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TMO Background Mode Encore #2 Interview with Science Communicator Dr. Kiki Sanford

December 11, 2017 23:00 - 38 minutes - 17.8 MB

Dr. Kiki Sanford is a neurophysiologist with a Ph.D from U.C. Davis. She’s a popular science communicator and creator of This Week in Science (TWIS) podcast and radio show. This is her third appearance on Background Mode. In this episode, Kiki and I once again get geeky with science: an in-depth discussion of 1) Whether it’s a bad idea for our AI agents to have human names, 2) How attitudes about some science affects all science budgeting, 3) The wholistic system effects of climate change, 4...

TMO Background Mode Interview with Ecovacs Head of Marketing Christopher Caen

December 04, 2017 22:51 - 38 minutes - 17.7 MB

Christopher Caen is the Head of Marketing at Ecovacs Robotics, a company well know for its robotic vacuum cleaners and window cleaners. Christopher has a balanced academic background, being both accomplished in English as well as computer science. His first job was as an summer intern at Atari where he worked in marketing, something that immediately appealed to him. Later, at Paramount, he co-founded the Paramount Technology Group which developed interactive programming and games. Christophe...

TMO Background Mode Interview with Former TUAW Editor Michael T. Rose

November 27, 2017 21:50 - 37 minutes - 17.4 MB

Michael T. Rose is currently a Principle Solution Engineer at Salesforce.com. But you may know him best as a writer, editor and podcaster at The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) from 2006 until its untimely demise in 2014. He also hosts the Aftershow podcast with Kelly Guimont. Michael studied English at Carnegie Mellon University, but his first job after graduation (at P.ink America) took him down a technical path that endures today. Later, he worked for Entertainment Weekly as well as Life M...

TMO Background Mode Special Interview with Former Apple Executive and Tech Analyst Michael Gartenberg

November 20, 2017 21:33 - 33 minutes - 15.4 MB

Michael Gartenberg is a former Apple Senior Director of Product Marketing and reported directly to Phil Schiller. Currently, he’s a technology analyst and has also been a frequent guest on Background Mode. In this special edition, I asked Michael about his thoughts on his new iPhone X. We covered all the bases: pricing, build quality, Face ID setup and use, the camera, the super-retina AMOLED display, inductive charging, the feel in the hand and balance, the new uses for the side button and ...

Guests

Jeff Gamet
3 Episodes
Bryan Chaffin
1 Episode
Chris Matthews
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Gina Smith
1 Episode
Jill Tarter
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Michael Shermer
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Rene Ritchie
1 Episode
Robert Carter
1 Episode
Steven Brust
1 Episode

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