Net@night
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Hosts: Leo Laporte and Amber MacArthur Topic: Internet and Web 2.0 Debut: November 7th, 2006 Released: Every Thursday Duration: 30 to 60 minutes |
net@night, hosted by Amber MacArthur and Leo Laporte, is an audio netcast on the TWiT network. It focuses on news related to Web 2.0. The format is normally a conversation between Amber and Leo. They discuss Web sites, Web applications, social media, viral videos and podcasts among other Web 2.0 topics. They usually feature a guest interview in each show.
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Hosts
- Amber MacArthur Amber on Wikipedia
- Leo Laporte Leo on Wikipedia
Co-Hosts
- Sarah Lane Sarah on Wikipedia
History
net@night began as a podcast with a different name: Inside the Net. Inside the Net was similar to net@night, but with more of an emphasis on interviewing guests. It debuted in November 2005. A year later, the show was redesigned and rebranded net@nite. Initially, the new show was based around listener interaction, with the show broadcast live via TalkShoe. Fans were able to call in and take part in the conversation, offering stories of their experiences related to the Web. At the end of the live TalkShoe broadcasts Leo would usually take all the fans who had called in off mute so they could all say "goodnight" together. The TalkShoe broadcast was recorded and distributed as a podcast a few days later. With Amber and Leo finding it increasingly difficult to maintain a regular broadcast schedule, the show went on hiatus and was revamped again. On Nov. 7, 2007, the new net@nite was released, as it is in its current format, which focuses more on a conversation about what's new and popular on the Web. Early in 2009 the spelling of the show was changed from Net@Nite to Net@Night to put an end to years of confusion.
Recent Shows
- Net@night 137 – Web Usability Guru Jakob Nielsen – "Leaked" Apple tablet photos, Foursquare's new frontier, YouTube's music discovery project, and more.
- Net@night 136 – Host On The Ground – Conan's Craigslist sale, Google and China, mobile apps soar, Yelp funding, Farmville parody, and more.
- Net@night 135 – Backupify – Web loves Conan, Al Gore's fonts, pay-per-tweet, MIA gets bad tech support, and more.
- Net@night 134 – Gowalla – Facebook disallows the Suicide Machine, Skype is coming to the big screen, Foursquare goes global, philter.com, and more.
- Net@night 133 – Blippy – Facebook hits #1 on Xmas day, find the first person who followed you, Leo's hi-fi scale, and more.
- Net@night 132 – Foursquare – YouTube Doubler and short URLs, Twitter profitable, a Wave goodbye to 2009, and more.
- Net@night 131 – Merlin And The Aardvark – Merlin Mann joins Amber and Leo to talk about a new web service that answers your questions, Aardvark
- Net@night 130 – Amber Finds A Home – The top 10 web failures of 2009, Google goes real-time, and auto-tuning 2009, and more.
- Net@night 129 – Twalkin – Square, Google Zeitgeist, Square, Consumer Web Apps of 2009, Twalkin, and mor
- Net@night 128 – Crush it! With Gary Vee – Gary Vaynerchuck, from Wine Library TV, chats with Leo and Amber about his work, his book, and things that excite him
- Net@night 127 – That Was Measy – Use the web to send snail mail, the Oxford English Dictionary word of the year, and NASA responds to 2012.
Episodes
Net@night currently has 117 episodes as of Sept 9th, 2009. New episodes are released every Thursday, and last between 30-60 minutes.
Read the Net@night Show Notes.
Sarah Lane co-hosted Net@Night temporarily in February 2009 due to Amber Macarthur taking a temporary leave in to have a Baby Boy! (Connor) Congrats to Amber & Chris!
Music
The current opening theme music was originally written as a tribute to Joe Satriani named 'Satriani Style' by Michael Moniz. When 'Inside The Net' became 'net@night', Paul Minshall wrote the current closing theme music 'Miami Sunset' to go with the new night time feel.
Show Notes
This show currently has an opening for a regular volunteer show note taker for its Show Notes. For info, visit How To Help With Show Notes.
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