__ Connecting the Dots Podcast __

Are you blessed with a child (or yourself) who has Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) or Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD)? Then you might want to listen to this week's podcast where one guy who has ADD discusses it and his...

A brief podcast about Skype...the Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) computer telephony software. In this show, I explain why I'm BOTH enthused and dismayed by Skype: a) Skype is a quiet and therefore tension-reducing product enhancing voice communications making them...

This week's podcast discusses microjets while next to the Flying Cloud Airport in Eden Prairie, MN. In December of 2004 I wrote a post entitled Get Ready for a Revolution in Air Travel. No one seemingly cared except those handful...

Mention of Getting Things Done by David Allen; a fair amount about Skype; advertising in-game and in-world (video games and virtual world's like Second Life) and NOT interfering with game play; and a mention of an article in The Register...

Today's podcast is the first one I've done since May 23rd...nearly three months ago. No, I'm not going to do one "once per quarter" as some have suggested, but I've just been too busy to focus on it *and* I've...

This week's podcast is a bit rambling...but discusses such things as community, net neutrality and the exploding number of Web 2.0 applications. As promised for the show notes, the following links are provided: Richard MacManus' post listing Web 2.0 lists...

A quick catch up podcast (yeah...it's been awhile). On this show it's about the path I've been on and, especially, how many of the things I've been learning about social connectedness, human consciousness, striving for meaning and other basic wisdom...

Lots to discuss: A Whole New Mind The Singularity is Near Entrevis Heartland Circle Newsvine Raising of the collective consciousness, Participation, participation, participation (did I mention participation?). Download or listen to this week's podcast

Perspective on the Microsoft, Google and Yahoo CES announcements; Apple's announcement today; and a brief discussion about what I'm seeing with innovation and how that ties in to my great, great Grandfather's store: Borsch's Cheap * Cash * Store. Download...

Has it really been a year of my blogging and podcasting? An end of the year podcast discussing blogging, podcasting, citizen media, the flight of ad dollars from traditional media to internet-centric offerings, and being on the threshold of a...

Quick discussion of choosing our path in life as well as organizing the tsunami of data and content that threatens to drown us all. The tool Devonthink is discussed. Download or listen to this week's podcast

Gadgets are discussed but mainly meditation, science and Steve's pending next step. This photo (one of my favorites that I call "Morning Storm Approaching") is a metaphor for where my head is at right now: a beautiful sunrise means a...

In the now classic Christmas movie "It's a Wonderful Life," George Bailey (Jimmy Stewart) feeling trapped in "this crummy little town" has his world crash down around him. In Martini's bar, he talks to God praying to please "show me...

The topics of this week's show are: a) The Audible "new format" announcement and its impact on podcasters, b) Tapping in to the Collective Consciousness for Fun & Profit, c) Connecting (with people...not dots). Listen to or Download this week's...

With literally a day spent wandering along the south shore of Lake Superior and down through the middle of Wisconsin, I had a lot of time to think, experience, wonder and explore. Several of my musings were around internet connectivity...

Recorded on the M-Audio Microtrack...this week's show discusses Web 2.0-like web services and more about the "dirty little secret" of performance with them. I'm a user of several different web services (Flickr, Typepad, Gmail, Bigstep) and am growing increasingly anxious...

It's all about Dad (my 79 year old computing father). This week's show is about dumping an old PC with a HUGE old 17" CRT in favor of a new Mac mini and a 19" Acer LCD monitor (less than...

All the top superheroes listen to Connecting the Dots Apple's Aperture, Who is controlling the internet?, Quantum Dots and LED lighting plus a brief audio demo of microphones (AudioTechnica's ATR55 and Pro24 mikes) to complement my new field recorder (the...

This week's show from New York City comes comments about the ZDNet Digital Life show at the Jacob Javits center; Streamload...a company with a business model to address the exploding world of personal media; and a few musings about publishers...

A podcast after the close of the Web 2.0 conference in San Francisco. Tim O'Reilly's Web 2.0 White Paper which came out a few days before the conference Blogger's write about the Web 2.0 Conference Coverage about the Web 2.0...

This week's show covers my new toy: the M-Audio MicroTrack portable compact flash recorder. For those of you who have listened to my podcast for awhile, you'll know that I've been on-the-hunt for a small, phantom powered, brain-dead-simple-to-operate device for...

Topics are: GoogleNet, Personalization, Recommendation, Predictive Analytics & Serendipity. I asked and you responded. Last show I requested that people email me and tell me if there was an interest in a multi-topic podcast...or a single one. Doing a single...

Photography Fest from the Brainerd Lakes area in Northern Minnesota. This Fest is *not* an officially sanctioned photo event by the National Geographic Society. Rather it's 3 guys getting together at one of the guys lake home in northern Minnesota...

This week's show talks about the new John Batelle book "The Search". The show also features those topics which hit Steve Borsch's radar screen this week. Radar Screen is a segment that adds some "color" around the blog posts from...

Talk about the web host BlueHost and tools for hosters called cPanel and the fabulous Fantastico, as well as items around New Orleans (and the blogger from there called The Interdictor). The show also features those topics which hit Steve...

This week's podcast is a brief discussion about Mac OS X vs. Windows vs. Linux from one person's perspective. Frustration started with an attempt to install Linspire (a Linux distro) but it hung...creating a cascade of events with effort to...

It's a podcast from the 5th Annual Dad & Son Adventure. Up at a cabin on the north shore of Lake Superior for the weekend, Alex and his Dad record this week's podcast. Besides goofing around (and Alex dissing his...

Topics: Intelligent Design vs. Evolution; PodcastMN meetup; a new segment called "Radar Screen" which covers several of the past week's events that hit Steve's radar screen and were worthy of more thought and perspective. Washington Post UPDATE 8/14/05, 9:33pm: Harvard...

In an ongoing quest to find an affordable and high quality portable podcasting device, I make a brief recording with the iRiver iFP899 and the AudioTechnica ATR55 shotgun, powered, condenser microphone with mini-plug. After investing about two hours trying out...

INCENTIVES AND FEAR: This week's show is going to take a bit of a twist on connecting the dots and hopefully will act as a wakeup call. The focus is on seemingly benign moves that could become a threat to...

Bandwidth discussion with excerpts from Adam Curry's Daily Source Code, Mike O'Connor's Sex & Podcasting, a snippet from John Furrier's Podtech series and a Podshow Podsafe Music Network artist The Ride Theory and their song "I'm On Board". MP3 File

This week's show covers the Technorati "monetizing controversy", the internet as collective consciousness and a great new podsafe music site with a tune by Lisa Bell. MP3 File

Today's show cover's "Connecting the Dots is live on iTunes!"; quick snippet from Dr. Moira Gunn's Tech Nation interview with author Harry Dent as well as one from Diggnation's podcast. Lastly, an interesting moment (which happened during recording) where Steve...

Today's show discusses Steve and family's trip to Japan during the July 4th week. A little bit of tech talk, impressions of the country, and areas of Tokyo -- with some tips for you if you're traveling out of the...

A spirited team of leaders from a diverse group of organizations convened in Redondo Beach, California June 20-23, 2005. The goal? To successfully complete the Spencer/Shenk/Capers & Associates (SSCA) "Leadership Process: Motivating Achievement" workshop led by Dan Collett and Susan...

Today's show covers MNSpeak.com (Minnesota Speak); Eric Rice and an "Edirol update"; PodcastMN.com (shortlist of Minnesota podcasters); and my friend George and some stuff around audio streaming and recording. MP3 File

A 10 minute podcast discussing my new toy: the Edirol R1, portable WAVE/MP3 Recorder/Player. This is quite a nice, small, compact field recorder that I'm just beginning to understand. Not yet fully pleased with the results I've achieved, but it's...

Today's 10 minute show discusses the Griffin radioSHARK. A couple of recorded snippets are included so you can hear the quality. Ends with a brief overview of This Week in Tech (TWIT) from the former show staff of The Screen...

A second podcast (15 minutes, 24 seconds) on a speech by Bill Moyers' speech to the National Conference for Media Reform as well as a brief rant about the secret Patriot II Congressional discussions occurring and that mainstream media aren't...

Not really a podcast per se...but this is a story that touched me. The Man Who Planted Trees By Jean Giono (Translation from French by Peter Doyle). One person can change the world... MP3 File

A brief (and first official) podcast on my adventure today playing "Johnny Appleseed" for a couple of people with whom I interacted... MP3 File

Not really a first podcast...but my son and I were goofing around with our setup and I told him a scary story. He encouraged me to record it and I added spooky music and sound effects for fun. MP3 File

What is Connecting the Dots podcast? Hear a short promo for this weekly show covering a wide array of topics resulting from miscellaneous observations of Steve Borsch. Download MP3 file