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255: Community Service

FromGrumpy Old Geeks

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96 minutes

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Apr 16, 2018

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Our all Q&A episode as Jason heads back to Cali. We discuss the ethics of our trips to Sweden; encryption, VPNs & the right amount of paranoia; Spotify & labels; smart home devices; blockchain; WARNING: This episode may self-destruct, just like Facebook. Show notes at http://gog.show/255

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Apr 16, 2018

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Covering tech news, security, movies, tv shows, and books for tech savvy adults. A no-holds-barred show about the Internet and how it's affecting our lives for good or bad. Hosts Jason DeFillippo & Brian Schulmeister have over 40 years of online experience and aren't afraid to tell it like it is.

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07: Must learn balance Daniel-san!: In this episode the geeks talk about how they've gotten screwed by bad business practices and dish out some serious wisdom on how you can avoid the same fate. by Grumpy Old Geeks
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10: Who checks the lady boys?: Joey Rabier a.k.a. Joey the Intern from TechTV/G4/Revision3 joins Jason and Brian this week for some serious inappropriateness that's guaranteed to offend the entire family. by Grumpy Old Geeks
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03: You just gotta hump it!: Nostalgia, Romance, Cash and the HuffPo disaster. by Grumpy Old Geeks
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13: Upward spiral of innovation: Dr. David Teter joins the guys this week to talk clean water, nuclear weapons (no shit) and the Edward Snowden debacle among other things. If we disappear it's because of this episode. by Grumpy Old Geeks
71 min listen
01: How to make money on the Internet. Sorta.: In the inaugural episode of Grumpy Old Geeks we meet the guys for the first time as they walk us down a bit of memory lane. Jason explains to Brian how people make money on the Internet and some nefarious things people should watch out for. by Grumpy Old Geeks
78 min listen
17: There is no spoon: Jason and Brian talk Seneca and Stoics, creepy homeschooling, Microsoft, plagiarism, remixing, downright thievery, iOS apps and Facebook. by Grumpy Old Geeks
82 min listen
09: Tend your own garden: Jason realizes he's a whiny brat and starts to eat his own dogfood. A conversation ensues about the dangers of giving up your content to so many sites that you don't own and Brian tries to make his brain grow. by Grumpy Old Geeks
41 min listen
24: The Best Productivity Podcast Ever!: How to become a programmer, productivity apps, douchery of the NSA and subversion tactics, and free music! by Grumpy Old Geeks
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21: Ye Good Old Days with Scott Beale: Ye Good Old Days with Scott Beale by Grumpy Old Geeks
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06: Yeah, that sounds expensive.: We have our first guest! Rudy Jachan of Timey Wimey TV and Galacticast fame kindly joined us this week for an awesome conversation about coding, getting old, and how Hollywood works. There is a bit of problem with the audio on this episode and we apologiz by Grumpy Old Geeks
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11: Social media burnout. Fact or Fiction?: Jason and Brian discuss social media burnout, the evils of tech support, and a movie review of a hacker classic. by Grumpy Old Geeks
69 min listen
05: We're all screwed...: How Facebook is screwing up their privacy initiative, what you need to get started with security and some awesome sci-fi books! http://grumpyoldgeeks.com/ by Grumpy Old Geeks
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46: A New Hope: This week, a discussion on the emerging landscape of middle-tier funding sites for indy artists. Touch on the WhatsApp sale and dig deeper on other Facebook internals like news feed fisting and dating data. Jason talks about his new iOS recording rig. by Grumpy Old Geeks
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29: Coin Ops & Sweat Shops: Mike Vinikour joins GOG this week for a fascinating talk about the dirty underbelly of how video games are really made and interesting career paths. by Grumpy Old Geeks
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08: I'll bet you think this podcast is about you. Don't you?: Brian is back from Hawaii and Jason has advice for the young ones and shares his experience enduring the interview process. by Grumpy Old Geeks
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04: How we got our groove: This week the guys talk about free online education, how free software can bite you in the ass and wonky design. by Grumpy Old Geeks
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02: No, we are still not the media.: In this episode we solve the problem of useless profile photos for a cause. Tear Kickstarter a new one and tell you how to be healthy and travel in style. by Grumpy Old Geeks
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19: Meat and booze camp with Shane Nickerson: Shane Nickerson is on the show this week to talk creativity after 40, how awesome podcasting for yourself is, the fundamental problem with crowd funding, and the future of meat and booze camp. The guys also get threatened by a publisher and other stuff. by Grumpy Old Geeks
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12: And now for something completely different: The gents try a new peppier format and introduce some new segments. by Grumpy Old Geeks
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14: Round the World with Felicia Michaels: This week the guys are joined by renowned comedian and photographer Felicia Michaels and some serious tomfoolery ensues. by Grumpy Old Geeks
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16: Sum Ting Wong: Asiana Fox Faux Pas, the death & ressurection of Hulu, Atari Alums hit the slums, Jobs screwing Apple from beyond the grave, dorky algorithms, DEF CON biting the hand that spies, stalkers delight in new creepy, more crap you can't afford. by Grumpy Old Geeks
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18: A Cornucopia of Crazy Making: Celebrity weddings, hearty stouts, class clowns ruin it for everyone, private armies, another kickstarter rip-off, Japan rules at crazy, and Kanye West is still a total douchebag. They also discuss the future of making money on the internet. by Grumpy Old Geeks
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15: The Boys are Back in Town: Several thousand miles and a few weeks later Brian and Jason re-unite over the Internet to keep things going. Topics include: overcoming analysis paralysis, the sad demise of Google Reader, app redemptions and the defense of their honor. by Grumpy Old Geeks
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49: Painfully Unintuitive Fuster Cluck: Ruminations on train travel in the digital age. Jason has gone back to Squarespace kicking and screaming and it almost cost him a laptop. The age old discussion of ageism in tech continues. Brian discovers crowd beer. Jason has his last WordPress fit. Eve by Grumpy Old Geeks
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23: The Best Technology Podcast Ever!: The Best Technology Podcast Ever! by Grumpy Old Geeks
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30: The American Dream 2.0: Jason tempts the fate of the Pod Gods and gets smote upside the head. The American Dream is a fallacy. Scaling back can lead to a happier and healthier life. Kickstarters, podcasts, and books we actually like! And we visit the happiest place on Earth. by Grumpy Old Geeks
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26: Sympathetic Belch Response: After some extreme technical difficulties the guys shat out one of their best episodes to date. Not really but c'mon. They can't all be winners. Amiright? Just kidding! It's awesome as always. Jason has a new iPhone 5S so what else ya gotta say? by Grumpy Old Geeks
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44: 68 Minutes You Totally Have to Hear To Believe!: The guys talk about their fun on Twitter with the Secret App team, Jason's got a spiral fracture in his leg and should have seen a health care professional sooner, Facebook turns 10 but are still jerks, our African listener mystery is solved and more! by Grumpy Old Geeks
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$44: 68 Minutes You Totally Have to Hear To Believe!: The guys talk about their fun on Twitter with the Secret App team, Jason's got a spiral fracture in his leg and should have seen a health care professional sooner, Facebook turns 10 but are still jerks, our African listener mystery is solved and more!$
2013 Year End Special: Thanks to everyone who has listened to our show and joined us as guests this year! Have a safe and happy New Years and see ya on the flip side! by Grumpy Old Geeks
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28: Hitmen & Hookers: In a world where the government has collapsed, journalism is a ghost, and people really use the word "twerk"... Two grumpy geeks take to the Internet to bring you their weekly dose of fart jokes and gravitas. by Grumpy Old Geeks
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