))
A podcast about our messy relationship with technology. Hosted by tech ethicist David Ryan Polgar and comedian Joe Leonardo, and featuring a diverse range of experts about the ways that technology excites us, scares us, and confuses us. It's complicated. “Those who like their comedy on the nerdy side will find just that in the blend of tech and jokes that this show and podcast provides.”-New York Times Previous guests have included Manoush Zomorodi, Douglas Rushkoff, Baratunde Thurston, Trac ...
…
continue reading
1
Are you doing social media wrong? Featuring special guest Stephanie Humphrey
41:21
41:21
เล่นในภายหลัง
เล่นในภายหลัง
ลิสต์
ถูกใจ
ที่ถูกใจแล้ว
41:21
How can we be our authentic selves online? Should teens approach social media as if they are their own brand? David & Joe chat with tech lifestyle expert Stephanie Humphrey about digital footprints and the difficulty to living our lives online. Funny as Tech is a podcast about our messy relationship with technology. Hosted by tech ethicist David Ry…
…
continue reading
1
Should we cancel social media? Joe & David debate.
44:09
44:09
เล่นในภายหลัง
เล่นในภายหลัง
ลิสต์
ถูกใจ
ที่ถูกใจแล้ว
44:09
Is it time that we left Facebook & Twitter? Can a person succeed without a social media presence? And is social media a communications platform with advertising, or an advertising platform with communication? Joe & David discuss and debate the virtues of leaving social media, and also who has more control over major platforms: the users or the adve…
…
continue reading
1
Facebook, Twitter, Trump, & Section 230! Is social media really a public square?
44:48
44:48
เล่นในภายหลัง
เล่นในภายหลัง
ลิสต์
ถูกใจ
ที่ถูกใจแล้ว
44:48
What is Section 230 and why is it so important to how social media companies operate? David & Joe discuss and debate, with David going over the nuances of social media that make is part public square, part media company, and part utility company. Given the current battle over how social media companies moderate content, it is a much needed conversa…
…
continue reading
1
Memes, trends, & internet culture w/ Tumblr's meme librarian Amanda Brennan!
37:16
37:16
เล่นในภายหลัง
เล่นในภายหลัง
ลิสต์
ถูกใจ
ที่ถูกใจแล้ว
37:16
David & Joe talk to Amanda Brennan, the trend expert and meme librarian at Tumblr, about the importance of memes, where the internet is headed, and what we can learn from teens online.Amanda Brennan is Tumblr’s internet librarian who currently leads their content and social teams. After graduating with her MLIS from Rutgers University, she began he…
…
continue reading
