{"id":3197,"date":"2008-03-17T15:17:00","date_gmt":"2008-03-17T13:17:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2011-06-06T09:22:19","modified_gmt":"2011-06-06T07:22:19","slug":"new-technology-podcast-launched","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/internet\/3197-new-technology-podcast-launched.html","title":{"rendered":"New technology podcast launched"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A group of well-known technology journalists have started what they believe will become the country\u2019s pre-eminent podcast about developments in the local and international technology industry. Known as ZA Tech Show, the podcast is recorded weekly and is available at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.zatechshow.co.za\" target=\"_blank\">www.zatechshow.co.za<\/a> or through Apple\u2019s iTunes Store.<\/p>\n<p>The show\u2019s format is an informal discussion about the latest developments in the world of technology. Topics that have been discussed in the first three shows include everything from the gaming console wars to the politics around undersea cables. The show hopes to draw in listeners through its irreverent approach to the subject matter.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe hope that people will enjoy listening to the show in their cars, or wherever they happen to be,\u201d says Brett Haggard, who came up with the idea of launching ZA Tech Show. \u201cWe want people to participate in the discussions and we welcome anyone to post their views at the website.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The show\u2019s regular contributors are Haggard and host Simon Dingle, both of whom work for Hypertext Media, as well as Ben Kelly from Finweek, Duncan McLeod from the Financial Mail and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fmtech.co.za\" target=\"_blank\">www.fmtech.co.za<\/a>, and Jon Tullett from TechTarget SA. The show will also feature special guests from time to time.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBecause it\u2019s a relatively informal show, we get to talk about the stories we didn\u2019t cover in the past week and the stories behind some of the stories we did cover. And, of course, we get to provide our opinions on some of the more controversial happenings in the market,\u201d says Dingle.<\/p>\n<p>McLeod agrees. He says the show\u2019s informal nature should help it attract a loyal listenership. \u201cYou\u2019ve got five guys around a table who are absolutely passionate about technology. I think that passion flows through into the podcast.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Each Friday\u2019s recording is generally available for download by the following Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/vb\/showthread.php?t=110291\">Comments<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new local technology podcast, hosted by a group of high profile tech journalists, was launched recently.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":79,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_facebook_post_id":"","_sma_instagram_post_id":"","_sma_threads_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3197","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-internet"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3197"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/79"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3197"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3197\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3197"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3197"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3197"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}