Episodes

Many argue that as new technologies eliminate jobs, they create new jobs. This chapter analyzes why that is an unlikely outcome with automation this widespread.

Many people have been using Marie Kondo's method to tidy up their physical spaces, but what about all the digital stuff we have? Join Ian R Buck as he sorts through this topic and interviews some of the other TNTV hosts who have given a lot of thought to their digital collections.

When you're recording with someone remotely, make sure that everyone knows that they are expected to record their end of the audio. Totally unrelated: Ian and Andrew had to do a second take of the backup segment.

Matt does not know many politicians.

Matt continues his journey into JavaScript: functions, objects, the DOM and even jQuery, plus Matt finds a way to include his favorite Pokemon into an assignment.

Another PodKit pre-show!

Technologies that are quite useful and safe do not always achieve widespread social acceptance. In this chapter we explore why that is.

Brian talks about his experience writing a custom React Hook, Ryan talks TypeScript and a quick trip, and the trio discusses rumors of new Macs coming later this year.

Matt and Ryan discuss week 3: a wrap up of CSS with bootstrap, the beginning of JavaScript with everyone's favorite project - Rock Paper Scissors!

Matt discovers that position matters in many things in life.

The signs of automation taking over our economy are already showing themselves in our world.

Andrew talks about this house he's buying, and Steve talks about the time he bought a shack.

MLK Day changes the class schedule up a little.

It's a bit chilly in the studio.

Coming back again, Steve and Andrew talk about dial up, Firefox, Internet Explorer, RAID accidents, and a few other tidbits.

First-time guest Kharme Mahamed joins Ian R Buck to review the latest flagship killer that has all the Android enthusiasts abuzz!

Ian and Kharme record after school, which means they were interrupted twice by custodians.

Artificial intelligence is already stealing many of our jobs, but not the ones you might think of.

Matt begins bootcamp, meeting the professor, meeting his peers and finding his flow in class.

What does it mean to compare machine intelligence to human intelligence, and does it even matter when it comes to the workplace?

On the traditional zeroth episode, Matt and Ryan discuss Matt's entry in the University of Minnesota's coding bootcamp, and why he is going through with it and what he has done.

After a long time, Andrew and Steve catch up on what's going on, read the show notes, and go through what didn't make it to the show.

After a long hiatus, Andrew and Steven return to tell you all about new RASPBERRY!, vulnerabilities, some gaming news, and some updates on Kickstarters.

The Podkitters prepare for the show, this time only three weeks after the last one!

The PodKitters discuss CSS Grid, React design systems, work life balance, and how about that fresh new Slack logo?

Brian and Aron before/after recording the iPad Pro (2018) episode of Second Opinion.

Aron discusses his new iPad Pro (2018) with Brian.

Now that we understand the nature of exponential growth, we can look at how it applies to the advancement of information technology.

For the first time ever, The Nexus TV is publishing an audiobook! Here are the first few chapters of Robots Will Steal Your Job, But That's OK.

Most people do not fully grasp the implications of exponential growth. Federico presents us with some examples to help illustrate it.

Brandon takes the Second Opinion wheel for a discussion about the latest Kindle Paperwhite, asking: are eReaders consumer tech after all?

The audiobook (hopefully) sounds nice and polished when it's published, but there are a lot of hiccups along the way. Chapter 2 was a particularly rough recording, with lots of unfamiliar names to say and a scratchy throat to deal with. We probably won't publish many of these blooper reels, but this one was special.

The idea that machines steal jobs is not a new one. The Luddite movement goes back to 19th century England; is there weight to their argument, or is it all just a fallacy?

Pre/post show shenanigans for PK44.

On this episode, the PodKitters discuss Dan Abramov's response to our last episode, his new blog, more on React Hooks, Expo, talks, and new Twitter Followees.

Federico takes us through unemployment trends leading up to 2012.

Ian's back at it with his weird dreams.

2018 shaped up to be a big year in many ways! Join Ryan, Brian, and Ian as they discuss the biggest themes and trends in science and technology this year. And of course, your annual State of The Nexus report!

Ian, Quentin, and Gwen struggle to clap at the same time, Quentin becomes a turtle, and Ian talks about a weird dream he had.

Ian is joined by Quentin and Gwen to review the Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL. Is Google's latest flagship phone worth the price hike?

You are about to become obsolete. You think you are special, unique, and that whatever it is that you are doing is impossible to replace. You are wrong. As we speak, millions of algorithms created by computer scientists are frantically running on servers all over the world, with one sole purpose: do whatever humans can do, but better.

Ryan gives us some words of wisdom before reviewing the Google Home Hub.

Google's first smart home device with a screen; but this isn't the first Google Assistant device with a screen! What has Google done to differentiate this device from the crowd?

This year we're participating in the Project for Awesome, supporting the Electronic Frontier Foundation! Come find out how you can participate.

Brandon and Brian can't contain their excitement, and basically review 1Password before they officially started the episode.

In our first-ever roundup, we're bringing you six reviews in one! We tested LastPass, Dashlane, 1Password, Keeper, Bitwarden, and KeePass to figure out which is the best password manager.

Elena got more in-depth than the general audience of The Extra Dimension needs, but it's all here on the cutting room floor!

As more and more parts of our lives are stored and managed through online accounts, it is critical to understand how to keep those accounts secure. Ian R Buck sits down with Elena Machkasova, computer science professor, to talk about what attackers are after, how they try to gain access, and what we can do to protect ourselves.

Our first book review ever!! Ian is joined by Mary Austad to review Hank Green's debut novel An Absolutely Remarkable Thing, which is an exploration of fame and the social internet wrapped in a sci-fi mystery.

Ian and Mary's conversation goes all over the place as they set up to record. There are also lots of tangents from the core episode that made their way into the Fringe.