IBM developerWorks podcasts

Todd Turbo Watson is back with a very funny take on dealing with an I-have-to-have-an-iPad attack.

A quick look at what's new on the site this week and then Brian Snitzer, Senior Technical Staff Member with IBM Global Technology Services, calls in to talk about IBM Smart Business Development and Test on the IBM Cloud.

This week on developerWorks, plus TQ and Fred Gutierrez from the Rational Events team preview the IBM Rational Innovate 2010 Conference coming up June 6-10 in Orlando, Florida.

Dr. Vladimir Bacvanski is founder and vice president of InferData, an IBM Business Partner that does training and consulting in advanced software and data technology. Vladimir talks about the importance of data modeling, how it works with agile development, and about what he will cover in next week's (May 13) developerWorks virtual tech briefing on best practices with data modeling.

This week on developerWorks, plus a chat with Java authority Ted Neward the latest entry in his developerWorks series "5 Things You Didn't Know About ..." This time part 2 looking at the Java Collections API.

IBM's Andy Piper gives an update on themes, announcements, and Ray Kurzweil's talk at IMPACT 2010 in Las Vegas. Follow Andy on Twitter @andypiper, or through his blog.

This week on developerWorks, plus a chat with Valerie Skinner who blogs as Yin Meets Yang and in the group blog My developerWorks Enthusiasts.

Trent Gray-Donald, IBM Java 7 technical lead, comments on the state of Java as a platform and a language, Oracle ownership of Sun, IBM Java 7, Open JDK and Apache Harmony, and what cloud computing means for Java developers. Also, check out theJava Platform Roundtable, Spring 2010 and Java Technology, IBM style.

Chris Barger is social media lead for General Motors Corporation. I caught up with him at the SXSWi 2010 Chevy Volt Recharge Lounge for a chat about encouraging change in communication strategy at GM and the part social media has played.

This week on developersWorks plus developer/author/speaker Scott Davis talks about exploring Web sites, mobile applications, open data, and APIs for public transportation.

This week on developerworks, plus an interview with U.S. Air Force Captain Nathan Broshear who talks about how the USAF is using social media in crisis/relief situations and for communicating soldiers' stories to the media.

Joel Bush co-founded Amplifier.com to help web companies monetize and expand their brands. Clients include The Onion and Despair Inc., and Bush and company go about their business with a unselfed zest that might seem odd to many in today's "brand-yourself-24/7" web world. But it's the nature of their business and part of what makes them so effective. I caught up with Joel at SXSW and we spoke about his business, the great even that is SXSWi, and other things on his always active and observant mind.

TWOdW for the week of March 22. David Meerman Scott talks about the merging of social networking, marketing, and public relations, why ROI is inadequate to measure its value, and other things he's excited about. dW newsletter editor John Swanson talks about dW Forums.

Geoffrey McCaleb, Nsyght's Mad Scientist, talks about beginning with a desire to solve a problem of search relevancy and ending up with a new brand and approach to social network aggregation. Todd Watson joins.

Patrick Meier of Ushahidi.com talks about their free and open source solution, first created for mapping incidents of violence during the 2007 Kenyan elections and now being used in Haiti and Chile to assist with rescue and relief efforts.