Geek Speak with Lyle Troxell

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**Geek Speak with Lyle Troxell**

A weekly talk show about technology, science, and human creativity that excites, educates, and fosters curiosity. Discussions touch upon how technology affects society and how we react to that change. Hosts are passionate about explaining complex concepts in simple, easy to digest, chunks. We bridge the gaps between Geeks and the rest of humanity.

Latest Episodes:

The Software Arts: Language May 24, 2020

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Warren Sack is back for a conversation of the Natural and Institutional Language from the French Encyclop

Highschool Social Software Usage Mar 20, 2020

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On this episode Lyle interviews his daughter Gwendolyn about the social software she uses in High School – iMessage, Instagram, SnapChat, TikTok.

And they play with Lyle’s new RodeCASTER Pro.

Elevating fears of Dropping Thoughts over Time Feb 21, 2020

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Ben and Lyle chat about elevators, the fear of dropping things, Podcasting, how we experience thoughts, drawing, learning, music, meditation, Time Tracking, Theme:Focus, Memory and being Present.

Translation: The Software Arts (chapter 2) Jan 06, 2020

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What does it mean to implement “hailing a cab” in software and how does this new translation stack up to the existing institution?

Discussions based around “The Software Arts: Chapter 2”, "Translation"with the author Warren Sack.

We talk about the differences of the humanities understanding of translation where meaning is lost, created, or changed, and compare it with the software concepts of perfect translation like compiling code.

Make sure to check out Part 1.

Francis Bacon - Wikipedia
History of calculus - Wikiquote
Ludwig Wittgenstein - Wikipedia
Software is not problem solving...

What I am saying is that software is an art and a form of design. Where you don’t necessarily know what the problem is.
Narrative Intelligence
In the after-show Warren mentions a chapter he pulled from the book about narrative.. here is a paper and talk on the subject:
- Narrative Intelligence
- JS.everywhere(2013): Warren Sack – JS in Research – YouTube

Introduction to The Software Arts Oct 24, 2019

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This episode kicks off a limited series of discussions with Warren Sack centered around his book The Software Arts, MIT Press, forward by John Rajchman

The Software Arts offers an alternative history of software that places the liberal arts at the very center of software’s evolution.

Join us in this discussion...
Warren’s book is available from MIT Press – grab a copy and enjoy a multi-episode virtual book club with me and the author. We plan to release an episode for each chapter:
1. Introduction (this episode)
2. Translation
3. Language
4. Algorithm
5. Logic
6. Rhetoric
7. Grammar
8. Conclusion
Reading along is not necessary to enjoy this series or episodes. And feel free to give us feedback and ask questions. Please contact us via Twitter: @WarrenSack, @Lyle.
Where are the numbers? - Tracy Chou
Eric A. Havelock
Marshall McLuhan

Micro Extensions Expand State of Emergency Aug 27, 2019

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MicroLEDs, Google Chrome Extensions are more private, macOS is locking things down, Expanse and other shows we are watching, and a post show covering wonderfully geeky PostGraphile.

MicroLED Displays Could Show Up in Products as Soon as 2020
Lyle Surgery Update
Google to Minimize the Data Collected by Chrome Extensions
macOS Lockdown and merging with iOS
Expanse fans, no need to worry—Amazon orders season 5 of its new sci-fi show
We’ve got our first peek at S4 of The Expanse and an airdate: December 13
Louisiana declares state of emergency in response to ransomware attack
Is the Phone Dead
Graphile | Powerful, Extensible and Performant GraphQL APIs Rapidly

Simplecast - Podcasting and Business Development Jul 30, 2019

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Brad Smith (@brad), the founder and CEO of Simplecast, talks with me about the creation of Simplecast from initial musings to venture capital infused growth, and building partnerships. Brad is also an expert on the podcasting landscape and walks us through some wonderful changes that Apple and Google have recently made that should help the podcasting community.
And, of course, this wouldn’t be GeekSpeak if we didn’t get technical – Brad is a geek and is proud of it.

Lyle's Back Surgery and Podcasting Conversations Jun 30, 2019

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Lyle Troxell and Ben Jaffe about the current state of the Geek Speak podcast, conversation styles, and Lyle’s L5 S1 Back Surgery Fusion with instrumentation.

Oruk-hai's Eugenics Star Trek in 1996 May 25, 2019

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New Geek Rich Zurad joins Ben and Lyle to cover the JRR universe badly, the Star Wars vs Star Trek argument, cover some of the podcasts they like, and their pet health problems.