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Technology for Good – episode twenty with Sam Johnston

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Welcome to episode twenty of the Technology for Good hangout. In this week’s episode we had Sam Johnston Director, Cloud & IT Services at Equinix, as a guest on the show. Sam is an old friend, so we had a lot of fun discussing this week’s crop of stories. This week was relatively quiet on the technology front – whether that’s a hangover from last week’s Sapphirenow and Apple WWDC, or the World Cup, I’m not sure, but still we found plenty to talk about; especially on the health, IoT and wearables fronts.

Here are the stories that we discussed in this week’s show:

Climate

Renewables

Cloud

Open

Wearables

Health

Internet of Things (IoT)

Apps

I.T.

Misc

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Technology for Good – episode nineteen with Craig Cmehil

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Welcome to episode nineteen of the Technology for Good hangout. In this week’s episode we had Craig Cmehil, Director of Global Developer Relations at SAP, as a guest on the show. Craig is an old friend, so we had a lot of fun discussing this week’s crop of stories. Given this was the week of Apple’s 2014 WWDC developer conference, there was a lot of Apple-related news to discuss, as well as the usual topics.

Here are the stories that we discussed in this week’s show:

Climate

Renewables

Comms

AI Personal Assistants

Apps

Development

Health

Wearables

Smart Home

Education

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Technology for Good – episode eighteen with Chris Adams

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Welcome to episode eighteen of the Technology for Good hangout. In this week’s episode we had Loco2 product and UX manager Chris Adams as a guest on the show. Chris is an old friend, and semi-regular co-host, so we had a lot of fun discussing this week’s crop of stories. Though I tried to whittle them down to a manageable number we still had quite a things to talk about, particularly in the energy, transport, and health spaces.

Here are the stories that we discussed in this week’s show:

Climate

Transport

Energy

Wearables

Apps

Sustainability

Health

Misc

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Technology for Good – episode seventeen with Chris Kernaghan

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Welcome to episode seventeen of the Technology for Good hangout. In this week’s episode we had SAP Cloud Architect Chris Kernaghan as a guest on the show. Chris is an old friend, and a fellow Irishman, so we had a great craic (a great time) discussing the stories, which were quite diverse this week, but primarily from the Internet of Things, and Connectivity spaces.

Here are the stories that we discussed in this week’s show:

Climate

Renewables

Sustainability

Connectivity

Internet of Things

Cloud

Transportation

Mobile

Wearables

Misc

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Technology for Good – episode sixteen with Xerox’ Catherine Reeves

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Welcome to episode sixteen of the Technology for Good hangout. In this week’s episode we had Catherine Reeves from Xerox as a guest on the show. We had a lot of very interesting stories to talk about this week, especially in the energy and transportation spaces. It was great to get Catherine’s contributions given that Xerox has such a large footprint now in the transportation sector.

Here’s the stories that we discussed in this week’s show:

Climate

Energy

Transportation

Internet of Things

Wearables

Misc

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Technology for Good – episode fourteen with Twitter’s Andy Piper

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Welcome to episode fourteen of the Technology for Good hangout. In this week’s episode we had the awesome Andy Piper from Twitter as a guest on the show. We had a lot of very interesting stories ta talk about this week, especially in the Apps and Wearables spaces, and as a result the hangout ran long, but it was all great stuff! Next week, I’ll try to keep the show shorter, but I have a great guest lined up, so I can’t make any promises 🙂

Here’s the stories that we discussed in this week’s show:

Climate

Cloud

Apps

Wearables

Data Centers

Misc

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Technology for Good – episode eleven

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Welcome to episode eleven of the Technology for Good hangout. In this week’s show our special guest was unable to make it due to looming deadlines, so I did the show solo. Given the week that was in it with Microsoft’s Build conference taking place, there were plenty of stories stemming from Microsoft’s various announcements, but there was also a ton of other news, as always.

Here’s the stories that I discussed in the show:

Climate

Cloud

Renewables

WiFi

Apps

Social

Internet of Things

Open

Misc

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Technology for Good – episode ten

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Welcome to episode ten of the Technology for Good hangout. In this week’s show we had special guest Bill Higgins, who works on IBM’s Cloud & Smarter Infrastructure. Given the week that was in it with Google’s slashing of cloud computing pricing, and Facebook’s purchase of Oculus Rift, there were plenty of stories about cloud computing and social networks.

Here’s the stories that we discussed in the show:

Climate

Renewables

Cloud

Social

Open

Internet of Things

Misc

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Technology for Good – episode nine

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Welcome to episode nine of the Technology for Good hangout. In this week’s show we had special guest John Clark, Worldwide Manager of Smart Buildings for IBM. Given the week that was in it with Google’s announcement of Android Wear, and Twitter’s eighth birthday, there were plenty of stories about social networks, and wearable devices.

Here’s the stories that we discussed in the show:

Climate

Wearables

Health

Open Source

Twitter

Internet of Things

Misc

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Monday Nov 2nd Energy and Sustainability show

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Mon, 2 Nov, 16:30 Tom Raftery : Kicking off now

Mon, 2 Nov, 16:30 MikeTheBee : Sound and Vid ok

Mon, 2 Nov, 16:30 Daithi : Grand

Mon, 2 Nov, 16:32 MikeTheBee : Ah I missed the tab, looked for link in the side menu

Mon, 2 Nov, 16:32 Tom Raftery : http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/nov/01/climate-change-world-leaders-accused?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

Mon, 2 Nov, 16:34 MikeTheBee : Yep, we have been “passing ships” I caught the recordings later.

Mon, 2 Nov, 16:36 Tom Raftery : http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33579529/ns/world_news-world_environment

Mon, 2 Nov, 16:36 MikeTheBee : Tom, your scrolling ‘bottom third’ is obscured by the LS one.
There is a gas leak as well in a nearby well.no probs, just FYI

Mon, 2 Nov, 16:38 Tom Raftery : http://www.wbcsd.org/plugins/DocSearch/details.asp?type=DocDet&ObjectId=MzYyNzU

Mon, 2 Nov, 16:38 cgarvey : That’s quite a disaster .. wonder why it hasn’t made the mainstream media before now. Pity Oil slick

Mon, 2 Nov, 16:40 MikeTheBee : Tom is the new ‘mainstream’

Mon, 2 Nov, 16:40 Tom Raftery : http://english.aljazeera.net/business/2009/10/20091030213018384562.html
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/environment/climatechange/6470183/Britons-least-concerned-about-climate-change.html

Mon, 2 Nov, 16:42 MikeTheBee : I do not believe that

Mon, 2 Nov, 16:44 Tom Raftery :http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2009/nov/02/flooding-scotland-wales-weather
http://www.theclimategroup.org/news_and_events/hsbc_climate_confidence_monitor_2009

Mon, 2 Nov, 16:47 MikeTheBee :I would want to look at the questions asked.

Mon, 2 Nov, 16:47 Tom Raftery : http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/wordofmouth/2009/nov/02/palm-oil-sustainable

Mon, 2 Nov, 16:49 MikeTheBee : Maybe Britons trust what the gov are doing, or says it is doing, to address climate change.

Mon, 2 Nov, 16:49 Joe Garde : oh dear… Indonesia, unbelievable

Mon, 2 Nov, 16:50 Tom Raftery : http://www.triplepundit.com/2009/11/chocolate-goes-green-kraft-rolls-out-sustainable-sweet-treats/

Mon, 2 Nov, 16:52 Joe Garde : always – it tastes better too

Mon, 2 Nov, 16:53 Tom Raftery : http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2009/oct/29/spanish-winemaker-torres-environmental-change

Mon, 2 Nov, 16:53 Joe Garde :

Mon, 2 Nov, 16:54 MikeTheBee : The first Scottish wine will be ready soon

Mon, 2 Nov, 16:55 Tom Raftery : http://greenpeaceblong.wordpress.com/2009/11/02/accion-greenpeace-en-la-sagrada-familia-barcelona/

Mon, 2 Nov, 16:57 Tom Raftery : http://www.greenpeace.org/international/news/google-ibm-and-microsoft271009
http://www.realclimate.org/index.php/archives/2009/10/an-open-letter-to-steve-levitt/

Mon, 2 Nov, 16:59 MikeTheBee : There are Irish vineyards already. http://www.wineintro.com/regions/ireland

Mon, 2 Nov, 17:01 Tom Raftery : http://www.bathingwater.ie/epa/current.htm

Mon, 2 Nov, 17:03 cgarvey : Nice resource.

Mon, 2 Nov, 17:03 Tom Raftery : http://www.greenm3.com/2009/10/new-nsa-15-bil-data-center-has-green-requirements.html

Mon, 2 Nov, 17:04 Daithi : I’m a data centre electrical and mech installer Vg

Mon, 2 Nov, 17:05 Tom Raftery : http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/space/6484379/European-satellite-launched-to-explore-climate-change.html

Mon, 2 Nov, 17:05 Daithi : I havent ..I know gtrat great

Mon, 2 Nov, 17:06 Tom Raftery : http://www.lowcarboneconomy.com/community_content/_low_carbon_news/7731/rss

Mon, 2 Nov, 17:06 Joe Garde : trinity are also involved – solar flares

Mon, 2 Nov, 17:07 Tom Raftery : http://www.energy.gov/news2009/8216.htm

Mon, 2 Nov, 17:10 Joe Garde : btw “The melting of the glaciers in the Himalayas is a serious concern for us” in case you missed it I arrived late http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/1102/nepal.html

Mon, 2 Nov, 17:12 MikeTheBee : they are base on Statewide utility monopolies

Mon, 2 Nov, 17:12 cgarvey : All good, thanks Tom

Mon, 2 Nov, 17:12 Daithi : Thanks Tom…good show again and thanks for the riveting saga with Air Berlin on twitter.

Mon, 2 Nov, 17:13 MikeTheBee : Could you consider moving the Google Calendar link to below the chat-box. This would get the chat-box closer to the video window and use the screen-estate better.Good stuff well done on the show.

Mon, 2 Nov, 17:13 Joe Garde : cheers Tom have a good one

Mon, 2 Nov, 17:13 CraigS : thanks

Mon, 2 Nov, 17:14 Tom Raftery :Thanks everyone for the interest and contributions