The Conversation

Hosted by Dan Benjamin.

A talk show featuring discussions with special guests, the latest tech and development news, and your calls. The show is streamed live every Wednesday at 1:00PM ET, and then released as audio and video podcasts.

The Conversation’s Episodes (Page 3)


The Conversation

Episode 11: No Regrets

Published on April 21st, 2010 (2010-04-21 10:39:00 -0400)

Dan Benjamin talks with Merlin Mann and Jane Quigley about the publishing tweets, the world of marketing, how humans relate to technology (like the iPad), and more.


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Episode 10: Punch the Monkey

Published on April 12th, 2010 (2010-04-12 17:01:00 -0400)

Dan is joined by John Gruber of Daring Fireball and Craig Hockenberry of Icon Factory. We talk about the iPhone OS 4, iAds, Game Center, and the new and emerging marketplace and ecosystem Apple is creating.


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Episode 9: iPad a Dream Last Night

Published on April 1st, 2010 (2010-04-01 18:00:00 -0400)

Dan Benjamin talks with Dan Moren, Craig Hockenberry, Daniel Jalkut, Christina Warren, and call-in listeners about the iPad.


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Episode 8: Virtual Sanity

Published on March 28th, 2010 (2010-03-28 11:30:00 -0400)

Dan talks with Garrett Dimon of Sifter and Jane Quigley of Powered, about starting, growing, and managing a small business.


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Episode 7: Patent Schmatent

Published on March 18th, 2010 (2010-03-18 15:06:00 -0400)

Dan Benjamin brings together geeks and attorneys to talk about the intersection of patents and software development, and speculate about Apple's motivations and goals regarding their recent Android-inspired lawsuit against HTC.


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Episode 6: Ad Block This! (Part 2 of 2)

Published on March 12th, 2010 (2010-03-12 14:30:00 -0500)

Dan talks with Merlin Mann, Jane Quigley, and Mike Davidson about monetizing the web, generalized blogs vs. niche blogs, filters, and actually caring about your audience.


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Episode 5: Ad Block This! (Part 1 of 2)

Published on March 11th, 2010 (2010-03-11 07:00:00 -0500)

Dan talks with Ken Fisher, Jane Quigley, Matt Haughey, and Merlin Mann about the ads, ad-blockers, and integrity.


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Episode 4: It's a Great Brick

Published on February 17th, 2010 (2010-02-17 16:13:00 -0500)

Dan Benjamin talks about mobile platforms and browsers, the Palm Pre Plus, the Windows Phone 7 Series (really?), Google Buzz, and Macworld Expo, and more with special guests.


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Episode 3: Hyper Local, Apple Pie, No Insurance

Published on February 10th, 2010 (2010-02-10 16:15:00 -0500)

My guests are Greg Storey of Happy Cog West, Garrett Dimon of Sifter, and Jina Bolton of Crush+Lovely. We talk about launching going solo, the challenges involved in launching, establishing, and maintaing your own business.


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Episode 2: Don't Twiddle the Knobs

Published on February 5th, 2010 (2010-02-05 12:59:00 -0500)

Today my guests are Dave Nanian, Adam Keys, Christina Warren, Mike Davidson, and Merlin Mann. We discuss Flash, HTML5, Daringfireballwithcomments, how to not dupe your readers, comments and giving up control, and much more.