

This week Nate & Ian discuss everyone's favourite computing essential: the dongle. Last episode of the year.SOURCES:Donglevisionhttps://tedium.co/2020/08/21/weird-dongle-history-evolution/NewScientist...

1 Joulu 202437min

This week is a special episode in which we revisit Ian's 2007 CNET feature, Top Ten Off Switches. Do the selections stand up to modern scrutiny? And how have off switches evolved in a world of Wi-Fi, ...

17 Marras 202439min

This week Nate and Ian discuss HD DVD, arguably one of the last global format wars to be fought -- and lost. The Patreon extended version also includes a lengthy discussion about the hypothetical futu...

3 Marras 202432min

This week Nate and Ian discuss the dual-layered delight that is DVD -- it's history, and our memories of using it.SOURCES:The death of the DVD: Why sales dropped more than 86% in 13 yearshttps://web.a...

27 Loka 202436min

Nate and Ian discuss the modern anxiety of calls from unknown numbers, repeated missed calls, and general caller ID-related terror. You might think this is a Halloween episode, such is the horror of t...

20 Loka 202429min

This week Nate's joined by Andrew Lanxon from CNET to discuss a rich history of games console controllers, from the bizarre to the innovative.SOURCES AND LINKS:PlayStation Multitaphttps://en.wikipedia...

13 Loka 202438min

This week, the boys discuss and reminisce about Bluetooth, specifically its history and evolution as a conduit for wireless audio.SOURCES AND LINKS:Know A Little More Bluetooth episodehttps://shows.ac...

6 Loka 202438min

This week we discuss the history of online dating, from the 1990s web services, through the UK's Teletext and into the modern era of apps. Nate discusses how he met his wife through an app, and Ian co...

29 Syys 202446min