Year-End Spectacular. Special guest Erik Dahl. Bull Session.

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Bull Session
Top News Stories of 2011
Blackberry rapidly declines and RIM flounders
SOPA threatens the future of the open internet
Anonymous makes a mark for hactivism
Netflix ignores its customers
Steve Jobs, innovator and top tech CEO, passes

Jon Follett
Mobile payments become mainstream
Data analytics drives new business
3D printing takes a leap forward for healthcare and industrial use
The Emotiv “mind reading” head set brings human computer interaction to a new level
Yearning for democracy in China

Erik Dahl
Nest, the learning thermostat
Twine, connecting your things to the Internet
Jawbone Up
Design and craft
The community of makers
Alternative design education
Less documentation and more prototyping

Dirk Knemeyer
The internet of things becomes real
The quantified self
Anonymous and the inevitability of a disastrous consumer hacking event
Google TV
Apple TV
Hulu
Twitter

Closing Session
The US 2012 Presidential election
Mitt Romney
Barack Obama

Episode 40 Credits
Host & Director – Dirk Knemeyer @dknemeyer
Co-Host & Producer – Jonathan Follett @jonfollett
Minister of Agit-Prop – Juhan Sonin @jsonin
Mistress of Information – Shane Thomas
Technical Support – Eric Benoit @ebenoit
Original Music – Ian Dorsch @iandorsch