Interviews and discussion on technology by Irish Times journalist Karlin Lillington http://www.techno-culture.com/podcasts Karlin J. Lillington http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss en-ie Fri, 08 May 2009 12:17:19 +0100 Fri, 08 May 2009 12:08:17 +0100 FeedForAll Mac v2.1 (2.1.0.1); http://www.FeedForAll.com/ Irish Times journalist Karlin Lillington's Techno-Culture podcasts on technology and business, culture, politics, arts, society and just about anything else. Interviews and discussion on technology by Irish Times journalist Karlin Lillington technology, cutlure, arts, Karlin Lillington, technoculture, Irish TImes, Ireland Karlin Lillington karlin@techno-culture.com Karlin Lillington no This week, I drop in on four student teams as they try to persuade a group of dragons to support projects they prepared as part of Microsoft’s Imagine Cup competition. The Imagine Cup is one of the largest international technology competitions for third level students in the world, and these students were selected from last year's national competition to pitch to the dragon panel. http://www.techno-culture.com/TCpodcast080509.mp3 599637DE-48C9-4BC1-88AA-CB6B7A728D85-140-000009D4935CD1E7-FFA Fri, 08 May 2009 12:16:51 +0100 Podcast 7: 08/05/09 Imagine Cup Dragon's Den This week, I drop in on four student teams as they try to persuade a group of dragons to support projects they prepared as part of Microsoft’s Imagine Cup competition. The Imagine Cup is one of the largest international technology competitions for third level students in the world, and these students were selected from last year's national competition to pitch to the dragon panel. 1:00:06 Imagine Cup, Karlin Lillington, Technoculture, podcast Karlin Lillington no Who would have guessed that crowds are so complicated? Merging into a crowd may be easy for humans, but for the animators and technologists at film studios that make the computer generated animation and special effects we love to marvel at, a crowd is an art form. Two crowd experts, technical director Paul Kanyuk of animation studio Pixar, and production technology lead Hans Rijpkema of Los Angeles-based special effects company Rhythm and Hues, discuss the art of creating believable crowds in films like Ratatouille, Wall-E, Night at the Museum and The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe http://www.techno-culture.com/TCpodcast030409.mp3 C5CE9607-B350-47EF-A3E1-8DE5494260D0-2285-00003DFB65286D00-FFA Fri, 03 Apr 2009 13:19:00 +0100 Podcast 6: Pixar and Rhythm & Hues discuss animating crowds for films Who would have guessed that crowds are so complicated? Merging into a crowd may be easy for humans, but for the animators and technologists at film studios that make the computer generated animation and special effects we love to marvel at, a crowd is an art form. Two crowd experts, technical director Paul Kanyuk of animation studio Pixar, and production technology lead Hans Rijpkema of Los Angeles-based special effects company Rhythm and Hues, discuss the art of creating believable crowds in films like Ratatouille, Wall-E, Night at the Museum and The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe 1:02:14 Pixar, Rhythm & Hues, Karlin Lilligton, Technoculture, podcasts, crowds, animation Karlin Lillington no New media guru Joe Rospars is the man behind Barack Obama’s phenomenally successful use of Web 2.0 technologies in his presidential campaign.He was in Dublin this week to talk about the Obama campaign’s use of new media -- which included Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, blogs, email, discussion lists, YouTube and text messaging -- and take questions during the launch of Fianna Fail’s new website http://www.techno-culture.com/TCpodcast270209.mp3 9325A150-EE14-45EC-A151-C7506B02A122-313-000008F04AB9C2F0-FFA Fri, 27 Feb 2009 01:53:24 +0000 Podcast 5: 27/02/09 Joe Rospars New media guru Joe Rospars is the man behind Barack Obama’s phenomenally successful use of Web 2.0 technologies in his presidential campaign.He was in Dublin this week to talk about the Obama campaign’s use of new media -- which included Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, blogs, email, discussion lists, YouTube and text messaging -- and take questions during the launch of Fianna Fail’s new website 43:00 Joe Rospars, technoculture, podcast, Karlin Lillington Karlin Lillington no Anthony Dunne, professor and head of Design Interactions at the Royal College of Art and partner in design company Dunne and Raby -- www.dunneandraby.co.uk -- discusses his controversial and provocative design projects around technologies of the future http://www.techno-culture.com/TCpodcast200209.mp3 B48459CD-80D7-4BD5-B1FB-593BB0D240B3-413-0000077CAE2DA8FF-FFA Fri, 27 Feb 2009 01:53:32 +0000 Podcast 4: Prof Anthony Dunne, Royal College of Art Anthony Dunne, professor and head of Design Interactions at the Royal College of Art and partner in design company Dunne and Raby -- www.dunneandraby.co.uk -- discusses his controversial and provocative design projects around technologies of the future 19:34 Anthony Dunne, Karlin Lillington, design, technoculture, podcast Karlin Lillington no In the Geek Bookshelf, Dr Chris Horn discusses Tracy Kidder's The Soul of a New Machine http://www.techno-culture.com/TCpodcast300109.mp3 A544C531-F55C-45FF-9FEB-7A9A5ADB6BE7-385-000012F841B09B0C-FFA Fri, 27 Feb 2009 01:53:40 +0000 Podcast 3: Chris Horn In the Geek Bookshelf, Dr Chris Horn discusses Tracy Kidder's classic 80s nonfiction book about the race to create a new computer, The Soul of a New Machine 27:18 Chris Horn, Tracy Kidder, Soul of a New Machine, Karlin Lillington, technoculture, Irish Times, Ireland Karlin Lillington no HP Ireland managing director Martin Murphy discusses technology and innovation in a downturn http://www.techno-culture.com/TCpodcast230109.mp3 technology 2A4C4C9D-1D60-4A50-8543-DCB1F556FA15-385-0000127E621C4133-FFA Fri, 27 Feb 2009 01:53:46 +0000 Podcast 2: Martin Murphy HP Ireland managing director Martin Murphy discusses the importance of technology and innovation in a downturn 25:13 Martin Murphy, HP, Ireland, Karlin Lillington, technoculture, Irish Times Karlin Lillington no Irish Times journalist John Collins talks about his recent visit to MacWorld and CES; Science Gallery director Michael John Gorman on the Gallery's first year and what lies ahead in 2009 http://www.techno-culture.com/TCpodcast160109.mp3 EAF08F8B-BE44-47A0-AF9B-43B17716C1D0-385-000012166B4CDFCC-FFA Fri, 27 Feb 2009 01:49:34 +0000 Podcast 1: 16/01/09 John Collins, MIchael John Gorman Irish Times journalist John Collins talks about his recent visit to MacWorld and CES; Science Gallery director Michael John Gorman on the Gallery's first year and what lies ahead in 2009 0:00 Karlin Lillington, technoculture, Michael John Gorman, Science Gallery, John Collins, Irish Times, Ireland Karlin Lillington no