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Tummelvision is a weekly live podcast that explores the human side of technology - people before data. A Tummler is a Yiddish word used to describe a person who catalyzes others to action. Tummlers were traditionally hired at Jewish weddings and in the


    • May 11, 2012 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 1h 15m AVG DURATION
    • 95 EPISODES


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    Tummelvision 103 Kio Stark: Stranger Studies, Incubating Emotions and Naming Lipstick Colours

    Play Episode Listen Later May 11, 2012 78:46


    Kio Stark stops into Tummelvision to discuss – you guessed it – how people relate with & to technology!  Kio teaches about human social dynamics at NYU’s Interactive Telecommunications Program. Topics include Kio’s ITP syllabus, “bro-gramming”, Zuck’s hoodie, instruments for […]

    Tummelvision 100: Paul Ford, Andy Baio on the Facebook acquisition of Instagram, buying ‘community” and the New Aesthetic.

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 13, 2012 72:16


    “You can’t have art without resistance in the materials” Quoting William Morris, Paul Ford explains that when he wants to learn something he goes out and finds the appropriate software. In the limits of the software you might find a […]

    Tummelvision 99: Bravo for Silicon Valley – Reality, Bubbles, Glasses and emoting through technology

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 7, 2012 58:57


    Heather Gold and Kevin Marks on Tummeling, Bubbles, and how media representations affect how people believe. Full chat transcript available here.

    Tummelvision 98: Back from hiatus. SXSW, Mike Daisey and sexism in tech

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 29, 2012 73:25


    We’re back. Heather, Debs and Kevin talk about the tummeling stories we’ve missed over the last month. Here’s the chat transcript in full Some related links below: SXSW 2012:  A decidedly different show – PR attendance up a whopping 30% Mike […]

    TummelVision 96: David Weinberger on how the Net changes the way we think

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 1, 2012 71:04


    David Weinberger really is the perfect TummelVision guest. He’s an Internet philosopher who focuses on the big picture of how we learn and what the Net is reflecting and doing to our culture. His current book is Too Big To Know: […]

    TummelVision 95: Amy Muller of Get Satisfaction on accidental start-ups, community managers, social CRM and what it takes to “get it”

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 27, 2012 72:00


    This past week celebrated the third annual “Community Manager Appreciation Day“.  As I saw the tweets roll by, I realized I have become increasingly frustrated and worried that the roll of Community Manager is not yet defined as strategic and is often […]

    TummelVision 94: Willo O’Brien on Entrepreneurial Creatives and the Creative Economy

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 20, 2012 74:17


    We talk with Stitch Labs co-founder and VP marketing Willo O'Brien about entrepreneurial creative lives and how the Net and economy have expanded the number of people working this way. We'll talk adapting the artistic life, collaboration, social media and infrastructure for this decentralized work.

    TummelVision 93: Yoz Grahame on games, emotion, Second Life, Ning, and more

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 14, 2012 63:10


    Yoz Grahame (@yoz) talks about games, emotion, Second Life, Ning, and all manner of online communities.

    TummelVision 92: Amber Case on Geoloqi, quantified selves, and emotion

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 7, 2012 53:03


    Amber Case (@caseorganic) joins us to talk about emotion, cyber anthropology, geoloqi, and the quantified self.

    TummelVision 91: Maciej Ceglowski of Pinboard

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 30, 2011 76:39


    Maciej Ceglowski (@pinboard) joins us to talk about the sustainability of online services, artisanal software, and social bookmarking for introverts. We highly recommend his Pinboard.in bookmarking service and his blog Idle Words.

    TummelVision 90: Quinn Norton on SOPA!, Occupy!, and our new SEO keyword “stochastic”

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 28, 2011 65:56


    Journalist Quinn Norton, #SOPA!, #Occupy!, and our new SEO keyword "stochastic"

    TummelVision 89: Alex Howard on #SOPA, Gov 2.0, and Congressional tech literacy

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 18, 2011 68:53


    Alex Howard (@digiphile) of O'Reilly Media joins the gang to talk #sopa, the state of Congressional tech literacy, and Gov 2.0

    TummelVision 88: Adriana Lukas on Heterarchy

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 14, 2011 85:39


    Adriana Lukas (@adriana872) joins us to talk about her research on heterarchy and many other fascinating topics.

    TummelVision 86: Kestrin Pantera on karaoke, cellos, and #occupy

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 18, 2011 64:16


    Kestrin Pantera @kestrin is an actor, cellist, and mobile karaoke bar impressario. She joins Heather and Kevin to talk about the RVIP Lounge, the #Occupy movement, and her creative work.

    TummelVision 85: Jill Slater on urban planning, sustainable food, and catalyzing a hora

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 4, 2011 66:09


    Jill Slater (@jilber) joins the gang to discuss everything from sustainable food and urban planning to Jewish traditions and modern Israel.

    TummelVision 84: Grant McCracken on culture, corporations, and collaboration

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 29, 2011 68:24


    Grant McCracken (@grant27 | cultureby.com) is an anthropologist and author of Chief Culture Officer.

    TummelVision 83: Deanna Zandt, Dorian Taylor, and ContactCon

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 22, 2011 72:46


    Fresh from ContactCon in New York, the gang connects with Deanna Zandt (@randomdeanna) and Dorian Taylor (@doriantaylor) to talk about privilege, taxonomies, social media alchemy, and the economics of cultural production.

    TummelVision 82: Tummlers of Occupy Wall Street

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 14, 2011 68:54


    A just-in-the-family episode of Heather Gold, Deb Schultz, and Kevin Marks discussing Occupy Wall Street and more.

    TummelVision 81: Mark Pesce on Steve Jobs, collaboration, and the sources of creativity

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 7, 2011 66:40


    In the first TummelVision episode of the post-Steve Jobs era, the gang is joined by Mark Pesce (@mpesce), an inventor, writer, entrepreneur, educator and broadcaster.

    TummelVision 78: Jim Bower

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 9, 2011 94:12


    Jim Bower (@superid101) joins us to discuss Whyville, animal husbandry, and computational neuroscience.

    TummelVision 77: Paul Adams on Google, Facebook, and Social Circles

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 19, 2011 77:21


    Erstwhile Googler, now Facebooker Paul Adams @padday joins us to talk about his insights on "circles" and the relationship between real-life and online social networks.

    TummelVision 75: Liz Lawley

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 6, 2011 78:26


    Social computing scientist Liz Lawley discusses pseudonymity and anonymity, the fallacy of influence, and the serious work of games and fun on the web.

    TummelVision 74: Dan Gillmor

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 29, 2011 68:42


    Journalist and digital media expert Dan Gillmor @dangillmor joins us to talk about the future of news, technology, and community online.

    TummelVision 73: Clive Thompson on continuous mass conversations and the future of thought in the age of machines

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 26, 2011 66:40


    Clive Thompson (@pomeranian99) on tummelling at the essential social tool of the future, the web's social backbone, continuous mass conversations, and the future of thought in the age of machines.

    TummelVision 72: Ellen Dudley on Crowdscanner, werewolves, and improving real-life conversation

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 26, 2011 71:03


    Ellen Dudley of Crowdscanner joins us to talk about social interaction tools, werewolves, and improving real-life conversation.

    TummelVision 71: Ethan Zuckerman on Google Plus, fan fiction, serendipity, and universal imperfect multilingualism

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 25, 2011 87:44


    Ethan Zuckerman is director of the Center for Civic Media at MIT, and a principal research scientist at MIT's Media Lab. He joins us to talk about Google Plus, fan fiction, serendipity, and universal imperfect multilingualism.

    TummelVision 70: Dina Mehta on Google Plus, disaster tummelling, and global community

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 23, 2011 53:14


    Dina Mehta of convo.org joins us from Mumbai/Bombay to talk about the advent of Google+, connecting people online in times of crisis, and global conversation and community. Click here to replay the live chat.

    TummelVision 69: Dan Gould on Namesake, conversation, and schooling the New York Times

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 21, 2011 74:36


    Dan Gould is founder of Namesake, a new online business community centered around conversations. He joins Heather Gold, Kevin Marks, and Deb Schultz to talk about the project, as well as recent events at the intersection of tech, culture, and […]

    TummelVision 68: Sarah Szalavitz on story, social design, Hollywood and imposters

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 17, 2011 93:03


    Sarah Szalavitz (@dearsarah) does social design under her company Robot7 and teaches at the MIT Media Lab. Her background was in law and then Hollywood. A self-described “champagne socialist,” she did deals for Michael Eisner’s web video venture Veoh and […]

    TummelVision 67: Tantek Çelik explains open web standards for poets

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 11, 2011 70:24


    Tantek Çelik is an independent technologist, writer, teacher… the notorious @t on twitter… and a vocal proponent of open web standards. In the wake of the Schema announcement, Tantek joins Heather, Kevin, and Deb to talk about the present and […]

    TummelVision 66: Eli Pariser on The Filter Bubble

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 1, 2011 72:29


    Eli Pariser is an online organizer and disorganizer, the former Executive Director of MoveOn (and now the board president), a co-founder of Avaaz.org, and the author of The Filter Bubble. This week on TummelVision, Eli joins Heather Gold, Kevin Marks, […]

    TummelVision 65: Open House!

    Play Episode Listen Later May 25, 2011 74:28


    Regular TummelVision chat room contributor @Xenophrenia joins in a discussion of open source, copyright, economics, and more in this first ever “Open House” episode.  We hope to make a regular feature out of this kind of episode (our version of […]

    TummelVision 64: Lloyd Davis on Social Artistry, Collaboration, and Travel

    Play Episode Listen Later May 16, 2011 77:05


    Lloyd Davis (@lloyddavis) is Social Artist in Residence at the University of London's Centre for Creative Collaboration. He blogs at Perfect Path and is best known as the founder of the Tuttle Club, London's most popular and long-running meetup for anyone interested in the social web.

    TummelVision 63: Mark Krynsky on X Prizes, competition, cooperation, and “influence”

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 29, 2011 79:33


    Mark Krynsky of the X Prize Foundation & Lifestreamblog.com joins us to talk about competition, cooperation, and the folly of trying to measure online "influence."

    TummelVision 62: Andy Carvin of NPR.org on twitter journalism, tummelling the world, and truth-seeking through vulnerability

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 25, 2011 88:32


    Andy Carvin, digital strategist for National Public Radio, discusses twitter journalism, tummelling the world, and truth-seeking through vulnerability.

    TummelVision 62.5: More conversation with Andy Carvin of NPR

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 25, 2011 42:33


    Additional discussion with NPR's Andy Carvin. See also TummelVision episode 62.

    TummelVision 61: Dion Almaer on the revelation that code is produced by human beings

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 18, 2011 83:16


    Tummler of programmers Dion Almaer joins the gang to talk about communities and conflicts among coders, Twitter gossip, controlling our data, online "enchantment," and more.

    TummelVision 60.5: More talk with Courtney Stanton

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 8, 2011 42:03


    After some technical challenges, Heather Gold joins the conversation with Courtney Stanton, on rape culture, PTSD, community, and more.

    TummelVision 60: Courtney Stanton on empathy, rape culture, and how to tummel haters

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 8, 2011 67:38


    This week on TummelVision, the gang is joined by Courtney Stanton (@kirbybits), who relates her experiences contending with trolls and vitriol on the subject of rape culture in gaming.

    TummelVision 59: Thomas Knoll on love, community architecture, Zappos, tech, and humanity

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 1, 2011 72:48


    Thomas Knoll joins Heather, Kevin, and Deb to talk about love, community architecture, Zappos, tech, and humanity.

    TummelVision 58: Silona Bonewald on Gaga, Google, open source, and socializing geeks

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 26, 2011 78:28


    Silona Bonewald of Austin, Texas weighs-in on Lady Gaga vs. Facebook, open source environments, and avoiding poisonous people (not to mention a few other topics).

    TummelVision 57: Micah L. Sifry on SxSW, WikiLeaks, national security, and the global transparency movement

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 17, 2011 78:15


    Still a little hoarse from SxSW, Heather Gold, Kevin Marks, and Deb Schultz report on their experiences and are joined by guest Micah L. Sifry, co-founder of the Personal Democracy Forum, which covers the ways technology is changing politics, and […]

    Tummelvision 56: Howard Rheingold on crap detection, collaborative learning, and online community

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 11, 2011 76:00


    From SxSW in Austin, Heather Gold and Kevin Marks talk with Howard Rheingold, who has been studying and writing inspiringly about virtual communities since the 1990s, and has been online continually since the mid-1980s. His The Art of Hosting Good Conversations […]

    TummelVision 55: Juliette Powell on how to tummel, collaborating across disciplines, leaderless revolution, and Dutch schoolchildren

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 28, 2011 66:47


    Uber-tummler Juliette Powell, author of 33 Million People in the Room, joins the gang to talk about how to tummel, collaborating across disciplines, leaderless revolution, and Dutch schoolchildren.

    TummelVision 54: Jeff Jarvis on his public parts, revolutionary technologies, and media disruption

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 24, 2011 69:23


    In this episode of TummelVision, the gang talks about “public parts,” revolutionary technologies, and media disruption with Jeff Jarvis, author of What Would Google Do? and the forthcoming Public Parts, founder of Entertainment Weekly and professor at City University of New York’s […]

    TummelVision 53: Molly Steenson on pneumatic tubes, the links between architecture and social software, and creating meaning without shipping code

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 17, 2011


    This week’s guest is Molly Steenson, a digital strategist, design researcher, architectural historian and Ph.D. candidate at Princeton University. Molly joins Deb Schultz and Kevin Marks to discuss the implications of IBM’s Watson winning jeopardy, the hidden links between architecture […]

    TummelVision 52: Paul Ford asks why wasn’t I consulted?

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 12, 2011


    Writer Paul Ford (a.k.a., Ftrain.com) joins Kevin and Deb to talk about the Egyptian revolution, whether Arianna Huffington is a tummler, and the ultimate question of the entire Internet: Why Wasn’t I Consulted? Paul on Twitter: @ftrain Quote of the Week: […]

    TummelVision 51: Brady Forrest on the Egyptian revolution, humanizing data, and the birth of Ignite

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 5, 2011 59:49


    Brady Forrest joins Deb and Kevin to talk about the tummlers of the Egyptian revolution, humanizing oceans of data, and the birth of the now-global phenomenon of Ignite.

    TummelVision 50: Umair Haque on tummeling our way to a new kind of capitalism

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 25, 2011 58:36


    Umair Haque talks about his book The New Capitalist Manifesto, the imbalanced state of the union, Silicon Valley's disruption deficit disorder, and much, much more.

    TummelVision 49: Lisa Bielawa on the social side of art and creativity

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 18, 2011 78:06


    In addition to the usual smart, witty banter, this episode of TummelVision is graced by a sample from the work of composer and vocalist Lisa Bielawa. Lisa is creating work that brings together many musicians and creates art in a […]

    TummelVision 48: Brian Zisk on the human side of gadgetry, music, and lessons from antique online social networks

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 14, 2011 65:33


    Brian Zisk is a strategist specializing in music, technology, and founder advising.  He is a pioneering social organizer in the San Francisco Bay area.  In this episode of TummelVision, Brian talks with Deb, Heather, and Kevin about CES, the continuing […]

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