TWiT 238

TWiT Episode 238

"Lisa Hates Technology"Hosts: Leo Laporte, John C. Dvorak, Kevin Rose, and Clayton Morris Recorded: March 7, 2010 Published: March 8, 2010 Duration: 1:28:27 Transcript  • Article links Previous episode – Next episode

Contents 1 This Week In Tech 238: Lisa Hates Technology 1.1 Panel 1.2 Topics 1.3 Notable Quotes 1.4 Significant Products 1.5 Show Title Background 2 Sponsors 2.1 Audible 2.1.1 Picks 2.2 GoToMeeting 3 Production Information

This Week In Tech 238: Lisa Hates Technology

Panel

• Leo Laporte (@leolaporte)
  • Leoville.com
• John C. Dvorak (@therealdvorak)
  • dvorak.org/blog, channeldvorak.com
• Kevin Rose (@kevinrose)
  • Digg.com
• Clayton Morris (@ClaytonMorris)
  • Clayton Morris Blog

Topics

• Hundreds of Twitter Accounts Hacked
• Porn Detection Stick seeks out salacious images
• Apple delays iPad as Microsoft readies Courier in the tablet wars
• Apple sues HTC for iPhone patent infringement
• Conan uses Twitter to change one woman's life
• @lisatickledpink hates technology
• Game Addicts Arrested for Starving Baby to Death
• Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg 'hacked into emails of rivals and journalists
• Arctic seabed methane stores destabilizing, venting
• Is Microsoft Behind Google's Italy Woes?
• Assassin’s Creed 2 unplayable as Ubisoft DRM servers go down
  • Ubisoft's notorious "uncrackable" unfair game DRM falls in less than 24h
• Notion Ink's Adam tablet is another iPad rival

Notable Quotes

• "Notable remark or comment."
  • -- Panelist @ MP3 time code

Significant Products

• Product / Service Name
  • Link URL
  • Description

Show Title Background

On Sunday, March 7th, during the live taping of this episode of TWiT, Leo Laporte "pranked" one Twitter account by sending all to a random account, @LisaTickledPink and following her. Within 20 minutes, she received more than 2,000 followers.

Kevin Rose chose the random Twitter account by searching for “i hate technology”. Afterward, Leo realized that she might have setup email alerts for every new follower and her email account was going to get bogged down with. He then promised the New Zealand resident a free iPad.

The “prank” was inspired by Conan O’Brien’s joke. Laporte also promised a random follower of Lisa a free iPad.

Sponsors

Audible

• Audible.com/twit2
• Audible Platinum
• ad times: 0:59-1:12 and 58:34-1:03:10

Picks

Daemon by Daniel Suarez (UNABRIDGED) Narrated by Jeff Gurner

Under the Dome: A Novel by Stephen King (UNABRIDGED) Narrated by Raul Esparza

GoToMeeting

• GoToMeeting.com/twit
• G2M #6
• ad times: 0:45-0:58 and 29:05-30:13

Production Information

• Edited by: Tony
• Notes: Edite F at 16:10

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