Summary: Four Dudes On Tech Podcast Show # 37 - Show # 37 - Chasing the Chatroulette Wheel March 3rd, 2010 We can be reached: Http://www.fourdudesontech.com Fourdudesontech@gmail.com Follow Walt On Twitter: jesus_13thDisc Complete show notes and links available at http://wwww.fourdudesontech.com GotoMeeting Hold your meetings online for just $49/mo. Try GoToMeeting FREE for 30 days. Get Great Web Hosting at GoDaddy.com and save 10% Use Promo Code: pod168 Show Outline The Mad, Mad, Mad World of Chatroulette * New website that drops you into a video chat with a random person Which Way is the Internet Taking Intelligence? * One tech author says its making us dumber, a recent poll thinks otherwise New Controls on the Internet in China * Must meet with regulators in person before registering a new website The Problem with Foursquare * The idiocy of location-based social networking Show Notes Get Prepared to see an Endless Supply of Dick with Chatroulette http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/21/weekinreview/21bilton.html http://nymag.com/news/media/63663/ * Website that links you to a video chat with a random person * Hit "next" to move onto the next person. Get ready for rejection * Walt was on for 10 minutes, saw 4 dicks, lots of dudes and two chicks. Talked to no one * Is this a cool idea or just a fad? * Will it become the next place for pedobears to prey on bear cubs? Duh, But Pa Dats Wat da Google Sez! http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9160338/If_you_re_stupid_it_s_not_Google_s_fault * Pew's Future of the Internet poll asked a question in response to tech author Nicholas Carr's cover story in a 2009 issue of The Atlantic Monthly -- "Is Google Making us Stupid?" * Three out of four polled disagreed with Carr's conclusion and think the Internet is making us smarter. * Carr still agrees with himself despite poll results saying, "... the Net's effect on our intellectual lives will not be measured simply by average IQ scores. What the Net does is shift the emphasis of our intelligence, away from what might be called a meditative or contemplative intelligence and more toward what might be called a utilitarian intelligence. The price of zipping among lots of bits of information is a loss of depth in our thinking." * What do the dudes think? Want to Start a Website? I'm Gonna Need to See Some ID. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8530378.stm * Now anyone that wants to start a website in China needs to MIRL with Internet regulators, show ID documentation and submit a photo of themselves before the site can be registered. * Of course this is aimed at fighting online pornography. * Will this be a hindrance to people wanting to start a website? Now You Don't Even Need to Ask Your Friends "Yo, Where You At? Boost Mobile!" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foursquare_%28service%29 http://techcrunch.com/2010/02/17/please-rob-me-makes-foursquare-super-useful-for-burglars/ http://yepyep.gibbs12.com/2010/02/4square-this-places-you-dont-want-to-be-mayor-of/ http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/02/23/AR2010022300136.html * Service allows you to update your status and share on numerous social networking sites as to where you currently are. * Website pops up called "Please Rob Me" using Foursquare Twitter updates to let burglars know you are not at home. * Do you really want to tell people where you are going whenever you go there (i.e. the adult bookstore or prison)?
