The Command Line Podcast

This is an episode of The Command Line Podcast. In this episode, I share another essay, this time also from the web site, on the the interplay of critical judgement and skill. Following up on a promise to myself towards the end of last year, I extemporize for the latter half of the show. I hope that by allowing myself to just speak with little or no preparation on a subject, I will make it easier to get more shows out in a given year. I decided the work I’ve done exploring this concept of POSSE, or Post Own Site and Syndicate Everywhere, would be interesting to discuss, in particular responding to some mild criticism and clarifying why I find what I have set up so useful. I wrote two posts covering more technical details of what I am using, here and here. You can view my lifestream category on this site, or the same category on my new site, to see how this is all working for me. I have to once again give Dave Slusher credit for getting my thinking about this idea and for sharing how he has implemented it. Once again, you can subscribe to the links I curate throughout the week from my own aggregator. More news, commentary, and alternate feeds available at http://thecommandline.net/. You can grab the flac encoded audio from the Internet Archive.

This is an episode of The Command Line Podcast. In this episode, I share a couple more essays. Before the essays, I help spread the request for support from the GnuPG project. You can donate here. The first essay was already published on the web site, “A Sense of Scale.” The second essay is new, “Getting Back Up to Speed,” and I will publish it on the site in the next few days. You can grab the flac encoded audio from the Internet Archive.

This is an episode of The Command Line Podcast. In this episode, I interview Cory Doctorow about his latest book, “Information Doesn’t Want to be Free: Laws for the Internet Age.” If you are interested in learning more about the topics we discuss and that that book covers, you can also check out books by the scholars we mention: Lawrence Lessig, James Boyle and William Patry. I compared Cory’s book to “The Indie Band Survival Guide” the authors of which are friends of the show whom I have also interviewed. The audiobook version of the book is already available. Check Cory’s site, the free download and electronic editions should be available soon. You can grab the flac encoded audio from the Internet Archive.

This is an episode of The Command Line Podcast. In this episode, I share a couple more recent essays from the web site. In the second one, I refer to another essay about my new practice of walking. You can grab the flac encoded audio from the Internet Archive.

This is an episode of The Command Line Podcast. The feature this week is an essay comparing and contrasting Adventure Time with a cartoon from when I was the age my kids are now, Thundarr the Barbarian. More news, commentary, and alternate feeds available at http://thecommandline.net/. View the detailed show notes online. You can grab the flac encoded audio from the Internet Archive. Share

This is an episode of The Command Line Podcast. One of the reasons for the long delay was work related, focusing on the 1.0 release of the Commotion wireless project. Also work related and upcoming, I may be able to make it out to either LibrePlanet or RightsCon in March. If you want to hear from me, regardless of the length of pauses between episodes, check out the Libation Liberation Front. The hacker word of the week is frob. The feature this week is a consideration on how at least part of the problem with the state of inclusion and diversity in technology is due to a failure in leadership. This draws on some of the discussion following the episode on meritocracy, especially encouragement from Kevin who is working on the documentary, Transgeek. Here is a write up of the problematic demo at Disrupt, Andrea Peterson’s discussion of Dickinson’s Twitter feed, and some food for thought on soft power. More news, commentary, and alternate feeds available at http://thecommandline.net/. View the detailed show notes online. You can grab the flac encoded audio from the Internet Archive. Share

This is an episode of The Command Line Podcast. The feature this week is a state of the podcast address where I talk a bit about my recent hiatus, the history of the podcast, and my evolving approach to producing it. More news, commentary, and alternate feeds available at http://thecommandline.net/. View the detailed show notes online. You can grab the flac encoded audio from the Internet Archive. Share

This is a news cast, an episode of The Command Line Podcast. In the intro, I explain how I plan to take a hiatus until October. You can still catch me on a regular basis on the Libation Liberation Front. This week’s security alerts are Google patches critical Android vulnerability as first exploits appear and a related by distinct Android vulnerability is revealed. In this week’s news, the hut where the Internet was born, five dimensional storage medium promises massive capacity and durability, the one ISP in Utah standing up to law enforcement requests, and neural dust research could yield high resolution and capacity brain imaging and interfaces. Following up this week, some modest traction for wireless data TV white spaces and Obama administration weighs in against one Prism lawsuit. More news, commentary, and alternate feeds available at http://thecommandline.net/. View the detailed show notes online. You can also grab the flac encoded audio from the Internet Archive. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 United States License.

This is a feature cast, an episode of The Command Line Podcast. There is no hacker word of the week this week. The feature this week is an interview with my friend and friend of the show, Chris Miller. We caught up after a our last discussion on career changes from a couple of years ago to chat about the experience, challenges and rewards of technical management. More news, commentary, and alternate feeds available at http://thecommandline.net/. View the detailed show notes online. You can grab the flac encoded audio from the Internet Archive. Share

This is a news cast, an episode of The Command Line Podcast. In the intro, a quick review of the first audio book from The Pragmatic Bookshelf. This week’s security alerts are understanding the security risks of HTML5 and food for thought on password complexity versus length. In this week’s news, a project helping people fix their devices which may also encourage 2nd adopters of maker principles, practical echo location using commodity computers and mics, nanoscopic storage using graphene for paper and electrons for ink, and machine learning without human training. Following up this week, Microsoft reverses on controversial Xbox One policies and Ouya sells out of several retailers on launch day. More news, commentary, and alternate feeds available at http://thecommandline.net/. View the detailed show notes online. You can also grab the flac encoded audio from the Internet Archive. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 United States License.

This is a feature cast, an episode of The Command Line Podcast. There is no hacker word of the week this week. The feature this week is an interview with Dr. Pamela Gay, most recently of CosmoQuest. I invited her on to talk both about her adventures in crowd sourced citizen science and some of the technology focused aspects of her work. More news, commentary, and alternate feeds available at http://thecommandline.net/. View the detailed show notes online. You can grab the flac encoded audio from the Internet Archive. Share

This is a feature cast, an episode of Poor Richard’s Podcast. In this episode, as promised, I share a letter I submitted to the Great Philadelphia Convention stating my case for why our duly elective executive should not receive a salary. You can grab the flac encoded audio from the Internet Archive. Share

This is a news cast, an episode of The Command Line Podcast. In the intro I mention Tweet the Debates and the Cosmoquest 24-hour Hangout. This week’s security alerts are how passwords files are cracked and proof of concept of malware injection by iOS charger. In this week’s news, a fair and sustainable smartphone, an innovative smart door lock, an incidental distributed supercomputer platform, and gesture recognition via WiFi. Following up this week, EFF launches campaign to bust latest podcast patent trolling and a W3C insider discusses the risks of the DRM proposal. More news, commentary, and alternate feeds available at http://thecommandline.net/. View the detailed show notes online. You can also grab the flac encoded audio from the Internet Archive. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 United States License.

This is a feature cast, an episode of The Command Line Podcast. There is no hacker word of the week this week. The feature this week is an interview with Bruce Schneier. The catalyst for this conversation is a post on his blog that frames out some of the themes he has been considering for his next book. Among other things, we refer to Rebecca Mackinnon’s book and Kevin Kelly’s most recent book in the course of the conversation. More news, commentary, and alternate feeds available at http://thecommandline.net/. View the detailed show notes online. You can grab the flac encoded audio from the Internet Archive. Share

This is a news cast, an episode of The Command Line Podcast. This week’s security alerts are Microsoft warning of Facebook hijacking browser extensions and an Android app that tattles on other misbehaving apps. In this week’s news, considering whether supercomputing has hit a wall, a heart warming story about video games and gender swapped mechanics, one-time pads reinvented to overcome one of their limitations, and the first demonstration of a practical approach to an attractive model for quantum computing. Following up this week, France’s three strikes agency may be ending even if the regime is likely to continue in a less problematic form and new Xbox won’t allow indie gamers to self publish. More news, commentary, and alternate feeds available at http://thecommandline.net/. View the detailed show notes online. You can also grab the flac encoded audio from the Internet Archive. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 United States License.