Author: Jim Collison

Part 2: Exploring Big Data Through the Twitterverse – CF014

This week Ashton and Christian continue their exploration of Big Data through tweets around the world using Twitter's Streaming API. In particular, Christian walks through improvements to his starter kit, showing how to manipulate and filter tweets, as well as do the classic Word Count example using tweets and hashtags. Ashton walks us through how… Click for more / Podcast Player>

OnAir Box Kickstarter Project Launch and Camera Gear for the Holidays – HGG194

Daniel Vocke, CEO of OnAir (http://www.onairplayer.com/) and Twitter (https://twitter.com/OnAirPlayer), as well as the guys from jpeg2raw.com (@jpeg2raw) – Mike Howard and Tim Kemperle join Jim (https://twitter.com/jcollison) for show #194 of Home Gadget Geeks brought to you by the Average Guy Network, part of http://thegeeksnetwork.com/ community Support the Average Guy Tech Scholarship Fund: https://www.patreon.com/theaverageguy or if… Click for more / Podcast Player>

Ask the Podcast Coach for November 29, 2014

This week on Ask the Podcast Coach, we start with Fred who asked some questions about album artwork for iTunes.  We talk about updates to Mixlr.com that makes it easier to chat in the mobile app, turning your Hangout on Air into a podcast, Skype has some new updates and can be used for recording video according to Ryan Parker who called in, using the video broadcasting tool from Vmix, Podcast One asking to be removed from Stitcher, MediaFire update, new player on the scene with AudioMack, having a good chair and black Friday specials. You can find this podcast

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Microsoft Band, Surface Pro3, Windows 10 and Ears on Surface Geeks 79

Dave McCabe and Jim continue the discussion the New Microsoft Band as well as some conversation about the Surface Pro 3, Windows 10, Windows Phone, CES in Vegas and a great tip from Dave about the SP3 pen tip. This episode is sponsored by Ears.  Boost your Surface volume by 10db!  Get your pair or send this link to your friends and family members so they can get you a pair or some for themselves!  http://surfacegeeks.net/ears Only $11.85 on Amazon. Get the full show notes at http://surfacegeeks.net/surface-geeks-79-band-sp3-windows-10.html This podcast is a member of the geeks network. Check out thegeeksnetwork.com for

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Ask the Podcast Coach for November 22, 2014

This week on Ask the Podcast Coach, we start the show with all kinds of problems with the LIVE site.  It looks like Dave’s site was under attack.  We went live everywhere else. In this episode we talked about deleting WordPress Themes, had a discussion about story telling podcasts getting popular with new shows like Serial and Startup, covered the fact that Dave got a take down request from Audello, Barbara called in an asked us how to remove the bass from some audio in Audacity, hosting both audio and video on the same site, a new service called Shout

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The iDevices iGrill Mini Hands On Review

iDevices iGrill Mini Review: Is This Bluetooth Meat Thermometer Still Useful in 2026? Originally published December 2, 2014. Updated for 2026. 2026 update: I originally wrote this review in December 2014 after using the iDevices iGrill Mini to cook my Thanksgiving turkey. More than a decade later, I don’t use it for most of my grilling anymore – today I use a MEATER, a fully wireless probe system. But looking back at the iGrill Mini in 2026 is a good reminder that it got the core idea right early: put a probe in the food, watch the temperature from your

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