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We’re joined this week by App Camp for Girls founder Jean MacDonald to discuss women in tech, the problem with some conferences, and what it’s like to run a programming camp for teenage girls. Show Notes Jean MacDonald: Twitter | App.net App Camp for Girls Smile Software Codecademy

This week, we sit down with uber-geek Brett Terpstra to discuss Markdown, developing for the Mac App Store, the future of development on the Mac and iOS, and how much one person is able to accomplish by sacrificing sleep. Show Notes Brett on App.net Brett on Twitter BrettTerpstra.com Marked App… <a class="more-link" href="https://inthirty.net/2013/04/inthirty-88-mark-up-the-mark-down-with-brett-terpstra/">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">inThirty 88 – Marking Up Markdown with Brett Terpstra</span></a>

Aereo, the little cable company that could, won a two lawsuits against the big TV networks – Will Fox News finally be taken off the air? In this week’s episode we discuss what it means to cut the cord, why it’s so difficult, and what the… <a class="more-link" href="https://inthirty.net/2013/04/inthirty-87-a-warehouse-full-of-antennas/">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">inThirty 87 – A Warehouse Full of Antennas</span></a>

Facebook’s big announcement brings your identity to your Android phone with Facebook home. Your fearless cohosts invite Kelly Guimont to help dust off our Facebook accounts and see if this is enough to respark our love affair with the socialiest of social networks. Show Notes Kelly Guimont on Twitter | Kelly Guimont on App.net “HTC… <a class="more-link" href="https://inthirty.net/2013/04/inthrity-86-facebook-home/">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">inThrity 86 – Facebook Home</span></a>

Now that the iPhone will soon be on all major (and most) minor carriers, we discuss T-Mobile’s potential resurgence as a major force in the mobile carrier industry. Does its new “un-carrier” plan help or hurt the struggling telecom? Listen to the the latest episode of inThirty to find out, because according to iTunes, we’re… <a class="more-link" href="https://inthirty.net/2013/03/inthirty-85-the-subsidy-free-episode/">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">inThirty 85 – The Subsidy Free Episode</span></a>

Did you ever just wing your presentation? Did you ever just say, “Screw it, we’ll do it live!” We start off talking about the Samsung S4 launch, then we talk some more Google with Keep. We finally cap it off with a rapid fire headlines. Show Notes “Google Keep” | Droid Life “Google Now (not)… <a class="more-link" href="https://inthirty.net/2013/03/inthirty-84-a-hodgepodge-of-announcments/">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">inThirty 84 – A Hodgepodge of Announcments</span></a>

Did Chaim get into I/O? Did Justin become the new Pope? Did Harry say something nice about non apple anything? Tune in on this week where we talk Google, Google, Google. First we discuss whether Chaim got into I/O. We discuss the problems with Google Wallet, and all the other issues with it. Then we… <a class="more-link" href="https://inthirty.net/2013/03/inthirty-83-no-no-google-io/">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">inThirty 83 – No, no Google I/O</span></a>

Justin has a problem. He is “Android curious”. He is intrigued by all the interesting features Android has to offer, but loves the stability and quality of his iPhone. Sure, he jailbreaks, but still longs for more customization. It doesn’t help that he is entrenched in the Google ecosystem. Can Harry convince him to stay,… <a class="more-link" href="https://inthirty.net/2013/03/inthirty-82-et-tu-ios/">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">inThirty 82 – Et tu, iOS?</span></a>

On this episode the guys talk about how they like to social network. Turns out the guys all truly hate the state of social networking to the point that they sound like the elders on the internet telling ‘them ‘youngins to get off their damn lawns. Part 1: We talk about Falcon Pro’s Twitter API… <a class="more-link" href="https://inthirty.net/2013/03/inthirty-81-social-sharing/">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">inThirty 81 – Social Sharing</span></a>

What happens when announcements don’t have that wow factor? Even big companies suffer from boring announcements or botched product launches. In this week’s episode we talk about two announcements that should have been larger than life, but fell on pretty much deaf ears. [Editor’s Note] – Sorry for the delay. We will try to be… <a class="more-link" href="https://inthirty.net/2013/02/inthirty-80-not-so-special-announcements/">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">inThirty 80 – Not So Special Announcements</span></a>

[Editor’s note] Sorry for the delay. We had everything fail us, including the site. Hangouts failed, then Skype failed us, then finally the posting failed us. So what do the guys think about wearing technology? Do we need smart watches in a society that doesn’t wear watches? Do we need to be… <a class="more-link" href="https://inthirty.net/2013/02/inthirty-79-wearable-tech-couture/">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">inThirty 79 – Wearable (Tech) Couture</span></a>

Have you guys heard about these “tablet” things that are all the rage, because we’ve certainly never discussed them before. Listen as we wax poetic on the new Microsoft Surface Pro, how it stacks up against Apple’s new 128 GB iPad, and answer the question: Does anyone really need that much space? Spoiler alert: Yes.… <a class="more-link" href="https://inthirty.net/2013/02/inthirty-78-tablet-evolution/">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">inThirty 78 – Tablet Evolution</span></a>

BlackBerry must have heard that we were doing a show today, and decided that they wanted the guys from inThirty to talk about it. Listen in as we give the best non biased review we can of the armchair quarterbacking you love from Chaim, Harry, and Justin. We discuss if this is a reinvention, or… <a class="more-link" href="https://inthirty.net/2013/01/inthirty-77-backberry/">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">inThirty 77 – BackBerry</span></a>

What happens when Google hangouts fails? inThirty continues on, with our trusty backup Skype. So on today’s show we talk about the Apple roadmap that was rumored a week ago. We opine on our thoughts, hopes, and dreams. MacRumors

In this week’s inThirty the guys ask the Facebook Graph Search for “All users who thinks that Chaimtime looks like Adam Sandler,” and “All users who have listened to inThirty.” After we get the hysterics out of the way, we discuss is this natural language search, the search of the future? Who does it right?… <a class="more-link" href="https://inthirty.net/2013/01/inthirty-75-search-yourself/">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">inThirty 75 – Search Yourself</span></a>

The industry trade show we love to hate is back, as are the giant televisions and bizarre fitness gadgets we’ve come to expect. Your trusty co-hosts take a look at some of the more interesting products at this year’s CES and whether any of them will ever see the light of day. We’re guessing no.… <a class="more-link" href="https://inthirty.net/2013/01/inthirty-74-ces-2013/">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">inThirty 74 – CES 2013</span></a>

It’s that time of year again, when we reflect on our accomplishments and our f-ups from the last 365 days. Have Chaim, Harry, and Justin achieved their resolutions set forth from last year? Chaim said he would secure his digital life. Harry vowed he would write a novel. Justin promised he would move his reading… <a class="more-link" href="https://inthirty.net/2013/01/inthirty-73-new-years-resolutions-2013/">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">inThirty 73 – New Years Resolutions 2013</span></a>

On this week’s episode of inThirty, we get all up in Instagram’s updated Terms of Service and what they mean for your lomo-fied photos of fixie bikes and artisanal coffees. Show Notes Instagram’s Updated Terms of Use “Thank you, and we’re listening” | Instagram Blog “Facebook vs. Google+ Licensing Rights: Who is More Photographer Friendly?”… <a class="more-link" href="https://inthirty.net/2012/12/episode-72-your-rights-in-sepia/">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Episode 72 – Your Rights in Sepia</span></a>

Ho ho ho. Hi hi hi. Episode 71 of inThirty marks our second annual holiday gift guide, Holiday Gift Wrap Up 2012. We break our suggestions up into cheap, less cheap, and the “you owe me big next year” categories and vote on which host’s suggestions we’d most like to receive under our tree, or… <a class="more-link" href="https://inthirty.net/2012/12/holiday-gift-wrap-up-2012/">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Episode 71 – Holiday Gift Wrap Up 2012</span></a>

Episode 70 would be easier. Touchdown. Take five: Harry recorded a special introduction in remembrance of the late, great Dave Brubeck, who passed away this week at the age of 91. Episode 70 Hangout: http://youtu.be/ABwgnUR96lM?t=4m1s Show Notes “Confessions of a The Daily subscriber” | The Loop “The Problem with Self-Publishing” | The Magazine

Ready. Set. Shop. On episode 69 of inThirty we take you through Black Friday ChaimHarryJustin style and let you know what we purchased, or didn’t, after giving thanks. We talk about Small Business Saturday, Purple Monkey Dishwasher Sunday, and, of course Cyber Monday and consider whether the retailer or the retailee does better at the… <a class="more-link" href="https://inthirty.net/2012/11/episode-69-black-friday-blackout/">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Episode 69 – Black Friday Blackout</span></a>

Happy Thanksgiving listeners! We hope you’ve recovered from your food comas in time to join us for episode 68 of inThirty – Justin jumped the gun and said it was number 69 at the top of the show and his confusion maintains itself throughout. We leave tech on the table and Chaim takes us through… <a class="more-link" href="https://inthirty.net/2012/11/episode-68-something-about-football/">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Episode 68 – Something about Football</span></a>

Even though we know who’s going to be president for the next four years or so, for episode 67 of inThirty we’re going to get political, political. On our more than two thirds to one hundred podcast extravaganza episode we examine privacy through the experiences of four public figures: General David Petraeus, Governor Mitt Romney, Representative Scott DesJarlais,… <a class="more-link" href="https://inthirty.net/2012/11/sex-lies-and-cell-phone-cameras/">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Sex, Lies, and Cell Phone Cameras</span></a>

Maybe this should have been episode 666 of inThirty instead of 66 because we don’t know what the devil happened. We start off talking about battery life and its importance (yes, we determine it is important) in the wake of the power outages caused by Hurricane Sandy and veer off into Scott Forstall’s crazy eyes, skeuomorphic (woah,… <a class="more-link" href="https://inthirty.net/2012/11/rock-the-vote-2012/">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Rock the Vote 2012</span></a>

We wish everyone recovering from Hurricane Sandy well, and episode 65 of inThirty goes out to the team at PSE&G for getting power back to Chaim, Harry, and Justin in time to talk about tablets. Google didn’t fair as well and their scheduled Android event was moved from IRL to online. Chaim managed to collect… <a class="more-link" href="https://inthirty.net/2012/11/attack-of-the-tablets/">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Attack of the Tablets</span></a>

Isn’t every Apple Event special? On Episode 64 (make that 64 bit, we upgraded) of inThirty Chaim, Harry, and Justin along with guest host Kelly Guimont of TUAW ooh, ahh, and yawn (Chaim) over the announcement of the new iMac and Mac Mini, MacBook Pro 13″ with Retina Display, iPad with Retina Display (don’t call… <a class="more-link" href="https://inthirty.net/2012/10/ay-ay-ay-ipad-4-apple-special-event-commentary/">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Ay ay ay, iPad 4 – Apple Special Event Commentary</span></a>

We’ve all played a little Xbox, but how many of you ever got your hands on a Zune, or a Kin? Microsoft’s getting back into the hardware game with the Surface tablet and on episode 63 of inThirty we get into, about, and under the soon to be released device. We talk pricing, features, make… <a class="more-link" href="https://inthirty.net/2012/10/coming-to-the-surface/">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Coming to the Surface</span></a>

While it’s still a possibility that an iPad with a 7 inch screen may never make it outside of Jonny Ive’s secret industrial design compound, it doesn’t stop us from talking about every inch of the yet to be announced device on episode 62 of inThirty. Whether it’ll be called the Mini, Nano, Small, Little,… <a class="more-link" href="https://inthirty.net/2012/10/honey-i-shrunk-the-ipad/">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Honey I Shrunk the iPad</span></a>

Warning: this episode caused inThirty to shred its CLEAN tag on iTunes. The uncontested, despotic, chief commander of the snarkiest site on the internet, Fark.com, joins us for episode 61 of inThirty. Drew Curtis sits in his maroon-leather-perfect-for-a-super-villain office chair and, after sipping (guzzling) bourbon off camera fields a bunch of tough questions about the… <a class="more-link" href="https://inthirty.net/2012/10/fark-the-news/">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Fark the News</span></a>

On episode 60 of inThirty we investigate the disappearance of hundreds of iPhone 5 users – apparently the new Apple Maps app is to blame for sending them off course. With the help of special guest Stephen Hackett of 512Pixels.net, we dig into the new Maps in iOS 6 and figure out that while its… <a class="more-link" href="https://inthirty.net/2012/09/i-have-an-iphone-5-where-am-i/">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">I have an iPhone 5, where am I?</span></a>

Get your abacus app ready because on episode 59 of inThirty we take you through iOS 6’s launch by the numbers. First we hash out how many people will be running this hexa-release of iOS on the flagship iPhone 5, and it turns out, it’ll be quite a few. Something like 2 million people sacrificed… <a class="more-link" href="https://inthirty.net/2012/09/counting-on-ios-6/">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Counting on iOS 6</span></a>

One, two, three, four, five, five: It’s here the sixth version of the iPhone, the iPhone 5. Tim Cook, who doubled down on secrecy, took the stage at Yerba Buena and shocked the crowd by introducing a device with a design that no one outside of Apple could have even imagined – well, at least… <a class="more-link" href="https://inthirty.net/2012/09/iphone-5-is-alive/">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">iPhone 5 is Alive</span></a>

Parents, you’ve got to catch episode 57 of inThirty – do you really want your son or daughter starting the school year without being able to explain the differences between the Motorola Droid RAZR Maxx HD and the Motorola Droid RAZR HD? We didn’t think so. Chaim takes us through the ins and outs of… <a class="more-link" href="https://inthirty.net/2012/09/smartphones-dumbed-down/">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Smartphones Dumbed Down</span></a>

Patents, piracy, probate, and prudence, jurisprudence on this week’s podcast. Please don’t take the title too seriously – on inThirty episode 56 we examine the red tape that’s been sticking to things all over Silicon Valley lately, and try, as only we three can, to cut through it. Apple sues Samsung, Google sues Apple, the RIAA sues… <a class="more-link" href="https://inthirty.net/2012/08/so-sue-us/">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">So Sue Us</span></a>

Changes are afoot and being fretted over 140 characters at a time at Twitter. Episode 55 of inThirty takes you through the changes to Twitter’s API and what they mean for the social network’s bazillion users. Harry is worried he’ll be unable to mute hashtags like #Bieberific and Chaim is concerned that he’ll have to… <a class="more-link" href="https://inthirty.net/2012/08/i-spy-apis/">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">I Spy APIs</span></a>

Well folks, episode 54 of your favorite tech podcast, inThirty, is really something special. We interview Jony Ive about his inspiration for the upcoming, yet to be announced fifth generation iPhone…wait, sorry, I was dreaming. We do the next best thing and take our loyal listeners through our favorite apps on the desktop and in… <a class="more-link" href="https://inthirty.net/2012/08/whats-app/">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">What’s App?</span></a>

We know – you really miss our typical, amusing, pun laden titles, but, for our 53rd episode, we have to get serious. After putting our schadenfreude aside, we use the computer security horror story of a certain senior writer at Wired to begin a discussion about how to keep safe online. We compare the security… <a class="more-link" href="https://inthirty.net/2012/08/change-your-password/">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Change Your Password</span></a>

Lucky for us Apple decided to release the dot eight version of OS X to celebrate inThirty’s second year and 52nd episode. Justin likes to live on the edge so he’s been playing with the betas, but Chaim, Harry, and special guest Apple aficionado Drew Pitchford (the guy who correctly predicted Mountain Lion’s release date before any… <a class="more-link" href="https://inthirty.net/2012/08/molo-yolo-mountain-lion-review/">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">MoLo, YOLO; Mountain Lion Review</span></a>

On episode 51 of inThirty we talk with Philip Simpson, co-founder and developer at Shifty Jelly, the makers of great apps such as Pocket Casts and Pocket Weather AU. Philip shares his Amazon App Store horror story and goes on to tell us the differences between selling apps on the iOS App Store verus Google… <a class="more-link" href="https://inthirty.net/2012/07/a-conversation-with-shifty-jelly-co-founder-philip-simpson/">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">A Conversation with Shifty Jelly Co-founder Philip Simpson</span></a>

Those last 49 episodes went by like a flash, didn’t they? For our over the hill 50th episode celebration we go three ways and take you through Amazon’s same day shipping, navigating family share data plans, and ask if you really need all those cable channels. Episode 50 Hangout: http://youtu.be/1vUIWq2pcGA Show Notes “AMC vs. Dish, Viacom… <a class="more-link" href="https://inthirty.net/2012/07/abc-amazon-overnight-buckets-of-data-cable-a-la-carte/">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">ABC: Amazon Overnight, Buckets of Data, Cable a la Carte</span></a>

On episode 49 of inThirty young adult ebook author MB Mulhall takes us through her experience using Kindle Direct to publish her first book Near Death. Mary Beth explains the business to budding novelist Harry and we compare the store that Bezos built to other ebook marketplaces. Thankfully, Mary Beth convinces Chaim not to publish… <a class="more-link" href="https://inthirty.net/2012/07/navigating-the-amazon-book-store/">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Navigating the Amazon Book Store</span></a>

All rested up and jetlag free, Chaim shows us the swag he managed pilfer from I/O. Episode 48 of inThirty (that’s right, you can now listen to a full 24 hours of our yammering) makes Chaim out to be like a kid on Christmas morning as he gives his thoughts on the Nexus 7 and… <a class="more-link" href="https://inthirty.net/2012/07/the-down-low-on-google-io/">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">The Down Low on Google I/O</span></a>

Chaim is our liaison to Google I/O 2012 for episode 47 of inThirty and shows those left coasters the best way to make use of thirty minutes. Listen (or watch) the madness that is registration and see if Chaim can get a properly sized t-shirt, stalk a Googler, and count the number of jelly beans… <a class="more-link" href="https://inthirty.net/2012/06/chaim-at-google-io/">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Chaim at Google I/O</span></a>

So someone at Microsoft HQ finally read Walter Isaacson’s biography on Steve Jobs and the Surface was born! On episode 46 of inThirty we take you through the keynote that marks Microsoft’s entrance into the pantheon of PC manufacturers and the device that’ll do it. We compare, only as appropriate, Microsoft’s methodology to Apple’s: Chaim… <a class="more-link" href="https://inthirty.net/2012/06/under-the-surface-microsoft-tablet-announcement/">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Under the Surface: Microsoft Tablet Announcement</span></a>

On episode 45 of inThirty we give you in 30 minutes (in 15 minutes if you listen on double time) what it took Apple’s top brass 2 hours to present at Moscone West for 2012’s WWDC. Listen to us lust over the new MacBook Pro with Retina Display, pick apart MoLo (that’s Mountain Lion for… <a class="more-link" href="https://inthirty.net/2012/06/wwdc-2012-coverage/">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">WWDC 2012: Coverage</span></a>

Chaim, Harry, and Justin turn to reading tea leaves for episode 44 of inThirty: WWDC 2012 is fast approaching and we lay down our predictions for product announcements at the conference. Fresh on the heels of Tim Cook’s All Things D appearance we try to figure out what’s in the pipeline and whether there’s going to be “one… <a class="more-link" href="https://inthirty.net/2012/06/wwdc-2012-predictions/">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">WWDC 2012: Predictions</span></a>

Look into your crystal ball, do you see 3 guys talking to each other about tech rumors via Skype? On episode 43 of inThirty Chaim, Harry, and Justin talk about what’s coming for Apple’s iOS and Google’s Android and discuss which rumors sites dish the industry dirt the best and which should be swept under… <a class="more-link" href="https://inthirty.net/2012/05/rumor-rumor-on-the-web/">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Rumor, Rumor, on the Web</span></a>

Watch out Jim Cramer, on episode 42 the boys of inThirty are here to milk your bull and shave your bear. We get to the bottom line and cover the Facebook IPO (find out if any of the hosts have a finger or two in Zuckerberg’s pie), Samsung’s contract to build memory for Apple, layoffs… <a class="more-link" href="https://inthirty.net/2012/05/business-wrap-up/">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Business Wrap Up</span></a>

What’s old is new again. On episode 41 of inThirty we cover Google’s addition of The Knowledge Graph to its search results page. Instead of a chart that depicts the top scorers in Jeopardy as the name implies, Google is trying to use its vast artificial intelligence to figure out what people are really looking… <a class="more-link" href="https://inthirty.net/2012/05/google-me-this/">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Google Me This</span></a>

Episode 40 of inThirty sure was a live one! We used Google’s new Hangouts on Air feature to broadcast live and record our pre-show ramblings. Yes, you can see video of Chaim, Harry, and Justin in our natural environments doing what we do best: yapping. After considering our burgeoning careers as reality YouTube stars we manage… <a class="more-link" href="https://inthirty.net/2012/05/hangout-with-inthirty-tech-journalism/">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Hangout with inThirty: Tech Journalism</span></a>