Recent Episodes
TummelVision 61: Dion Almaer on the revelation that code is produced by human beings
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Episode Notes
News and Notes
- The Twitter pile-on – as aggregated by Techmeme
- A sense of bewronging – Doc Searls
- Nobodies: The New Somebodies – Josh McHugh at Forbes.com
- In The Plex: How Google Thinks, Works, and Shapes Our Lives – a new book by Steven Levy
- Jane! Stop This Crazy Thing! – Clay and Susan Griffith on “The Jetsons” and dystopia at Tor.com
- The Tragic Death of the Flip – David Pogue at The New York Times
TummelVision 60.5: More talk with Courtney Stanton
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Episode Notes
Following the recording of episode 60 and after some technical challenges, Heather Gold joins the conversation with Courtney Stanton, on rape culture, PTSD, community, and more. This segment starts and ends abruptly (due to some mic issues), but the discussion is really absorbing.
TummelVision 60: Courtney Stanton on empathy, rape culture, and how to tummel haters
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Episode Notes
- “Why a lack of empathy is the root of all evil” – The Independent (UK)
- Are you evil? Find out, by taking researcher Simon Baron-Cohen’s empathy test
- “USA Today Takes the Plunge: Paper to Pay Bonuses to Writers Based on Page Views” – Big Lead Sports
- “Google Saves The News!” – Forbes
- “The Suck Fairy” – Jo Walton at Tor.com
- “100 Things You Should Know About People: #8 — Dopamine Makes You Addicted To Seeking Information” – Susan Weinschenk, Ph.D. – What Makes Them Click
- “Listen to Yourself” – xkcd
- “Ben Folds, Damian Kulash, Amanda Palmer, Neil Gaiman to Write, Record Eight Songs in Eight Hours” – Berklee College of Music
Links related to Courtney’s experiences in confronting rape, sex, and trolling in gaming communities:
- “The Pratfall of Penny Arcade” Debacle Timeline
- The original ‘rape as punchline’ comic, the same joke independently invented without the rape, and the “apology” comic.
- Courtney’s Ignite talk on “troll analytics” and her accompanying research analysis.
- Flamer bingo by Teresa Nielsen-Hayden – phrases to look out for
- “A woman walks into a rape, uh, bar” – Fugitivus
While you listen, you can follow the smart comments from our lively chat room by replaying the CoveritLive discussion.
If you’re interested in hearing more of Courtney’s fascinating insights, check out the supplemental discussion in episode “60.5.”
TummelVision 59: Thomas Knoll on love, community architecture, Zappos, tech, and humanity
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Episode Notes
Thomas Knoll joins Heather, Kevin, and Deb to talk about love, community architecture, Zappos, tech, and humanity.
TummelVision 58: Silona Bonewald on Gaga, Google, open source, and socializing geeks
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Episode Notes
Silona Bonewald of Austin, Texas weighs-in on Lady Gaga vs. Facebook, open source environments, and avoiding poisonous people (not to mention a few other topics).
Searching for words to describe Silona’s tummelling skills, Kevin Marks says: “she founded the League of Technical Voters, Citability.org, she’s been the ACLU and EFF liaison to Texas Republicans, and she manages to make a party for 1200 people at SXSW feel like an intimate gathering of friends.”
