Tightwad Tech
Tightwad Tech is a podcast by and for those in the education field who face ever-growing demands and ever-shrinking budgets. Hosts Mark Cockrell and Shawn Kibel discuss the strategic implementation of free and open source software as well as the creative deployment of hardware.
- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 48 minutes
- Episodes
- 142
- Years Active
- 2010 - 2013
Tightwad Tech #55 - Mandate Madness
This week Mark and Shawn discuss the Children's Internet Protection Act and other government mandates affecting public schools.
00:57:46 |
Fri 08 Jul 2011
Tightwad Tech #54 - Listener Spotlight #8
This week Mark and Shawn are joined by listener Kevin Wisher for the 8th installment of their Listener Spotlight.
Thu 30 Jun 2011
Tightwad Tech #53 - Summer Maintenance
This week Mark and Shawn discuss their typical summer maintenance routine and outline a few tricks they've learned over the years to extend the life of hardware and ease the staff transition issues t…
00:59:55 |
Thu 30 Jun 2011
Tightwad Tech #52 - Asterisk
This week Mark and Shawn are joined by Steve Sokol, Marketing Director for Asterisk to talk about the open source telephony software.
00:54:53 |
Thu 23 Jun 2011
Tightwad Tech #51 - Sliderocket
This week Mark and Shawn are joined by Nat Robinson, V.P. Marketing and Business Development for Sliderocket to talk about one of their favorite web-based presentation tools.
00:52:27 |
Thu 16 Jun 2011
Episode 50 - FOG Update
This week Mark and Shawn are once again joined by Chuck Syperski and Jim Jang of the FOG Project to talk about what's new, and whats on the horizon for our favorite Open Source hard disk imaging tool…
Wed 08 Jun 2011
Episode 49 - Listener Spotlight #7
This week Mark and Shawn are joined by Seth Anderson for the seventh installment of our Tightwad Tech Listener Spotlight.
Wed 01 Jun 2011
Episode 48 - Virtualization on the Desktop
This week Mark and Shawn discuss the hows and whys of running virtual platforms on the desktop.
00:57:59 |
Thu 26 May 2011
Episode 47 - Skype in the Classroom
This week Mark and Shawn are joined by Jacqueline Botterill, manager of the Skype in the Classroom proect.
Thu 19 May 2011
Episode 46 - LIstener Spotlight #6
This week Mark and Shawn are joined by Steven Campbell, the Director of Information Technology for the International School of Kabul, Afghanistan for our sixth installment of the Listener Spotlight.
00:52:51 |
Thu 12 May 2011
Episode 45 - Hodgepodge for 400, Alex
This week Mark and Shawn cover a range of mini-subjects in their second "Hodgepodge" episode.
00:54:30 |
Thu 05 May 2011
Episode 44 - The Tightwad Teacher
This week Mark and Shawn are joined by John Mikulski of the Niagara - Wheatfield School District to discuss his use of tightwad tech in his 7th and 8th grad Language Arts classes.
Wed 27 Apr 2011
Episode 43 - CDI
This week Mark and Shawn are joined by Michael McKean and Elaine Robinette of CDI Computer Dealers to talk about how refurbished computer equipment can be a tightwad's best friend.
Thu 21 Apr 2011
Episode 42 - Cherubino Redux
This week Mark and Shawn are by Steve Cherubino of the Podnutz podcast network for a great discussion of the art and science of podcasting.
Thu 14 Apr 2011
Episode 41 - Listener Spotlight #5
This week Mark and Shawn are joined by listeners Pete Kuykendall and Rose Keating for our fifth Listener Spoghtlight.
Thu 07 Apr 2011
Episode 40 - OS Wars!
This week for our one-year anniversary episode, Mark and Shawn are joined by a group of regular listeners and contributors for an all-out operating system smack-down!
Thu 31 Mar 2011
Episode 39 - Everyday Linux
This week we're launching a new show on the Tightwad Tech network called Everyday Linux, featuring community members Chris Neves (Slipp3d) and Josh Reetz (Tux2). In this show our two seasoned Linux …
00:50:50 |
Thu 24 Mar 2011
Episode 38 - Listener Spotlight #4
This week Mark and Shawn are joined by listeners Josh Reetz, Shane Sell and John Adams for our fourth Listener Spotlight.
00:50:04 |
Wed 16 Mar 2011
Episode 37 - iTALC
This week Mark and Shawn are joined by Tobias Doerffel, the developer of one of their favorite classroom management tools- iTALC.
00:40:26 |
Wed 09 Mar 2011
Episode 36 - Kaltura
This week Mark and Shawn are joined by Zohar Babin, Head of Community and Developer Relations for Kaltura.
Wed 02 Mar 2011
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