Doc Searls is co-author of The Cluetrain Manifesto (Basic Books, 2000, 2010), author of The Intention Economy: When Customers Take Charge (Harvard Business Review Press, 2012), a fellow of the Center for Information Technology & Society (CITS) at the University of California, Santa Barbara, and an alumnus fellow of the Berkman Klien Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University. He continues to run ProjectVRM, which he launched at the BKC in 2006, and is a co-founder and board member of its nonprofit spinoff, Customer Commons. He was recently editor-in-chief of the long-running premier open source publication, Linux Journal.
Doc Searls has hosted 148 Episodes.
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Episode 87: Understanding NFTs
Episode | October 1st, 2021 | 1 hr 20 mins
technology
Katherine Druckman and Doc Searls talk to Gregory Bledsoe about NFTs and the future of transactions and authentication.
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Episode 86: Pedal-Assisted Privacy
Episode | September 17th, 2021 | 1 hr 8 mins
health, privacy, technology
Katherine Druckman and Doc Searls talk to Shawn Powers about their various health-related gadgets, including trackers, ebikes, VR workouts, etc., and the ways we incorporate them into our lives.
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Episode 85: Bufferbloat
Episode | September 10th, 2021 | 1 hr 19 secs
bufferbloat, networks, technology
Katherine Druckman and Doc Searls talk to Dave Taht about bufferbloat, latency, and the issues plaguing our networks.
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Episode 84: Respect on the Web
Episode | September 3rd, 2021 | 46 mins 13 secs
algorithmicbias, internet, technology
Katherine Druckman and Doc Searls talk about respect on the web, including respecting your users, and algorithmic bias.
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Episode 83: Intent Broadcasting and the Real Estate Market
Episode | August 27th, 2021 | 55 mins 49 secs
intentcasting, real estate, technology
Tune in to our new episode! Katherine Druckman and Doc Searls talk to Bill Wendel and Joyce Searls about where tech meets real estate, and how intentcasting could improve the market.
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Episode 82: Apple’s Child Safety and the Screeching Voices of the Minority
Episode | August 13th, 2021 | 55 mins 1 sec
apple, privacy, technology
Katherine Druckman and Doc Searls talk to Kyle Rankin about Apple’s new plans to monitor personal devices, and what it means for privacy, ownership, and setting precedence.
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Episode 81: Geeks at Home: The Gear That Makes Us Happy
Episode | August 6th, 2021 | 52 mins 5 secs
gear, technology, work from home
Katherine Druckman and Doc Searls talk to Shawn Powers and Petros Koutoupis about how we make our personal spaces better for work and play.
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Episode 80: NSO Group's Pegasus, Stingrays, and Grindr
Episode | July 30th, 2021 | 44 mins 22 secs
privacy, security, surveillance, technology
Katherine Druckman and Doc Searls talk to Kyle Rankin about NSO group and Pegasus, Stingrays and cars, and surveilling priests.
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Episode 79: Your Identity - Twitter Verification, Facial Recognition, and More
Episode | July 23rd, 2021 | 48 mins 8 secs
facial recognition, privacy, social media, technology
Tune in to our new episode! Katherine Druckman, Doc Searls and Shawn Powers chat about Twitter verification, facial recognition, YouTube moderation, and algorithmic bias.
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Episode 78: Human ID for Single Sign-On
Episode | July 16th, 2021 | 50 mins 49 secs
identity, privacy, technology
Katherine Druckman and Doc Searls talk to Bastian Purrer and Namik Muduroglu about Human ID, their open source anonymous single sign-on solution.
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Episode 77: Musings on Privacy, Remote Work, Health, and More
Episode | July 9th, 2021 | 1 hr 8 mins
privacy, remote work, technology
Katherine Druckman and Doc Searls talk to Shawn Powers about everything from healthcare to bad weather. Join us for a chat about everything.
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Episode 76: Brian Fox on Voting Systems, Post-COVID Work, and Bash
Episode | July 2nd, 2021 | 1 hr 2 mins
blockchain, open source, politics, technology
Katherine Druckman and Doc Searls talk to Brian Fox about voting systems, open source, work in the post-covid era, blockchain, programming languages, and more.
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Episode 75: Let's Talk About FLoC Blocking
Episode | June 25th, 2021 | 1 hr 2 mins
drupal, privacy, technology
Katherine Druckman and Doc Searls talk to Drupal Association Community Liaison, Rachel Lawson, and Drupal developer, Tony Savorelli, about Privacy in Drupal and beyond, and protecting ourselves and others on the web.
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Episode 74: DeleteMe, Privacy Tools, and Protecting Yourself
Episode | June 19th, 2021 | 1 hr 7 mins
privacy, technology
Katherine Druckman and Doc Searls talk to Abine’s Rob Shavell about DeleteMe and other privacy tools, as well as emerging issues like vaccine tracking, AI, and facial recognition.
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Episode 73: More Apple News and Shady Apps are Shady
Episode | June 11th, 2021 | 37 mins 19 secs
apple, technology
Katherine Druckman, Doc Searls, and Shawn Powers discuss Apple's new privacy features, the Anom app, and the problems with cloud storage.
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Episode 72: To Opt-In or Not To Opt-In, That is the Question
Episode | June 4th, 2021 | 33 mins 17 secs
privacy, technology
Katherine Druckman and Doc Searls talk about Amazon’s new Sidewalk feature, more about Apple’s opt-out options, and other privacy issues.