June 23, 2012
The June 23, 2012 broadcast combines technology history with an unusually personal discussion of attention and judgment. Dr. Dave traces Microsoft hardware from an Apple II add-on through the Xbox, Zune, Kinect and Surface, then remembers Alan Turing's foundational ideas and wartime codebreaking. His curiosity reaches beyond current products: he is fascinated by endangered languages and old digitized books that gave him a new perspective on ideas he once dismissed. Near the close, Dr. Dave explains that he has only so much energy, attention and focus, and wants to direct it toward himself, his friends, family and clients. That same discipline shapes his social-media rule: pause before posting and ask whether the thought really needs to go out.
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Regular show: segments
8 recordings · 95:08 total within this version.
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