Todd Friesen – Confessions of a Reformed Spammer

Nov 11, 2009 | No Comments

Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed Todd Friesen is a former blog spammer. Who knows? He may have visited your blog in the past. Hear his tales of the “old” days, why and how he did what he did… and why he no longer does it. Todd [...]

Gnomedex 9 Photo Awards with Kris Krug

Nov 9, 2009 | No Comments

Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed At the end of Gnomedex 9, photographer Kris Krug graced our stage once again. Last year, he presented his best photography tips to us in order to help us all capture conference moments (and life moments!) more effectively. This year, he [...]

Chris Brogan and Julien Smith – Rise of the Trust Agents

Nov 6, 2009 | No Comments

Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed How did Scoble do it? What made Perez Hilton so much more successful than People magazine? How do emoticons change the way we do business on the web? Join Chris Brogan and Julien Smith, authors of the book Trust Agents, for [...]

Phil Plait – Active Skepticism Online

Nov 4, 2009 | No Comments

Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed Phil talked to us about science communication online, and how the “new” (now teenaged, in more ways than one) media has affected it. Specifically how instant info – passed on Twitter – can actually make misinformation spread faster than good info, [...]

Christine Peterson – Life Extension for Geeks

Nov 4, 2009 | One Comment

Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed Compared to our computers, our bodies are mind-bogglingly complex systems. There’s no “life extension pill” available today, and none is likely to arrive soon. Fortunately for us, we can use our technical skills to evaluate and implement today’s life extension techniques, [...]

Firas Khatib – FoldIt

Oct 31, 2009 | No Comments

Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed Firas Khatib is a postdoctoral researcher in David Baker’s Laboratory in the Biochemistry Department at the University of Washington. He is currently trying to cure cancer by getting people to play online video games, specifically Foldit, but has yet to break [...]

Jay Grandin and Leah Nelson – 20,000,000 versus 20: Audience vs. Impact

Oct 29, 2009 | No Comments

Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed Leah Nelson and Jay Grandin have established themselves as accomplished New Media producers with web content that has seen audiences of over 35 million. The success of their short films, comedy and documentary work has led to contracts for original series [...]

Warren Etheredge – The Art of the Interview (Or How to Grill a Star)

Oct 26, 2009 | No Comments

Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed As founder of The Warren Report, Warren Etheredge curates and hosts over 250 events every year, a podcast and television series. The Warren Report promotes “slow culture” through commentary, outreach, events and education. Their principle: Smarter audiences make a better world! [...]

Beth Goza – Nerd Craft: A Field Guide

Oct 25, 2009 | One Comment

Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed Beth describes herself as a gadget loving, game playing, movie junkie who reads, knits, and spends far too much time on the Internet. Emerging from the explosion of next-gen DIY movements, hand crafting revivals, and celebrating all thing geek comes a [...]

Angel Djambazov – Amazon, Affiliates & Taxes

Oct 23, 2009 | No Comments

Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed Born in Bulgaria, Angel Djambazov has spent his professional career in the fields of journalism and online marketing. In his journalistic career he worked as an editor on several newspapers and was the founding Editor-in-Chief of Wyoming Homes and Living Magazine. [...]

Micah Baldwin – Building Influence Online

Oct 21, 2009 | No Comments

Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed Micah is VP, Business Development and Chief Evangelist for Lijit Networks, the sixth startup Micah has been involved in (having sold his last startup, Current Wisdom, in the beginning of 2007). He came to Gnomedex to talk to us about how [...]