Best Damn Tech Show, Period.

Meet Beta, originally uploaded by Will Pate.

Meet Will Pate (http://www.willpate.org).

Meet Will Pate’s new puppy “Beta” (site yet to be determined)

Geeks and their animals. I think I’m going to make this a regular segment on the Tech Show.

Geeks!!! Send in your pet pics and stories to info@bestdamntech.com!

_drew

“It’s a royal piece of shit” was my first reaction when my buddy Ben Gold “created a profile” aka “invited me” to Yahoo’s new fangled “Social Network”, “Mash”.

Notice all of the quotes?   That’s called hesitation.   Why?  Because who doesn’t have a social network these days.    I’ve seen quality sites like Mindsay get passed over so big ass companies can create vanilla versions of MySpace.

MySpace is garbage, but everyone uses it.  Which makes it a “valid social network”.  Facebook is teh n3w h0t, but I can’t get used to using it every single day.   Twitter has made me comfy, Pownce does what Twitter can’t do.

So I ask you Yahoo, why should I pay attention to Mash?  Tell me.  Seriously.   If you guys are worth anything you’re checking alerts anytime someone posts about one of your products.

I know we’re nobodies, but guess what, I don’t care.  We’re nobodies who use your shit.   So reply to this post, email me at drdrew (at) gmail.com and lets have a discussion on why Mash should get my business.

Big companies create new things thinking people will drink the kool aid and jump right on board.  Screw that, my time is worth money and just because something is free and from someone as reputable (har har) as Yahoo, doesn’t mean I’m going to spend my time evangelizing it and wasting my friends time joining.

Step up, prove me wrong.   Lets talk Yahoo.   I hate you, and I don’t like hating.   Lets work out our differences.

Or ignore me.  I could care less.  It’s your money.

Love,
Drew

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Tags: yahoo, mash, trash, socialnetworking, facebook, myspace, mindsay

Early draft letter from Jobsy to Apple customers:

To all iphone customer,

I’m really, really sorry about the fact that you bought one of our awesome products at full price a couple of months ago before they went on sales but shit, thats the way it goes. It happens. Shit happens. Tech shit happens. So quit sending me your whiny emails. You really should have known that the first gen would be a little buggy and probably more expensive. Your friends probably told you and I know for a fact that the guys at the Best Damn Tech Show, Period warned you but you went and did it anyway and now youre crying me a river. Take off your skirts you Nancys and take stock in the fact that you were one of the earliest adopters of this beautiful machine and now have a story to tell your grand kiddies.
Oh, and because Im a bijillionaire, heres $100 Apple store credit to shut you up and prompt you to spend more money with us. Booya.

Up yours,
Jobsy

Apple unveiled their new iPod lineup. Were looking at a more stout version of the nano with video, 4Gb for $149, the classic has received a slight makeover, and check out the ipod touch.
Rumour has it that the price slashing may include iTunes Tv episodes

NBC is pulling their shows off iTunes and putting them with Amazon who claim a far stricter DRM and more flexible pricing options.

AOL is revamping Netscape.com yet again reverting it back to gthe traditional portal that it used to be.

Tech it Out
Veoh is the latest to be bullied by movie heavyweight Universal Movie Group.

Facebook users will appear in Google search results
Facebook bans breastfeeding group because of explicit content

Firefox has hit the 400 million download mark in less than 3 years.

Its becoming a ‘menage et trois’ keep a geek eye out on the newest player in the already annoying HD-DVD v Blu-Ray battle. HD VMD or Versatile Multilayer Disc. The quality is described as at least as good as the others but the kicker is that it is 1/4 the price.

Outro
Internet People
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IMG_0264.JPG, originally uploaded by tantek.

This dude is everywhere. I’m pretty sure Tantek’s posse is on the west coast.

_drew

The Best Damn Tech Show Period Live, originally uploaded by Steve Flamingo.

Podcamp Philly was a damn blast. We had so much fun meeting new people and hanging out with friends. We learned a lot, taught a lot, listened a lot, talked a lot (especially Drew, who lost his voice 4-19 times during the weekend), drank a lot, drank a lot, then drank a lot.

The House that Geek Built was busier than a house that is busy.

Awesome. Amazing. Killer. Can’t wait to do it again next year.

Oh and we shot a show. We had a special gift for all of those who showed up, can you guess what it was? Can ya?

More to come!

Apple iPhone Launch Palo Alto - Robert Scoble, originally uploaded by b_d_solis.

It’s true.

Steve Jobs just announced that not only is the 4gb iPhone Dead and buried, but the 8gb is now THREE HUNDRED AND NINETY NINE DOLLARS. 399.

Hmmm.

Early gadget adopters were gleeful to get their iPhones early. Was it worth the extra few hundred bucks?

Sales will sky rocket, as this is basically a whole new release for iPhone. How does Apple do it?

Brilliance and Sex. That’s how.

_drew

Holy Mother of Fuck!, originally uploaded by Drew Olanoff.

That ain’t all Xeni.

Apple has announced the iPod touch. It has Wifi, Youtube and Safari built in. You can browse iPhone ready sites like Facebook and Facebook.

As Xeni Jardin points out, a 160gb iPod is out as well. Plus every iPod in the lineup gets an upgrade.

Also. You can pay an extra 99 cents to make a song you already paid 99 cents for a ringtone! iTunes a ringtone shop? Yep. Y’all ringtone makers iz toast!

Again, love the functionality, hate that you own our asses Jobsy. You are the devil. And I hate you. And I love you. And I hate to love you.

Apple said “Fuck you Microsoft” today in about 30 ways.

More on the tech show this weekend, being shot live at Podcamp Philly!

_drew

Rand is currently crying in a corner as his editing software has decided to take away over 2 weeks worth of work.  Please bear with him as he re-edits and renders our latest episode.