ZA Tech Show – Episode 75: ‘Babel’

Posted on Monday, August 17th, 2009 at 05:48 by Simon and filed under Podcast episodes, ZA Tech Show.

Special guest Dwayne Bailey from Translate.org.za adds his voice to the show this week along with Duncan McLeod, Brett Haggard, Simon Dingle and later Samantha Perry. We discuss:

  • Translation work in software.
  • Changes in Microsoft’s Office strategy.
  • Open source.
  • Patents on XML use in document formats.
  • Microsoft and Nokia’s alliance.
  • Nokia vs. Apple vs. Microsoft vs. Google vs. Blackberry.

And much more…

Our picks and pick-ons of the week:

  • Duncan McLeod – Pick – GSM short codes.
  • Samantha Perry – likes her new Mac (pick).
  • Dwayne Bailey – Pick: FishMS.
  • Brett Haggard – Pick: Mobile Air mouse.
  • Simon Dingle – Picks: iDisk and Keynote Remote apps for iPhone.

Direct file download (31MB).

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3 Comments so far

Comment by Trekelny, posted on August 17th, 2009 at 22:27

Yet another stimulating and eclectic discussion. I especially liked the part where someone- Simon, I think- started to rattle the beer-bottle caps in his hand like Captain Queeg, from “Mutiny on the Bounty”. I kept waiting for him to say “If there are any further questions, you have only to ask them and then I’ll be happy to answer…”
Figures Duncan would have something uncomplimentary to say about Saints, since his Bulldogs would have to have a half-distance head start to have any chance in a real race.
I also notice that when Simon bleeps his own F-bombs, he leaves in the “f” and the “k”, which is definitely naughtier.

Comment by Francois Botha, posted on August 18th, 2009 at 10:05

Wow, ek kon sweer Suid-Afrika het 11 offisiële tale:

Afrikaans, English, Xhosa, Zulu, Ndebele, Venda, Tswana, Northern Sotho, SeSotho, Swazi, Tsonga

Comment by Andre, posted on August 19th, 2009 at 19:51

Dammit, you guys are fidgety this episode. Beer bottle tops clincking, packets shuffling…

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