DoIT Live is the OFFICIAL technology talk show of the Univeristy of Wisconsin-Madison Division of Information Technology (DoIT) and "The Most Connected Radio Show on the Planet." Each week features a new topic and special guests, along with regular segments like Stump the Geek, Awesome or Lame, and Explain it to Your Parents! Look for our Podcast in the iTunes Store and iTunes U.
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Episode 48 · End of the Semester Show
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We spend the hour with words of wisdom for graduates-to-be!
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Guy Stalnaker from the WiscCal team tells us all about the brand new WiscCal.
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Don Fleishman stops in to tell us all about the video services that DoIT has to offer.
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Episode 45 · DMC Opening ON LOCATION
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We give you an audio tour of the brand new DMC! TONS of different guests stop in to say hello!
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Josh Harder stops by the show to tell us all about the new DMC!
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Jeff Bohrer stops by to talk about the new features that Learn@UW will soon be rolling out.
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This week, we talk about the green initiative on campus, along with many ways that you can keep your tech "green".
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Episode 41 · The Phishing Opera
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Jeff Savoy and Monica Bush stop by to talk about the phishing opera (yes, it exists!), and the university's new policy on copyright notifications.
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Ross Yahnke stops by to help us summerize the features of the new Apple iPad!
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Ty LOVES google apps, and hopefully you will as well! Brian Harris, Chris Holsman, and Sean Bossinger join us to talk about google apps!
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Episode 38 · DATN and Telepresence
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Dave Devereaux-Weber stops by to discuss DATN - the digitial academic television network, as well as telepresence on campus. Also, we talk about GoogLighting.
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Episode 37 · The DoIT Knowledgebase
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Wei-Zhong Wang, head architech of the DoIT KB, joins us in the studio to talk about the source of all of our techy knowledge.
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This week we bring in some experts to talk about courseload - the new e-textbook delivery system that UW Madison is piloting. Does this mean the end of physical textbooks as we know it?
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This week we talk about Lynda.com - the easy and free way to learn about just about anything!
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Episode 34 · Back to School 2012
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This week, we talk about SOPA and PIPA, new tech at CES, and all of the ways DoIT can help with your tech needs this school year!
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Episode 33 · Curbing Digital Distractions 2012
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Phyllis from DoIT Communications joins us this week to discuss ways to curb digital distractions during study time.
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Episode 32 · End of the School Year
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This week, we talk all about the many technology-related things to do before you graduate. Did you know your wiscmail account expires? You do now! Bucky Badger makes a surprise guest appearance.
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Episode 31 · The New Digital Media Center!
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Josh Harder from the DMC stops by to fill us in on their new location, and we talk about Siri, Christmas Shopping, and how your phone might be tracking you!
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Episode 30 · Black Friday and SOPA
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We dig deep into the new SOPA legislation that the US Government is considering, and we talk with the techstore about all the black friday deals going on!
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Detective Shane Driscoll stops by for a discussion about the UW-Police's new bait laptop progam, and we get nerdy with the news!
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Episode 28 · The WISCO Project
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This week, we talk about the WISCO project - a linguistical project that maps out the changes in Wisconsin language over time. We also talk about the latest iPhone apps, and the drop in Internet Explorer usage.
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Episode 27 · The new Chazen museum
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We sit down with some of the head honchos from the Chazen art museum to talk about how technology and art combine in the new addition to the Chazen museum!
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Episode 26 · ARIS - The mobile educational game development suite!
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In this show we'll visit the ARIS game jam, where amateur developers are crafting new educational games made with ARIS - the mobile educational game development suite designed here on campus!
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Episode 25 · Cybersecurity Awareness Month
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Oct is Cybersecurity Awareness Month, so the good folks from the Office of Campus Information Security will be stopping by to make sure our computers are locked up nice and tight!
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Episode 24 · All Apple, all the time!
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Holy cow! The new iPhone 4S was announced! We'll be breaking down the commentary and telling you why we're super excited about Apple's latest release. Plus, we'll be talking about the news of Steve Jobs passing.
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We'll be talking with Eliot Dyson, help desk manager at Resnet, about their new registration system!
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This week we're talking about athletics and tech. Ever wonder how all the scoreboards run? How about the how to get the latest UW Badger atheletic news? Well, wonder no longer!
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This week we're talking about all the latest tech that will help get your semester off with a bang!
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Lest you think that we forgot about where the newly matriculating students have come from, Patti Lux-Weber from the UW-Madison Parent Program joined us to chat about how the parents and guardians get involved and stay in touch with their students. Plus, up-to-the-minute tech news and opinion and another harrowing tale of registering for classes usi…
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We were joined by Wren Singer from the Center for the First Year Experience, who put on the amazing SOAR program, helping new students before every semester. She delved into the history of the SOAR program, and the even more checkered past of course registration. And we put our own Sandee Seiberlich in the hot seat to tell us about the many resourc…
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Episode 18 · Networking and getting online
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Bill Jensen, Paul Nazario, and Dan Parenteau were kind enough to come in and try to explain to the Geeks how all those networks link up into this magical Internet concept, and actually get people connected to each other online. Since they actually install and maintain the physical networking links for DoIT and the surrounding Madison area, they tol…
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Episode 17 · Ebooks and Print Publishing
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Two more firsts for DoIT Live this week! We had our first live remote broadcast and our first returning guest, Ross Yahnke. He told us about an upcoming event all about publishing your written words via the iPad, and we also had Steve from UBS’s Text department on to chat about how all the latest book replacements have and have not replaced the pri…
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Episode 16 · Accessible and Adaptive Technologies
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In our quest to find the busiest people on the UW-Madison campus, we were graced by the presence of Gregg Vanderheiden, founder of the Trace Project, and professor of many things accessibility and technology related. He told us about the GPII initiative and about how we could all have technology adapt to us. Plus we had Alice Anderson from DoIT, an…
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Episode 15 · The Upcoming End of the Semester
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Whether you're a graduating student, or know someone who will be graduating, check out this podcast for everything you need to know about taking your technology with you when you’re away from UW-Madison.The Geeks talk with Warren Robords about all the great software deals available at the DoIT Tech Store. Plus, they'll also discuss what happens to …
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Episode 14 · The New Union South and the 2011 Engineering Expo
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How much technology do you need to make a modern-day center for students? More than you’d think! We’ll explore the newly opened Union South and all of the cool ways for students, faculty, staff and others in the University of Wisconsin community to meet and interact.We met up with DoIT's John Staley to talk about the really swanky Info Lounge in Un…
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Episode 13 · Education through Computer Simulations
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John, Mike, Chris, and Dave from the Cool It project were kind enough to talk about their game that simulates cooling things down to new absolute zero. All in all, it seems that John's students really enjoy learning about mechanical engineering, so who can argue with that? Plus Ty found us a gaming historian and used Google Voice to call him up! Am…
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Chris Hopp and Judy Caruso from the DoIT and UW-Madison Campus Green teams joined us today, to talk about the various ways you can put your old and busted computers and gadgets to good use, and ways to save on your electric bill. Plus we had another important DoIT person on, Joanne Berg, our CIO and Vice Provost for Campus IT. She seems overly exci…
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Episode 11 · Technology and the Performing Arts
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We were intending to talk about the lighting, sound, and video technology that works behind-the-scenes for performing arts, but we mainly stuck to the first because we had a studio full of lighting people. Tom Steer from Electronic Theatre Controls soothed us with tales about installing dimmers in far-flung regions of the world, and Jon Miner, Sash…
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Episode 10 · The "New Media" and Content Distribution
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We were joined by Josh Harder from DoIT’s awesome Digital Media Center to talk about how people are consuming media these days. Plus we had Peter Mann and Jeff Bohrer in to chat about how more and more students are attending their classes virtually. Plus, we revisit Netscape, T.M.N.T., and other odd nerdy nostalgia!…
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Phyllis, Nick, and Allen were nice enough to come in and chat about all of the awesome (and sometimes frightening) aspects of Social Media. And guest geek Theresa Saldaña again graced us with her presence since Jesse and Adam were MIA.Check it all out, along with us explaining Twitter to Ty’s Dad, callers trying to stump us with questions about HDM…
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One more excused absence was recorded today, for Mr. La Grew. But, again, we labored on and still had a great time with Leah and Rachel from the DoIT Help Desk. They told us all about the ins and outs of computer support, and we had a preview of the new Human Resources System (HRS) that’s on the horizon.Plus we played “Awesome or Lame” (RAID arrays…
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We had a few excused absences today, Ty and Mattrock were out with the plague, and Sandee was skiing in Tahoe. But we soldiered on and drafted Theresa Saldana and Dale Carder to help us with our little broadcast enterprise, and Paul Broadhead stopped by to chat about the soon-to-be open new Union South. Check out our always awesome podcast for all …
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Episode 6 - Software Training for Students
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We were joined by Kelly Johannsen, director of Software Training for Students (STS) and Braden Bruington and Don Fleischman, instructors for the Student Technical Training (STT) courses to talk about all of the training offerings available to UW-Madison students. Plus we had up to the minute news on Apple and Microsoft, and played a unix-ey version…
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Episode 5 - Securing and Backing Up your Computer
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Monica Bush and Stefan Wahe from DoIT Security helped gave us some tips on how to secure not only your computer but also your smartphone. Plus, Ty explained Google Voice to his Grandma, Lorraine, who copies and pastes like a champ on the Facebook and our listener Matt came in to the fabulous WSUM studios to play "Stump the Geek."…
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Episode 4 - Fixing your sadly broken computer
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We were joined by Theresa Saldana from DoIT's Repair and Desktop Support (RaDS) group, and she tells us all about the bad things people have done to their computers and how her group can help. Plus Rick Keir, consultant at the DoIT Tech Store, gives us a primer on backing up your computer's data before bad things happen.…
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Steve Devoti was our guest today, talking about the UW cloud, and the other clouds too! And apparently MySpace is for sale, who knew? Plus, George Dreckman from the City of Madison Streets department and the geeks talk snowplows and GPS.
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Hey! Wow! Sorry our podcast is of the lesser audio quality flavor this week, our main studio computer decided to die about 50 minutes into the broadcast. Fortunately Mattrock has us redundantly covered! You can listen to us chat about the new Verizon iPhone and quiz Adam's next-door neighbor, Otto, on how to put up and disguise cell phone towers.…
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Wow! We went from zero to the most connected radio show on the planet in just 7 days! Yes, we know, we are awesome. This week we discussed the recent 2011 Consumer Electronics Show (CES). Relive all the ups and downs by listening to our awesome podcast. Plus we played "explain it to your parents," "stump the geek," and gave away several cookies! Fo…
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