Net@night 127

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Net@night Episode 127

"That Was Measy"Hosts: Leo Laporte and Amber MacArthur Recorded: November 17, 2009 Published: November 18, 2009 Duration: 52:58 Transcript Previous episode – Next episode

Contents 1 Net@night 127: That Was Measy 1.1 Guests 1.2 Topics 1.3 Picks of the Week 2 Notable Quotes 3 Significant Products 4 Sponsors 4.1 Audible 4.1.1 Picks 4.2 Other Sponsor 5 Production Information

[edit] Net@night 127: That Was Measy

[edit] Guests

• Ian Manheimer, CEO, Measy, Inc.
  • Measy.com

[edit] Topics

• Canadian high school is first in the world to announce the supply of Sony Readers in place of printed textbooks

• Oxford English Dictionary's Word of the Year: Unfriend

Other tech words considered:

• hashtag - a # [hash] sign added to a word or phrase that enables Twitter users to search for tweets (postings on the Twitter site) that contain similarly tagged items and view thematic sets

• intexticated - distracted because texting on a cellphone while driving a vehicle

• netbook - a small, very portable laptop computer with limited memory

• paywall - a way of blocking access to a part of a website which is only available to paying subscribers

• sexting - the sending of sexually explicit texts and pictures by cellphone

• Nasa dispels 2012 predictions with website

[edit] Picks of the Week

WEB APP

• Snailmailr.com

WEB DESIGN TRENDS FOR 2010

• Webdesignledger.com

[edit] Notable Quotes

[edit] Significant Products

• Link URL and optional brief description

[edit] Sponsors

[edit] Audible

• Audible.com/night
• ad time: 00:00:54-00:01:06 and 00:39:05-00:42:57

[edit] Picks

Time Enough for Love by Robert A. Heinlein (UNABRIDGED) Narrated by Lloyd James

[edit] Other Sponsor

GoToMeeting 3

• GoToMeeting.com/night
• ad time: 00:01:08-00:01:19 and 00:24:2400:26:06

FordSYNC-2

• SyncMyRidePodcast.com
• ad time: 00:00:35-00:00:52 and 00:05:53-00:09:27

[edit] Production Information

• Edited by: Tony
• Notes:

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