Archive for April, 2010

“How do you reboot your belt?”

Leo joins Tom and Roger to talk about why we play games, why we trust corporations and why we think better in the shower.

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Starting May 14th I’ll be doing a whole lot of different things.

On that day I’ll step down as a full-time employee of CNET. I’ve been there almost 6 years. They were my lifeboat after TechTV sunk and I’ve met and worked with some awesome people there.

But I’m burying the lede. Starting June 1 I’ll be joining Leo Laporte’s TWiT network as a daily host. Stay tuned to TWiT for more details on what I’ll be doing there.

As for CNET, I’m still working out the details of what I can continue to do there. Maybe Top 5, and maybe some regular appearances on BOL.

Overall I’m incredibly excited. This will allow me to keep doing some of the things I love for CNET, while opening the door to a whole lot of creative flexibility and control over my own content.

So what kind of content do you want to see on TWiT? I’ll have some 20 hours or so to fill, so ideas are more than welcomed!

Thanks again to CNET for being pretty cool through this process and a huge thanks to Leo for having the confidence in me to give me this opportunity!

And thanks to all the folks who watch and listen to what I’ve done over the years. Because if you hadn’t done that, I wouldn’t be able to do any of this.

Update: For perfectly understandable reasons, CNET has declined to keep me on part-time to do any shows. But I do have pitches out at a couple other outlets. Plus they’re paying for the drinks on my last day, so I’ll make sure to make them feel it then.

“How you like me now?”

We talk with Marc and Nicole Spagnuolo about the future of education moving into a virtual world and how woodworking and smart paint will lead to better displays.

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“Houston, we have an auction”

“Army of Two”

“Comic Land”

Scott Johnson joins us to talk about how the Streamy awards should be structured, and Tom vows to take the case before the Academy. Stargate Universe reboot seems to be satisfying so far, and ratings are still messed up.

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