CompuSchmooze Podcast

Steve chats with Paul McEnroe, the leader of the IBM team that invented the bar code, and the author of the new memoir, "The Barcode: How a Team Created One of the World's Most Ubiquitous Technologies" [Read more...]

Editor’s Note: This podcast is the basis for Steve’s 9/26/2018 Compuschmooze column, which appeared in the Jewish Community Voice of Southern New Jersey. As the population ages, assisted living communities and nursing homes around the country are having a more difficult [Read more...]

Editor’s Note: The audio podcast is now available How often do you want to share with friends what you just heard in an audio news story or podcast? Would you want to send them a [Read more...]

As I write this column, Hurricane Joaquin has just been upgraded to Category Three and may become a Category Four storm before you get this issue of The Voice. It is a serious reminder for [Read more...]

Update: We decided to use the August Compuschmooze column to update the available information about Talmud study materials on the web. You can read the column and check out the links we discovered at the [Read more...]

The CompuSchmooze podcast returns with an interview about event planning online, with our guest, Vanessa Schneider, senior public relations manager of Eventbrite.com, an online event organizing site. Listen to the podcast here: Read the article [Read more...]

In this audio podcast, we present a telescoped aircheck recording of an interview with Lori Katz, Cherry Hill resident and Parkinson’s Disease activist and advocate. (A telescoped aircheck removes the commercials and irrelevant content of [Read more...]

UPDATE, 9/18/2012: Tungle has announced it will discontinue the service in December 2012. Read their official blog post here. In this edition of the Compuschmooze podcast, we interview Marc Gingras, CEO and founder of Tungle.me, [Read more...]

In this edition of the Compuschmooze podcast, we report on the March “Net Tuesday” meeting held in Philadelphia by Net Squared, a group that “enables social benefit organizations to leverage the tools of the social [Read more...]

In this edition of the Compuschmooze podcast, we interview Steve Schack, founder of BeMyNudge.com, a coaching and goal-setting website. According to the BeMyNudge website, Steve has coaching clients for many years, working with clients to [Read more...]

A new class of assistive technologies are dramatically altering the way people with various disabilities are able to engage in their daily activities. The Pulse SmartPen, from Livescribe (), is one of these devices. Lori [Read more...]

Click to Play PodcastSteve was one of 30-40 Philadelphia area Twitter users who got together in “meat space” for a “TweetUp” at the Manayunk Brewery on July 20. These short interviews introduce you to some [Read more...]

Click to Play Two exhibits at the opposite ends of the scientific spectrum are at the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia through September. "Galileo, the Medici, and the Age of Discovery," brings one of Galileo's own [Read more...]

The Drexel University Chapter of the Public Relations Student Society of America (PRSSA) presents “Breaking Boundaries: The Revolution of Social Media,” a panel discussion held May 5, 2009 in the Bossone Auditorium at Drexel University [Read more...]

In October, Ipsos Insight, a Canadian market research company, learned in its market research that “the popularity of online video services has grown significantly with women and older consumers, helping close the age and gender [Read more...]

Click to Play Jeff Pulver’s Real-World Social Media Tagging Breakfast in Philadelphia on February 5 included short remarks by Jeff about why he began creating opportunities for social media participants to meet each other in [Read more...]

On December 30, 2008, the Israeli Consulate General in New York hosted a “citizens’ press conference” and invited interested parties to send the Consulate questions about the recent Israeli military actions in the Gaza Strip, [Read more...]

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In June, the International Association of Online Communicators (IAOC) held its international conference in Reykjavik, Iceland. In October, the Icelandic economy collapsed, the three largest banks were nationalized, and tens of thousands of Icelanders found [Read more...]

Click to Play PNC Bank has launched a new online banking product targeted at Gen Y customers, young people who’ve grown up with the Internet and prefer to manage their finances online. The product incorporates [Read more...]

In Episode #25 of the Compuschmooze Podcast, we interview Travis Todd and Scott Scheyer of GrowVotes.org, a social networking website devoted to local politics across the US; and Nathaniel Wice, co-founder of Mishare.com, which offers [Read more...]

In epsiode #24 of the CompuSchmooze podcast, we speak with Voice Editor and General Manager Harriet Kessler about the Voice’s new website at http://www.jewishvoicesnj.org. We also speak with Stephen Larson, founder of Our-Hometown.com, the service [Read more...]

In epsiode #23 of the CompuSchmooze podcast, social media and internet entrepreneur Jeff Pulver discusses his commitment to early-stage investments in startup technology companies in Israel. We spoke with Jeff during a recent social media [Read more...]

This podcast features a report on the breakfast for social media devotees hosted by Jeff Pulver in Philadelphia on January 31, 2008. Steve attended along with about 50 other social media users including bloggers, podcasters, [Read more...]

In epsiode #22 of the CompuSchmooze podcast, we have two interviews and spotlight some podsafe music. Download the podcast file here (53.8 mb stereo MP3 file, 00:39:14 length). First, a conversation with Mrinal Desai, one [Read more...]