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TOC Debate: Amazon vs Apple - Joe Wikert takes on Kassia Krozser in the first TOC Debate webcast.

By Kat Meyer
August 23, 2011

Which ebook platform is mightier? Find out when Team Bezos (Joe Wikert) takes on Team Jobs (Kassia Krozser) in a free webcast on Thursday, Sept. 15, at 10 am PT.

Late breaking OSCON changes - What's not in the program?

By Sarah Novotny
July 25, 2011

OSCON's chairs pass along late-breaking sessions and talk about Monday night's Ignite.

What's happening at OSCON Java ? - OSCON co-chairs discuss the OSCON Java program.

By Sarah Novotny
July 24, 2011

OSCON's co-chairs preview sessions in the OSCON Java conference and they dig into the discussion generated by Edd Dumbill's "Seven reasons to use Java again" post.

OSCON Preview: Interview with Eri Gentry on a biologist's coffeehouse

By Andy Oram
July 21, 2011

BioCurious is a Silicon Valley gathering place for biologists and other people such as artists who are fascinated by biology. It serves for learning, sharing, and an incubator for products and ideas.

OSCON Preview: Interview with Greg Biggers on DIY clinical trials

By Andy Oram
July 21, 2011

Opening up clinical trials can accelerate findings, reveal more data of value to future trials, and--perhaps most important--make participants feel really good about doing it. An interview with OSCon speaker Greg Biggers.

Who are the OSCON data geeks? - OSCON's co-chairs dig into the OSCON Data program.

By Sarah Novotny
July 13, 2011

OSCON's co-chairs discuss sessions in the OSCON Data conference and the people who might be interested in the associated topics.

Why data and Java deserved OSCON sub-conferences - OSCON's co-chairs discuss the event's evolution and what to expect at this year's show.

By Sarah Novotny
June 10, 2011

In this inaugural OSCON 2011 sneak peek podcast, Edd Dumbill and I talk about the history and evolution of OSCON (now in it's 13th year) and our reasons for moving data and Java into their own sub-conferences.

Interview: Protecting patient privacy rights in a wired world

By Andy Oram
May 10, 2011

Andy Oram interviews Dr. Deborah Peel of the Patient Privacy Rights Coalition about the conference "Getting IT Right: Protecting Patient Privacy Rights in a Wired World."

Computers, Freedom, and Privacy enters 21st year at a moment of hot debate

By Andy Oram
March 28, 2011

Lillie Coney of the Electronic Privacy Information Center and Jules Polonetsky of the Future of Privacy Forum, cochairs of CFP this year, talk about what makes the conference unique and how it will illuminate the pressing issues of Twitter revolutions (or whatever role the Internet may play), surveillance and tracking, security of personal health data, and more.

A deeper dive into Do-Not-Track - FTC technologist Ed Felten on how a "Do-Not-Track" tool might work.

By Alex Howard
December 2, 2010

The FTC has released a new online privacy report that could reshape advertising, media and business on the Internet. A key element of the report is the creation of a "Do-Not-Track" mechanism for web browsers.

@RIARadio - MAX 2010 Day 2

By Garth Braithwaite
November 16, 2010

Day 2 we talked to Kevin Lynch, Elad Elrom, Bruno Fonzi, Roundarch (Adam Flater, Jesse Freeman, and David Meeker), Kevin Wentzel, Universal Mind (Joe Johnston, Chris Scott, and Mike Nimer), EffectiveUI (RJ Owen and Leonard Souza), Brian Rinaldi, Puneet Goel, Ted Patrick, Steve & Brenda Rankin, and RIM (Mike Kirkup)

@RIARadio - MAX 2010 Day 1

By Garth Braithwaite
November 2, 2010

Day 1 we talked to Jonnie Hallman, Mark Anders, the litl team (Chuck Freedman, Kevin Suttle, and Ryan Canulla), James Polanco, and Aaron Pedersen.

Building a "native" menu in Flex Mobile

By RJ Owen
October 31, 2010

Flex Mobile currently integrates most of the native Android API's and features without much pain - from the accelerometer to the action bar to the microphone, most of the features you'll need to make a native-feeling application are easy to implement. One exception to this currently is a default menu component. This menu is normally visible at the bottom of the screen whenever the user hits the "menu" button (a standard on all Android phones) and contains a menu specific to the application or screen the user is currently in. Flex Mobile is currently only in beta and this feature is definitely on Adobe's roadmap at some point - probably before the full release. In the mean time, I'm going to show you one way to implement a "native" menu in Flex Mobile without having to re-build the menu component in each and every one of your screens.

@RIARadio 360|Flex DC

By Garth Braithwaite
September 29, 2010

After a full day, Leif Wells and I had RJ Owen and Leonard Souza join us to discuss 360|Flex. We discussed the keynote, Doug's death, a few interesting sessions, and our favorite parts of the conference.

Applying the lessons of Enterprise 2.0 to Gov 2.0 - Professor Andrew McAfee on the potential of social software for government

By Alex Howard
August 27, 2010

In this podcast, MIT professor Andrew McAfee applies the insights from his research into the use of social software in the enterprise to understanding how and where technology will change government.

@RIARadio Episode 18: IntelliJ

By Garth Braithwaite
August 25, 2010

Maxim Mossienko and Kirill Safonov, IntelliJ Developers at JetBrains, join us to discuss the improvements in the IDE, and how it works in Flex development. Special appearance by Joel Hooks. Ryan Gardner and Leif Wells cohost. Note: This episode...

Linked data is opening 800 years of UK legal info - The new legislation.gov.uk site brings the semantic web into government.

By Alex Howard
August 18, 2010

This podcast with John Sheridan offers insight into why the new legislation.gov.uk, a site that uses open and linked data to make centuries of legal information publicly available, is the next generation of e-government.

Capturing health data in everyday life - Paul Tarini on the link between health care and observations of daily living.

By Brian Ahier
July 28, 2010

In this audio interview, Paul Tarini, team director of the Pioneer Portfolio at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, discusses the health-care value of sleeping patterns, eating habits and other everyday data.

@RIARadio Episode 17: Nate Beck, Ben Garney, and PBE

By Garth Braithwaite
July 21, 2010

Nate Beck and Ben Garney join us to discuss PushButton Engine. We are also joined by Ben's sandwich. Most professional episode ever.

@RIARadio Episode 16: Doug, Dee, and D2W

By Garth Braithwaite
July 13, 2010

Just coming back from the Designer/Developer Workflow Conference in Kansas City, Organizer, Dee Sadler, and Keynote Speaker (and Adobe Workflow Guru), Doug Winnie, join us to discuss the conference. Hilarity ensues.

@RIARadio: Flashbelt Day 3 Interviews

By Garth Braithwaite
June 29, 2010

At our last day at Flashbelt we were able to squeeze in 8 interviews with 12 awesome people including: Val Head, Lisa Larson-Kelley, Josh Sager, Drew Blom, John Mindiola, Jobe Makar, Joel Stewart, Keith Peters, Ralph Hauwert, Richard Galvan, Shad Petosky, and Rob Reinhardt.

@RIARadio: Flashbelt Day 3 Interviews

By Garth Braithwaite
June 29, 2010

At our last day at Flashbelt we were able to squeeze in 8 interviews with 12 awesome people including: Val Head, Lisa Larson-Kelley, Josh Sager, Drew Blom, John Mindiola, Jobe Makar, Joel Stewart, Keith Peters, Ralph Hauwert, Richard Galvan, Shad Petosky, and Rob Reinhardt.

Open source and the VA's health transformation - Joseph Dal Molin on how the VistA system is changing health services.

By Andy Oram
June 29, 2010

Joseph Dal Molin, co-founder of the WorldVistA project and a speaker at the upcoming OSCON convention, discusses the Department of Veterans Affairs' VistA system and its expansion as an open source effort.

@RIARadio: Flashbelt Day 2 Interviews

By Garth Braithwaite
June 24, 2010

On the second day of Flashbelt we were able to snag a few terrifically talented people including: Seb Lee-Delisle, Jesse Freeman, Dave Schroeder, Bruno Fonzi, Stephen Braitsch, Mark Anders, Branden Hall, Wade Arnold, and John Lindquist. Seb Lee-Delisle and Jesse...

@RIARadio: Flashbelt Day 2 Interviews

By Garth Braithwaite
June 24, 2010

On the second day of Flashbelt we were able to snag a few terrifically talented people including: Seb Lee-Delisle, Jesse Freeman, Dave Schroeder, Bruno Fonzi, Stephen Braitsch, Mark Anders, Branden Hall, Wade Arnold, and John Lindquist. Seb Lee-Delisle and Jesse...

Open source and health care already have a history - Fred Trotter on how open source and health IT are working together.

By Andy Oram
June 24, 2010

Fred Trotter, a longtime developer in the open source healthcare world and a speaker at next month's OSCON conference, discusses the history of open source and health IT in this podcast interview.

@RIARadio: Flashbelt Day 1 Interviews

By Garth Braithwaite
June 22, 2010

Day one of Flashbelt we were able to grab quite a few good interviews. More to come.

@RIARadio: Flashbelt Day 1 Interviews

By Garth Braithwaite
June 22, 2010

Day one of Flashbelt we were able to grab quite a few good interviews. More to come.

Giving patient data meaningful use - NHIN Direct's Arien Malec on open community and data exchange standards.

By Andy Oram
June 21, 2010

Arien Malec, coordinator of NHIN Direct, has led a uniquely open, community-based project to define health data exchange standards. In this podcast, Malec discusses health care privacy, the difficulties of securely exchanging patient information, and the types of applications NHIN Direct can facilitate.

Technology Trends Transforming Higher Education

By Sarah Sorensen
June 18, 2010

Higher education institutions find themselves having to rethink almost everything they do in today's highly-connected, highly competitive digital age to ensure they maintain their pivotal role of advancing the opportunities of individuals worldwide by providing a productive, efficient learning environment.

From Apache to Health and Human Services - Apache co-founder Brian Behlendorf discusses the CONNECT health data project.

By Andy Oram
June 17, 2010

In this podcast interview, Apache co-founder Brian Behlendorf discusses the CONNECT project and the role data can play in improving patient care and the medical system.

NASA technology leads to better medical decisions - NASA's Chris Mattmann discusses object-oriented data and health IT.

By Alex Howard
June 16, 2010

In this podcast, Chris Mattmann, a senior computer scientist at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, discusses objected-oriented data technology (OODT) and health IT.

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