Episode 931

Leo in Dubai
Leo is off later this week for the TEDx event in Dubai, where on 10 October he will do what he is best at, talk.

Leo in San Francisco: Podcasting is Dead
In the meantime Leo couldn't wait until this weekend.  Last Friday he was invited to speak at the Online News Association Conference and gave a great speech, in which he talked about the history of his own involvement in the tech media, from the Site to TechTV to the TWiT Network.  The most interesting tidbit from his speech is that the TWiT Network is charging $70 CPM (cost per mille, or thousand), and making $1.5 million a year in revenue and doubling.  Leo also said podcasting is dead, but that's just for Dick's benefit in case Dick gets any funny idea about renegotiating his 53 cents a month contract.

Jeff Jarvis of This Week In Google posted the video of Leo's speech on his blog The Buzz Machine.



Leo at Blog World Expo
Next week, Leo will make an appearance at Blog World Expo where he will make the official announcement that the TWiT Network's videos will be available on the Roku.

An Aesthetic Neighbourhood
TWiT's only remaining neighbour (after Leo's driven off all the others) is an aesthetician who plugs people's hairs from their most intimate body parts, with hot wax from a constantly-going brazier, and once in a while, Leo can hear a scream from next door.

DVR Remote for the Roku
Gary from Prior Lake, Minnesota has had the Roku for 6 months and it has changed the way he consumes media.  Recently he had to move and all of his remote controls were hidden in various boxes.  He discovered an iPhone app called DVR Remote, which turns the iPhone into a wifi remote for the Roku (and TiVo).

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