Multinewmedia
Multinewmedia connects business and technology. We also explore the related topics of marketing, design, development, and futurism. We're based out of central Florida, but have a reach that spans all around the world.
Episode 110: Ten More Episodes
February 4, 2019 • 13 MIN
After a six month podfade, Chase Raz comes back as the Host of Multinewmedia to announce that this edition of the podcast is ending at the end of "Season 2018" with Episode 120. Even though we're into 2019, the remaining 10 episodes of Season 2018 will be released over time as a sort of going away or farewell tour for the Multinewmedia Podcast.
Episode 109: Storytelling with Data
August 6, 2018 • 37 MIN
Garret Albritton joins Chase Raz for the second time in Multinewmedia history, but their focus isn't science fiction like their first time around. In this episode, Garret discusses how to utilize data in order to tell stories and better engage the recipients of your analysis of reports. He also cautions all of us to keep the human element under consideration while reviewing both objective and subjective human-generated data. If you're in business operations or analysis, you need to hear and share this episode with your colleagues.
Episode 108: Are We in a Tech Slump?
July 30, 2018 • 51 MIN
Chase Raz takes Chris Ayers and all Multinewmedia listeners on a rather wild journey to contemplate whether technology has temporarily lost its "Oomph". From tech reporting to tech announcements, Chase posits that we're stuck in a slow evolutionary period that isn't delivering on expected revolutionary changes. The supposition is that the market is leaning heavily towards lesser evolutionary forces which will remain much more prevalent throught the remainder of this decade.
Episode 107: Top Tools for Mobile Work
July 16, 2018 • 27 MIN
Chase Raz takes the Multinewmedia podcast mobile and talk about the top tools needed to be productive while away from the office. Whether vacationing over the summer or heading out to conferences, this episode will give you all of the tech suggestions you need to keep your business running smoothly.
Episode 106: Shopify or Magento for Ecommerce
June 11, 2018 • 55 MIN
Chris Ayers is somewhat of an enterprise e-commerce expert, and he joins Chase Raz to talk about the other end of the market. What solution should you pick if you're just starting your newest venture? Does Shopify or some other subscription service make sense for you or will Magento or a similar open source software package serve you better? Chase and Chris explore, compare, and rate each solution with Multinewmedia's CAPU Rating System in this episode.
Episode 105: Tracking and Device Fingerprints
May 21, 2018 • 39 MIN
Chris Ayers joins Chase Raz to talk about tracking users online. This episode explores what types of tracking exist, what can be done with tracking data, and how to get a start with tracking to help achieve your own business objectives.
Episode 104: Serverless Computing
May 14, 2018 • 42 MIN
Serverless computing (or serverless functions) absolutely involve the use of servers, just not your own. In this episode, Chase Raz and Chris Ayers deep dive into what serverless functions are and what some of the common business use cases are. After listening to this episode, you'll better understand who provides serveless computing resources, what you can do with serverless functions, and how to begin a conversation with your developer on deploying serverless functions for your business.
Episode 103: Should Your Business Consider Podcasting? with Mathew Passy of PodToPod
May 7, 2018 • 46 MIN
Podcasting is growing and there's a lot of news about podcasts becoming first class citizens in Google search and radio networks buying up podcast players. Should your business get in on the podcasting action? Will podcasts be something your customers want, or just a burden on your marketing department. Chase Raz interviews Mathew Passy, The Podcast Consultant, from PodToPod to help you determine whether podcasting is right for your busienss.
Episode 102: Selecting a Productivity Suite
April 30, 2018 • 71 MIN
Office productivity suites are one of the staples of the computing world, but there are many competing solutions available for your business to consider. Chase Raz and Chris Ayers will review Microsoft Office and Office365, Google Docs and Gsuite, Apple iWork, and LibreOffice. The conversation will go well beyond the realm of word processing, spreadsheets, and presentations, and the suites will be reviewed in depth. Chase and Chris will then provide suggestions for a number of use cases and user personas and then debut a new technology ratings system, CAPU, to help business owners make a decisions on the merits of each suite for business use.
Episode 101: Collaboration, Slack vs. Teams
April 23, 2018 • 48 MIN
Chase Raz and Chris Ayers meet up to talk about collaboration and communication software, specifically Slack and Microsoft Teams. Frequently using both titles, Chase and Chris know that there are benefits and drawbacks to each application in certain business environemnts. If you're looking to minimize email, encourage team collaboration, ease file sharing burdens, or just add a new layer of chat into your businesses workflow, this episode will help you decide which collaboration tool is right for you.
Episode 100: Mission 100
April 16, 2018 • 35 MIN
In the centennial episode of Multinewmedia, Chase Ras and Chris Ayers reconfirm the purpose of Multinewmedia and recommit to you, our listener. This episode skips the normal celebrations and self-aggrandizing found in most milestone podcast episodes and instead opens the show up more than ever for listener feedback and interaction. This episode presents the European Union's GDPR as a Definition of the Day.
Episode 99: Revisiting AR and VR
April 9, 2018 • 44 MIN
Chase Raz joins with two of his colleagues from Full Sail University, Robin Koman and Brian Smithers, to discuss augmented reality (AR), virtual reality (VR), and mixed reality(MR). Robin is a video game developer and a Department Chair of Game Design at Full Sail and Brian is a recording enginner that leads the Full Sail Audio Production. Robin, Brian, and Chase completed a project for the University in 2017 identifying outreach possibilities for the technologies, but they reassemble to talk about where the VR industry is headed and what that means for businesses and consumers.
Episode 98: (Top 5) Business Items to Spring Clean
March 19, 2018 • 42 MIN
Chase Raz and Christopher Woodward love business technology, but some of the devices, concepts, and conventions that our offices hold on to our outdated and need to be cleaned out throughout the spring cleaning season. Have you sat down with your facilities and equipment managers to really determine what is needed? If not, you may want to listen to this top five list and come up with your own action items on how to purge unused or unproductive business technologies and business concepts.
Episode 97: Burnout
March 12, 2018 • 40 MIN
Chase Raz is burned out, so to speak. Christopher Woodward joins Chase in this episode and they talk about their current, or recent, dealings with burnout. They'll discuss the causes, symptoms, and even a few cures for the dreaded exhaustion-causing malaise that is all too common in the modern professional world. Multinewmedia encourages you to understand that you're not the only person that experiences burnout and that friendly help is availalbe, such as this episode, and that professional help is available from qualified organizational clinicians.
Episode 96: The Self Reliance Fallacy
March 5, 2018 • 31 MIN
Chase Raz goes solo to talk about how going it alone and doing everything yourself is a really bad idea that a lot of smart people attempt. We tend to fall into the trap created by control and professionalism, but there's an easy way to get a map to show you the direction out. Look at your value add and where your contrubitions are most important. There, you'll find the answer to the questions, "What do I do myself, and what do I hand off to others? And how?"
Episode 95: If Your Job Were Gone in 20 Years
February 19, 2018 • 43 MIN
Chris Ayers and Chase Raz have a chat about the practical future. Visions of utopia or dystopia are nowhere to be found in this episode, just the realities about automation and how process and technological disruption impact virtually every field of business, industry, and even hobby. The episode asks each lister to consider what steps should be taken now to ensure success in 10 to 20 years, even if his or her job--or entire professional field--were to disappear.
Episode 94: Plannuh and Marketing with Peter Mahoney
February 5, 2018 • 57 MIN
Peter Mahoney is dubbed the NerdCMO. He's a former Chief Marketing Officer of a well known technology company and he's currently serving in the capacity as CEO of Plannuh after taking two years to found the company. Plannuh is a SaaS tool for marketing budgets that aims to track results versus targets. Peter joins Chase Raz to talk about Plannuh from the perspectives of functionality and development. They also talk about common startup issues, such as other people hating the name of your company.
Episode 93: Digital Parenting with TechParental's Jay Andrews
January 29, 2018 • 57 MIN
Jay Andrews, a school psychologist and founder of the TechParental website and YouTube channel, visist Multinewmedia for the first time to open a dialog about parenting in the 21st century. Jay chats with Chase Raz about content creation, cyberbullying, tech devices for families, and the future skills children should be learning. Jay explains that he and Christopher Woodward went to school each other and how serendipitious it is that Chase found Jay independently of Christopher through social media.
Episode 92: Your Digital Life 2.0 with Carl Pullein
January 22, 2018 • 57 MIN
Carl Pullein returns to Multinewmedia to talk about the second edition of his book, Your Digital Life, now available on Amazon's Kindle e-book store and Apple's iBookstore. Carl and Chase talk about the P.A.C.T. model for increasing and sustaining your peak productivity in the modern digital world. Whether you're a content creator or a business person who relies on technology for your productive work, Carl and his book offer a wealth of valuable information.
Episode 91: Information Security with Duncan McAlynn
January 15, 2018 • 55 MIN
Information Security expert Duncan McAlynn joins Chase Raz to talk about the current state of malware and cloud threats. Contact Duncan on Twitter via username InfoSecWar.
Episode 90: Predictions for 2018
December 25, 2017 • 20 MIN
Chase Raz, Christopher Woodward, and Chris Ayers each share a brief list of three things they believe will be "big" in business and technology throughout 2018. This episode concludes our third season and prepares us for the upcoming new year. Happy Holidays to all of our listeners, colleagues, friends, and family!
Episode 89: Visionaries We Wish Weren't Wrong
December 4, 2017 • 38 MIN
Many smart visionaries and innovators have come in gone with each successive generation. Some have their visions realized, and others do not. This Top 10 list from Chase Raz and Christopher Woodward highlights the visionaries that we wish hadn't been off the mark so they could see their wonderful visions come to light.
Episode 88: Holiday 2017 Technology
November 20, 2017 • 46 MIN
From smartwatches to office necessities, and a few nerd toys, too! Join Christopher Woodward and Chase Raz for this year's guide to the best items from the dozens of gift guides online. If your shopping during this year's Black Friday or Cyber Monday, be sure to listen in so you know what to get for your co-workers, your friends and family, and yourself.
Episode 87: Nerd Out November 2017
November 13, 2017 • 47 MIN
Garret Albritton joins Chase Raz for the third Multinewmedia Nerd Out November. This wonderfully meandering conversation covers movies and TV, the cloud, board games, storytelling, retro-tech, AR and VR, and the future.
Episode 86: The Future of The Cloud
October 30, 2017 • 55 MIN
Chase Raz has been working on a book for Multinewmedia and it focuses on emerging technologies and how business and technology will be impacted by innovation in the future. To support this book, Chase is working on a lecture series to help spread even more information about how our shared future will evolve. This episode introduces the first rough draft and dry run for the lecture series and the focus is on cloud computing's present and future, with plenty of context for good measure.
Episode 85: (Guest) Streaming-Only Star Trek with Garret Albritton
October 16, 2017 • 46 MIN
Star Trek has been back on television (and mobile, and computer, etc.) for a few weeks now. Chase Raz hails friend, co-worker, and former student Garret Albritton to engage the Klingons and discuss what it means for Star Trek to be back. The biological and technological distinctiveness will be added to our own; meaning that the cultural influences and technical production elements of the new series are explored, even where no one has gone before. Some spoilers are to be expected.
Episode 84: Apathy for Consumer Tech
October 9, 2017 • 49 MIN
Chase Raz has been feeling quite a bit of apathy towards consumer technology recently, and he believes that he's not alone. Not only do others seem to be "tapping out" of tech because of the continually elevating price tags, but tech companies themselves seem to be retrenching from their wide-reaching ecosystems and into a few key competencies... or at least cutting out what they are so competent at doing or making. Chris Ayers, on the other hand, feels find about technology and has no problem supporting multiple devices, platforms, and ecosystems to get whatever content he wants, whenever he wants it.
Episode 83: Optimism and Pessimism Abound
October 2, 2017 • 41 MIN
Our world seems to be full of such turmoil and chaos right now. From never-ending war and embarrasing statesmen on one side, and fanciful visions of an immediately possible future on the other. Chase Raz goes solo to explore some of the sources of posititivity and negativity directly surrounding his professional life and helps make sense of how businessess can navigate this new normal, connects technology as the partial source of conflict, and offers a suggestion on how to mitigate business problems as a result of the clash between optimism and pessimism.
Episode 82: (Guest) Mixed Reality with Microsoft's Cordy Rierson
September 18, 2017 • 48 MIN
Cordy Rierson, Director of Mixed Reality Experiences at Microsoft, joins Chase Raz via Skype to talk about Mixed Reality. Cordy and Chase explore what Mixed Reality means, how augmented and virtual reality are incorporated, and the future of blending the physical and digital worlds. Cordy addresses productivity and creativity from a business perspective, as well as the technologies of 3D, VR, AR, screenless computing, cloud computing, and more.
Episode 81: Using Existing Tools
September 4, 2017 • 42 MIN
Chris Ayers and Chase Raz extol the virtues of not just using third party tooling, but also deploying content and services through third party platforms. These tools are sometimes snubbed because of age-old branding instincts that encourage everything to be custom and proprietary or at least white label. Chris explains why this old methodology is broken, and how it slows progress and diverts focus away from the real business objectives that deserve more attention.
Episode 80: (Guest) Creativity, Productivity, Communication with Carl Pullein
August 21, 2017 • 60 MIN
Carl Pullein is a business owner, consultant, author, and teacher. His business, Fandcorp Business Solutions helps international businesses, especially Korean, operate in the English speaking world. Carl's university work and other projects all center around creativity and productivity. In this episode, Carl and Chase Raz talk about these topics which are of interest to almost all business professionals: creativity, productivity, and communication.
Episode 79: (Top 5) Obsolete Tech Items
August 7, 2017 • 32 MIN
Chase Raz and Christopher Woodward share their respective Top 5 lists of deprecated and depreciated technologies from the past one-to-two decades. As a bonus, they also share a couple of picks for technologies that will soon be obsolete as well as technologies considered at-risk that aren't going away anytime soon.
Episode 78: (Guest) Agile with Allan Kelly
July 31, 2017 • 61 MIN
Allan Kelly, known as "Agile Allan", joins Chase Raz to talk about Agile and its importance in the world of technology and software development. Allan is a London-based former professional programmer and is currently a consultant, presenter, and writer specializing on topics that merge busienss practices with technology best practices. Allan and Chase discuss how business people can better understand Agile, and even explore the economics of the future as it relates to knowledge workers and technological productivity.
Episode 77: Social Media Growth Strategies
July 24, 2017 • 52 MIN
A live recording with Chase Raz and Christopher Woodward as they present Social Media Growth Strategies as a part of the 2017 Full Sail University Summer Continue Education lineup. Chase and Christopher will discuss four common strategies by dividing social networks into three types: status-based, interest-based, and network-based.
Episode 76: (Guest) Productivity Apps with Francesco D'Alessio
July 10, 2017 • 51 MIN
You're wondering what applications you can add to your mobile phone to help focus you instead of continually distracting you, right? YouTuber and Marketer Francesco D'Alessio can help. Francesco joins Chase Raz this week to share his top six productivity app selections.
Episode 75: Summer 2017 Catch Up
June 26, 2017 • 36 MIN
We've been so busy with consulting recently that the show feels a bit neglected. With long overdue vacations happening to unwind from the work overload, Chase Raz and Chris Ayers catch up on a variety of topics such as travel routers, tor, Apple HomePod, iMac Pro, Xbox One X, PlayStation 4 Pro, and more.
Episode 74: Never Stop Learning
June 5, 2017 • 45 MIN
Continuing education can be a frustrating reality of professional life, but Chase Raz and Chris Ayers discuss why it is so important and worthwhile. Different opinions regarding continuing education exist within varied disciplines, but all functional areas seem to agree on the merits of always learning and growing one's body of knowledge.
Episode 73: (Top 5) Tech Travel Tips
May 22, 2017 • 34 MIN
Summer is coming soon and that likely means some travel is in your future. You may travel for work, conventions, conferences, vacation, or to see family, but no matter what type of trip you take you'll likely bring along some twchnology. Chase Raz and Christopher Wooward share some traveling tips for managing technology.
Episode 72: Microsoft Build 2017 Recap
May 15, 2017 • 53 MIN
Chase Raz and Chris Ayers discuss the Microsoft Build developers conference for 2017. They'll explore Azure, Cognitive Services, Windows as a Service, the Microsoft Graph, and more.
Episode 71: Azure Cognitive Services
May 1, 2017 • 44 MIN
Chris Ayers provides an introduction to Microsoft's Azure Cognitive Services that is friendly to both business people and developers. No experience is needed to start learning about the types of tools that are available for vision, language, and other services through APIs. These APIs allow your applications to tap into some of the most advanced artificial intelligence and machine learning available.
Episode 70: (Top 5) Theme Park Tech
April 24, 2017 • 43 MIN
Chase Raz and Christopher Woodward have both been spending some time in central Florida's theme parks. They are dehydrated, exhausted, and slightly annoyed with questionable business practices, but still find time to talk about the technologies that they observe in use by theme parks. It used to be that theme parks introduced the masses to technology, now they use technology themselves to (attempt) to manage crowds, emotions, and entertainment.
Episode 69: (Guest) A Kid's Perspective with Adam
April 17, 2017 • 41 MIN
Adam hosts this, his first, episode of Multinewmedia to provide the perspective that many business people, technologists, and marketers can't wait to hear: that of a pre-teen. Children are our future, and their technology useage and preferences will heavily impact our own use in the not-so-distant future. Adam discusses his perspective on business and technology with his uncle, Chase Raz.
Episode 68: Privacy and Neutrality
April 10, 2017 • 46 MIN
Chase Raz addresses the recent repeal of the FCC's online privacy ruling and makes a business connection between the attack on privacy and previous attacks on net neutrality. The purpose of weakening consumer privacy online may not be so straight forward as selling user data. Chase will explain what is more likely happening and what the motivations are for all parties involved.
Episode 67: Infrastructure 2
March 20, 2017 • 47 MIN
Almost two years ago, the United States had virtually a failing grade in infrastructure according to the American Society of Civil Engineers. In this update, Chris Ayers and Chase Raz explore the curret Infrastructure Report Card from THe ASCE and reveal that not much has changed as the U.S. still has a near-failing grade. Priorities, responsibilities, and potential technological next steps are discussed in this follow up to Episode 11.
Episode 66: (Top 5) Startups to Watch
March 6, 2017 • 39 MIN
Tech startups aren't just in Silicon Valley anymore. Okay, well, most of them are, but their target markets are much more diversified. From agriculture to deliver, Chase Raz and Christopher Woodward explore their own Top 5 lists of new and exciting startups to pay attention to over the next few months and years.
Episode 65: Introduction to Agile
February 20, 2017 • 34 MIN
Chris Ayers explains the basics of Agile to Chase Raz. They discuss the Agile development process and its impact on I.T. and software development as well as project management and business operations. Basic terms will be introduced and a general understanding of how a team functions under Agile, or a variant of Agile called Scrum, is explored.
Episode 64: Digital Love
February 13, 2017 • 23 MIN
Christopher Woodward has absolutely no idea what to make of this topic, other than to make it into a joke. Chase Raz takes Christopher, and you as our listener, on a wild ride into the future where social networks and dating services merge and stay with you throughout your life. Including when you're happily married! No, we're not advocating for polyamorous relationships, but rather a future where relationships are created and managed with the help of machine learning tools such as artificial intelligence.
Episode 63: The New Multinewmedia.com
January 30, 2017 • 33 MIN
Chase Raz spent a portion of his spare time in 2016 developing a new site for Multinewmedia... from scratch. This labor of love is currently live--since December 2016--and is ready to birth a new CSS UI library and JavaScript UX libary into the world, or maybe not! Chase seeks input from hosts Christopher Woodward and Chris Ayers, as well as guest Marc Christ on the status, functionality, and appearance of the site. It's not all roses, but the general concensus seems to be that things are at least okay, if not pretty darn good.
Episode 62: (Guest) Marc Christ of Detroit Muscle TV
January 16, 2017 • 37 MIN
The Detroit Auto Show may be going on, but what is going on in the automotive field that relates with business and technology? Marc Christ, the Host and Technical Producer of Detroit Muscle TV, joins Chase Raz to explore electric and hybrid vehicles, explain how the sun powers everything, and talk about how transportation might look in the 22nd century as not only population increases but also population density.
Episode 61: CES 2017 Perspectives
January 10, 2017 • 31 MIN
You checked the CES news all last week, but it didn't mean very much. The event seems to be nothing but a bunch of cheaply made yet overpriced electronic trinkets. What were you supposted to learn about business and the market from the show? Chase Raz will add some perspective and help you apply the news you saw into insights for your profession by adding business perspective.
Episode 60: Predictions for 2017
January 2, 2017 • < 1 MIN
All of the hosts, and our one guest ever, come together to predict business technology for 2017. The common denomenators are that everyone seems to think that bots are going to be really big business, virtual reality isn't going away, and that business and consumer pressure for renewable energy is undeniable.
Episode 59: Recreation at Work
December 12, 2016 • 39 MIN
Work is for work, or is it? Chase Raz and Chris Ayers explore whether all work and no play make them dull boys or more productive employees. Put down your office PS4 controller and meet us at the parking lot basketball court to examine employee recreation at work.
Episode 58: Sci-Fi Weapons that Impact Business
December 5, 2016 • 30 MIN
Sci-fi always seems to have nothing to do with business at first, but then you remember that almost every major tech and business breakthrough in the last half century has been predicted or inspired by fiction. Join Chase Raz and Christopher Woodward in tipping you off on the technologies to monitor for competitive advantages.
Episode 57: Holiday 2016 Tech Giving
November 21, 2016 • 46 MIN
Holiday and end-of-year gift giving is much more than just consumerism. We use physical goods to express the happiness, and utility, that others bring into our lives. Join Chase Raz and Christopher Woodward help make sense of how to give the gift of technology without any anxieties or reservations.
Episode 56: Nerd Out November 2016
November 14, 2016 • 39 MIN
For the second year in a row, Chase Raz and Chris Ayers team up to nerd-out in November. All of the greatness that tech has to offer for the end of 2016 can be found within. Listen now, or your drones may fall from the sky!
Episode 55: October Events Recap
October 31, 2016 • 35 MIN
Chase Raz reviews and analyzes the announcements from Google, Microsoft, and Apple during October. The strategies of each of these companies will be explored and takeaways to help make business decisions will be addressed in summary.
Episode 54: Think Before Printing
October 24, 2016 • 29 MIN
Going paperless should be a goal of any office still using dead tree to communicate information. Chase Raz recruits Chris Ayers to discuss how businesses, especially small and mid-size businesses, can go paperless.
Episode 53: Raspberry Pi for Development
October 17, 2016 • 56 MIN
Chris Ayers presents a version of his Raspberry Pi for Development session as presented at BarCamp Tampa Bay in early October. Chase Raz continually interjects to try and make sense of the current business opportunities surrounding adoption and deployment of Raspberry Pi and other IOT devices.
Episode 52: (Top 5) Tech Blunders Part 2
October 10, 2016 • 42 MIN
Chase Raz and Christopher Woodward are back for part two of "Tech Blunders". They'll discuss things that could have been big, but weren't. Like last week, the blunders reviewed all happened in the late 20th or early 21st century, but their specific reasons for failure were extremely varied. The selections on this week's--and last week's--lists are offered as food for thought for modern business people, product developers, and marketers to contemplate.
Episode 51: (Top 5) Tech Blunders Part 1
October 3, 2016 • 58 MIN
Looking at the mistakes of others often helps us avoid making the same, or similar, mistake. For this reason, Chase Raz and Christopher Woodward create and address their respective Top 5 lists for technological blunders, goofs, and flops. The blunders reviewed all happened in the late 20th or early 21st century and offer a relevant bit of introspection for operating in a modern technologically-fueled market.
Episode 50: (Special) Climate Change
September 26, 2016 • 50 MIN
Climate change is a big deal. A really big deal. The worlds of business and technology have so much influence on climate change, global warming, and greenhouse gas emissions. Join all of the Multinewmedia hosts for a special episode that details a current snapshot of the climate change crisis and discusses how to best research the situation, deal with deniers, and implement small yet meaningful changes.
Episode 49: Digital Distraction
August 29, 2016 • 33 MIN
Chase Raz addresses the topic of digital distractions in the hopes of starting a Multinewmedia community conversation on not only what distractions to avoid, but how to avoid unknown or unrecognized distractions.
Episode 48: Ecommerce 101
August 8, 2016 • 56 MIN
This week, Chase Raz and Chris Ayers explore what businesses, especially small businesses, need to get going in the world of electronic commerce. Online retail has been around more than two decades, but many businesses are still not leveraging these technologies to the best of their ability. If you're looking to get up to speed on the basics of e-commerce and don't know where to start, this episode can help.
Episode 47: (Top 5) Home Technologies
August 1, 2016 • 36 MIN
This Top 5 list presents some of the most pressingly current technologies for household use. These technologies will help increase your safety, security, peace of mind, and overall quality of life. Join Chase Raz and Christopher Woodward online with your favorite household tech after the show!
Episode 46: Hosting Your Own Personal Cloud
July 18, 2016 • 48 MIN
Whether you're looking for file storage, redundancy, and access or media streaming for your movies and music, we've got you covered. Chase Raz and Chris Ayers discuss NAS devices, software media servers, and third-party apps for your cloud to make it function like Dropbox or OneDrive.
Episode 45: (Top 5) Small Business Necessities
July 4, 2016 • 36 MIN
What are the technology related tools that you absolutely need if you're starting or running a small business? Hardware, software, services... Chase Raz and Christopher Woodward discuss what you need to set yourself up for success.
Episode 44: Some Security Basics
June 28, 2016 • 40 MIN
From password management for the individual to database encryption for companies, this introductory episode on security convers a little bit about securing your data, limiting liability, and protecting yourself online.
Episode 43: Conference Catch Up
May 16, 2016 • 31 MIN
It has been a few weeks since the show has posted regularly, so ChaseRaz and Chris Ayers talk through the conferences that have happened throughout April and the first part of May 2016. The conferences are explored from a vantage point of whats-to-come rather than a news recap.
Episode 42: Branding Your Professional Identity Online
April 25, 2016 • 35 MIN
Chase Raz goes solo to share the message of personal branding and how it relates to business professionals. Chase relates branding one's professional digital identity to benefits from increased exposure, opportunity identification, and networking.
Episode 41: Moving Past Microsoft Build
April 11, 2016 • 34 MIN
Chase Raz and Chris Ayers use last week's Build 2016 conference as an excuse to talk about the other tech conferences coming up later this month, and later this year. Who will be playing catch up to Microsoft, and who will push the envelope even further?
Episode 40: Microsoft Build Recap
April 4, 2016 • 38 MIN
This week we feature Chase Raz and Chris Ayers recapping the important parts of Microsoft's Build 2016 conference. You won't get all of the news, just the important bits!
Episode 39: Code Editors from the Big Tech Players
March 28, 2016 • 36 MIN
Code editors are typically the realm of fiercly loyal cults following independently-made software, but big tech players have been creating their own code editors for a year or two. Chase Raz and Chris Ayers discuss these editors backed by large tech companies and address why it makes sense for the big players to enter that small, typically free, market now.
Episode 38: Interviewing for Development Jobs
March 21, 2016 • 36 MIN
Chase Raz and Chris Ayers share a meandering conversation after recording a previous episode and decided to run an impromptu mock interview. Listen now to better understand technology hiring practices and to get valuable interview tips for professionals.
Episode 37: Native vs. Hybrid Apps
March 14, 2016 • 42 MIN
Chris Ayers and ChaseRaz detail native and hybrid applications and then discuss the merits of each. Useful development frameworks and interesting updates are presented throughout the discussion.
Episode 36: Working from Home
March 7, 2016 • 43 MIN
Chase Raz and Chris Ayers both see value in companies offering work-from-home arrangements, but they don't quite see eye to eye on all of the details.
Episode 35: E-Sports
February 22, 2016 • 34 MIN
Editorial Co-Host Christopher Woodward provides a primer on e-sports. He and Chase Raz discuss how e-sports help us connect better with the 18-34 male demographic, and how they also help us all cope with an ever evolving technological world.
Episode 34: Rapid Mobile Prototyping
February 15, 2016 • 38 MIN
Chase Raz and Chris Ayers express differing views on mobile prototyping and just how far the business people should take the concept before handing it over to developers and designers.
Episode 33: So Be Real
February 8, 2016 • 30 MIN
This week we're exploring the use of Narratives. Chase Raz and Chris Ayers detail why telling stories through your business is important and how it impacts marketing, eployee retention, and of course, revenue.
Episode 32: Understanding Advertising in Detail
February 1, 2016 • 56 MIN
DSPs, SSPs, ad networks and exchanges... what? Chase Raz and Chris Ayers cover the recent digital advertising news, cover how advertising works, and then talk about how these issues impact us and our shared futures both socially and culturally.
Episode 31: New Year's Fitness Resolutions
January 11, 2016 • 47 MIN
So, you went and got fat in 2015 and now you've decided to get in shape in 2016. Chase Raz and Chris Ayers will help you the best they can by reviewing what consumer tech tools and devices are available to help.
Episode 30: Predictions for 2016
December 14, 2015 • 66 MIN
We all knew it had to happen sometime in December. Chase Raz and Chris Ayers give their predictions for 2016.
Episode 29: Holiday Gifts and Office Upgrades
December 7, 2015 • 51 MIN
Chase Raz and Chris Ayers talk about what tech to get the kids and adults in your life during the holiday gift-giving season. We also discuss the office tools that should be procured for our employees to be happier and more productive in the New Year.
Episode 28: Unrealized Sci-Fi Advances
November 30, 2015 • 54 MIN
With only one month left in 2015, we start to think about what we have yet to accomplish before the New Year. Chase Raz and Christopher Woodward continue that theme into the future and talk about what pivotal advancements from sci-fi have yet to be achieved.
Episode 27: Nerd Out November
November 23, 2015 • 57 MIN
To celebrate Thanksgiving here in the U.S., Chase Raz and Chris Ayers go into full nerd mode and blast through interesting topics, news, updates, and interests.
Episode 26: Selecting a Mobile Ecosystem for Business
November 16, 2015 • 49 MIN
Chase Raz goes solo in this episode to discuss the main three mobile ecosystems and their viability as candidates for business adoption. He'll also explore the future of the ecosystems and business deployment.
Episode 25: Visions of Education Technologies
November 9, 2015 • 3023 MIN
Politics and business are encroaching upon education. Chase Raz and Christopher Woodward will talk about the current political and business climate of education in the United States, and outline technologies that will thrive in education despite politics.
Episode 24: Drones
November 2, 2015 • 60 MIN
Drones are often referred to as Unmanned Aerial Systems. Chris Ayers and Chase Raz provide an update on the stats of drone operation in the United States.
Episode 23: A Primer On Self Driving Cars
October 26, 2015 • 52 MIN
Chris Ayers and Chase Raz cover the self driving car craze. From pods, to passenger vehicles, to tractor trailers. What is feasible in 5, 10, 20 years and beyond?
Episode 22: Windows 10 Devices Event
October 12, 2015 • 56 MIN
Chris Ayers and Chase Raz completely geek out in an unintelligible verbal spew of amazement because Microsoft actually hit a proverbial home run with their upcoming device portfolio.
Episode 21: Our First Clip Show
October 5, 2015 • 44 MIN
For the first time, you'll get behind-the-microphone details about the making of the show, what the hosts talk about, and how often Chase messes up.
Episode 20: Is Cloud Computing Marginalizing Operating Systems?
September 28, 2015 • 49 MIN
Chris Ayers and Chase Raz mull over whether or not cloud computing is marginalizing on-premises hardware and operating systems. We explore what these changes will mean for business users.
Episode 19: Jocks in One Corner, Geeks in Another
September 21, 2015 • 42 MIN
Christopher Woodward presents the use of technology within sports. He and Chase Raz discuss utilization and implicationso of technology in sport and competition.
Episode 18: Platform Overload!
September 14, 2015 • 41 MIN
Platforms, libraries, frameworks, and services galore. Why don't we see more suites developing to streamline the process?
Episode 17: Security and Privacy
September 7, 2015 • 55 MIN
Data breaches, inside jobs, and OS snooping, oh my! Chris Ayers and ChaseRaz discuss recent technology news and then topical security issues in computing.
Episode 16: Education in Technology
August 10, 2015 • 35 MIN
What mix of technology is right for education? ChaseRaz and Christopher Woodward, both educators, teach us that it's all about the implementation.
Episode 15: What Makes Someone a Developer?
August 3, 2015 • 48 MIN
Chris Ayers joins ChaseRaz and explains why the development mindset is so important, even for non-developers, and what exactly makes someone a developer.
Episode 14: Steaming Services and Cable
July 27, 2015 • 57 MIN
Christopher Woodward and ChaseRaz present the current state of streaming services and how they continue to impact traditional cable companies and their offerings.
Episode 13: Introduction to Windows 10
July 20, 2015 • 58 MIN
Chase Raz and Chris Ayers discuss the imminent release of Windows 10 and what the new OS signals for the future of Microsoft.
Episode 12: Top Five Sci-Fi Technologies
June 8, 2015 • 45 MIN
Star Trek, Star Wars, and Stargate, oh my! ChaseRaz and Christopher Woodward discuss what they feel are the most influencial science fiction technologies.
Episode 11: Infrastructure
June 1, 2015 • 57 MIN
ChaseRaz is a big supporter of investment into infrastructure. Apparently, Chris Ayers is also. It is scary how much they agree, and just how far they'll push the envelope in terms of how far we should go to suppor infrastructure development. Removing trucks to their own road network... really?
Episode 10: Microsoft Build 2015
April 27, 2015 • 66 MIN
Chase Raz and Chris Ayers recap Microsoft's Build 2015 conference and announcements.
Episode 9: Top Five Developer Tools
April 20, 2015 • 43 MIN
If you're a web developer or programmer and want to follow some best practices in your tool selection then this episode is for you.
Episode 8: New Media and Cable
April 13, 2015 • 44 MIN
Chase Raz and Christopher Woodward discuss the impacts of new media on television, specifically cable television.
Episode 7: Top Five Technology Memories
April 6, 2015 • 58 MIN
Christopher Woodward and ChaseRaz try out a new segment... a top five list! For the first go-around with this type of show, we'll start with our top (maybe even favorite?) technology memories.
Episode 6: Net Neutrality Revisited
March 30, 2015 • 35 MIN
We can't believe the opposition to net neutrality. We're back to discuss net neutrality for a second time this month because of the mounting opposition.
Episode 4: Wearables
March 16, 2015 • 37 MIN
Fitbit, Pebble, Microsoft Band, and the upcoming Apple Watch... what gives with this whole wearable trend in technology?
Episode 3: Google, Apple, and Microsoft
March 9, 2015 • 38 MIN
Host ChaseRaz and new Co-Host Christopher Woodward banter about three leading consumer-facing tech companies.
Episode 2: Net Neutrality
March 2, 2015 • 39 MIN
Host ChaseRaz and Co-Host Chris Ayers discuss the ongoing concerns over net neutrality and those who oppose it.
Episode 1: Virtual and Augmented Reality
February 23, 2015 • 59 MIN
Guest Marc Christ of Mustang Driver Magazine joins ChaseRaz for a conversation about the prospects of virtual and augmented reality.