Lars Brownworth, author of "Lost to the West" and creator of the "12 Byzantine Rulers" podcast presents "Norman Centuries", a podcast on the Normans. While popular Norman history focuses on the regions of France and England, Norman Centuries covers the lesser known Italian Normans as well. Visit us at http://NormanCenturies.com/
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350 Third is a bi-weekly talk show discussing the impact of the Internet on business. Hosted by Scott Barstow and Anders Brownworth.
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This lecture series by Lars Brownworth covers the history of the Byzantine Empire through the study of 12 of its greatest rulers.
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Scott and Anders discuss the rising tide of peer networks. From Bitcoin to WebRTC, the Internet is slowly moving back to it's roots. In this episode we explore how email, domains and other every-day applications will change over the coming yearsBy Scott Barstow & Anders Brownworth
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Anders and Scott talk Twitter's most recent takeover offers and who we'd like (or not like) to see buy our favorite platform, and how ludicrous it is that 350 million users is considered a failure. Would Twitter go public if they were to make the decision in today's market? We discuss. We also go deep on the age of networks that we're currently liv…
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Anders and Scott talk about this show, how it's put together, and the decision to have or not have sponsors. It might sound like so much navel-gazing, but we cover some pretty interesting ground along the way.By Scott Barstow & Anders Brownworth
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In our first episode in a while, Anders and Scott talk about Scott's recent experience getting Gig internet service from AT&T, and we dig deep into the DAO contract fiasco and it's impact on Ethereum.By Scott Barstow & Anders Brownworth
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Episode #94 - Bitcoin Upheaval and Ethereum
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Anders talks in depth about the Mike Hearn bombshell in the Bitcoin community, and we talk about the emergence of smart contracts and Ethereum as "the next big thing".By Scott Barstow & Anders Brownworth
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Episode #93 - Drone Update - Walmart and the FAA
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Anders and Scott discuss the recent announcement by the FAA regarding the registration of drones, and Walmart's jumping into the drone delivery fray with Amazon.By Scott Barstow & Anders Brownworth
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Anders and Scott talk in depth about the return of Jack Dorsey to Twitter, and about why Twitter is struggling while Facebook can seemingly do no wrong. They also talk about the similarities between Evernote and Twitter, and how each company might adjust in the future.By Scott Barstow & Anders Brownworth
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Scott and Anders discuss the latest release from 3D Robotics, a short film series called Life After Gravity, which is shot in its entirety using quadcopters and GoPros. What's a hardware company doing creating content? We talk about it in depth. Listen in.By Scott Barstow & Anders Brownworth
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Scott and Anders welcome Richard Newton, best-selling author of Stop Talking, Start Doing, The Little Book of Thinking Big, and The End of Nice. We talk about the publishing industry, the impact of better and faster automation on career, and how companies and even countries will have to adapt to a new cycle of work and learning.…
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Scott interviews Anders about the Blockchain class he is teaching at the MIT Media Lab. Scott and Anders also discuss reactions to the recent Apple event where they introduced the iPad Pro.By Scott Barstow & Anders Brownworth
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Anders and Scott discuss the changes over the last 10-15 years in enterprise computing, along with the reasons for the shift away from company-centric to person-centric computing at work.By Scott Barstow & Anders Brownworth
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Picking up where the last show left off, Anders and Scott talk about Jerry Seinfeld's brilliant series Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee and it's availability only on the internet. We also talk about Tribe Tyler, an up and coming show only on YouTube, and dabble a bit in what Periscope will mean for live sports.…
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Anders and Scott talk about the up and coming search engine, DuckDuckGo. The name needs work, but are they a force to be reckoned with? Listen in and find out!By Scott Barstow & Anders Brownworth
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Anders and Scott talk about the up and coming search engine, DuckDuckGo. The name needs work, but are they a force to be reckoned with? Listen in and find out!By Scott Barstow & Anders Brownworth
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Episode #84 - Developer Shortages and Part-Time CTOs
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In continuing the theme of the last show, Anders and Scott discuss Scott’s current role as part-time CTO of a few startups, and how much time and energy are wasted early on in startups trying to find the elusive "technical co-founder".By Scott Barstow & Anders Brownworth
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Scott and Anders discuss the current shortage of software developers, the economic impact of that shortage, and how the development of applications will change over the next few years.By Scott Barstow & Anders Brownworth
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Scott and Anders discuss the people and sites they can't live without day to day.By Scott Barstow & Anders Brownworth
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Scott and Anders discuss how the iPhone 6 Plus works as a day to day device.By Scott Barstow & Anders Brownworth
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Episode #80 - The Interview and Mesh Networks
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Scott and Anders talk about The Interview, disruption of internet services by sovereign nations, and how a city in Portugal is pointing us to the future of interconnectedness. There's a lot of talk about a magic bus as well.By Scott Barstow & Anders Brownworth
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Scott and Anders talk about pseudonymity, credentials, privacy and security in this jam-packed episode. What if you could have as many identities as you want, and they were all verifiable by a trusted source? And what if you could prove that you have the right to do something, like drink alcohol or vote, without the other party having to know who y…
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Scott and Anders take a break from technology and talk about the new Star Wars 7 trailer, TV shows, comedy and recommendation engines in this Christmas episode.By Scott Barstow & Anders Brownworth
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In this episode, Scott and Anders talk about a subject near and dear to everyone's heart: How to safely store, organize and display photos taken across all devices. While we have solved the problem of making photography affordable and easy for everyone, we still don't have great products for the rest of the story. What might that solution look like…
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The Principality of Antioch outlasted the Norman Kingdom of Sicily by a century, and its founder by nearly two. This unlikely survivor was a testament to the restless Norman Spirit which had carried their arms triumphantly to the borders of the Medieval Christian world. Join Lars Brownworth as he concludes the history of the Normans and looks back …
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In this episode, Scott and Anders discuss the history of credit card payments, how credit card data is stored, why breaches occur, and what to look for in the coming months and years as better systems start to emerge.By Scott Barstow & Anders Brownworth
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It costs absurd amounts of money to transfer money or communicate across international borders for no good reason. In this episode, Scott and Anders talk about what’s broken and why, and discuss what the future might look like as the barriers come down.By Scott Barstow & Anders Brownworth
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Bitcoin is great, but it's still riding on a network that's controlled by large institutions. What would it look like to have a truly decentralized network? Scott and Anders discuss how it might work in this latest episode.By Scott Barstow & Anders Brownworth
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What if you had the chance to redefine something as fundamental as transportation? Scott and Anders discuss the self driving car and what it could mean to society.By Scott Barstow & Anders Brownworth
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Scott moves from the iPhone to Android and Anders argues Google isn't eavesdropping even though your phone is always listening!By Scott Barstow & Anders Brownworth
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Brian Dally joins us for a discussion of his Groundfloor.us, the real estate microlending marketplace. We discuss how the Internet is "blowing up" investment strategies in the real estate industry.By Scott Barstow & Anders Brownworth
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Peer to peer package delivery via a smartphone app? Scott and Anders discuss a reputation based package delivery system and theorize about the coming world where micro scaling gives rise to ephemeral computing.By Scott Barstow & Anders Brownworth
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Amazon Prime prices have increased - has a master plan been enacted, or is this just the economic reality of inflation? Join Scott and Anders for a discussion about it and a dive into Money Laundering!By Scott Barstow & Anders Brownworth
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An emerging high production value news source, Vice News, covers the situation in the Ukraine demonstrating a hint at journalism's future and the biggest bid ever for users with Facebook's acquisition of WhatsApp demonstrating that people will pay for a service.By Scott Barstow & Anders Brownworth
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Charlie Shrem's arrest and MtGox shutting down BTC transfers have caused movements in the price of bitcoin. And Scott visits Tony Hsieh's Downtown project in Las Vegas.By Scott Barstow & Anders Brownworth
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Could the business of live radio reincarnate on the Internet? Join Scott and Anders as they discuss the possible rebirth of a bygone era.By Scott Barstow & Anders Brownworth
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Scott and Anders discuss the stories which define 2013.By Scott Barstow & Anders Brownworth
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Anders and Scott welcome Victor Saad, the founder of The Experience Institute and The Leap Year Project, to talk about the coming transformation in education.By Scott Barstow & Anders Brownworth
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On locationat the WebRTC conference, Scottbrings us up todate on"telecomat web speed".By Scott Barstow & Anders Brownworth
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Horace Dediu joins us for a discussion about the history of the space industry and its more recent commercial direction. We touch on the history of governmental and private investments in space as well as possible asymmetric strategies for the future including a railgun and the ever elusive space elevator. Does the commercial exploitation of space …
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We catch up with Scott on the other side of the world in his Indonesian safehouse. Scott talks about the VC landscape and promise and peril in the Republic of Indonesia.By Scott Barstow & Anders Brownworth
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What would life be like if 3D printing were a commonplace as bubblejet and laser printers are today? Scott and Anders discuss how your world might change in the next 5 to 10 years.By Scott Barstow & Anders Brownworth
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Episode #59 - Stan Phelps - The Impact Of the Internet on Marketing
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Stan Phelps, founder of 9 Inch Marketing, author of What's Your Green Goldfish and What's Your Purple Goldfish joins us on the show to talk about how the Internet is changing marketing, how TV marketing will evolve and argue with Anders about Amazon.By Scott Barstow & Anders Brownworth
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Scott and Anders discuss 802.11u, which is also known as HotSpot 2.0, Passpoint or Interworking. It allows a WiFi device to automatically associate with access points through shared credentials rather than having to have separate accounts for each network.By Scott Barstow & Anders Brownworth
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Episode 19 - Bohemond - Part 2 - Bohemond in the East
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The First Crusade fell like a present into Bohemond's lap. Italy wasn't big enough for his ambitions (especially with his uncle blocking him at every turn) and now here was an opportunity to win fame and wealth in the east, and to look pious while doing it. What better way to prove himself worthy of his father than by accomplishing Guiscard's glitt…
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If there is a post PC era, there have to be apps for every job that don't require or presume a PC. What does that app ecosystem look like? Scott and Anders discuss the Post PC Ecosystem.By Scott Barstow & Anders Brownworth
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Episode #56 - Farshad Nayeri - Perspective
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Continuing their discussion of the post-PC ecosystem, Scott and Anders interview Farshad Nayeri, founder of Pixxa, the company that develops the Perspective iPad app. Perspective addresses both content creation and content consumption making it truely a post-PC ecosystem contender.By Scott Barstow & Anders Brownworth
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Scott and Anders talk about privacy with Google services and the implications of Bitcoin.By Scott Barstow & Anders Brownworth
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Node.js package growth has been going at a staggering clip lately. Scott and Anders discuss Node.js entering an inflection point of sorts and trade war stories of Node.js in production.By Scott Barstow & Anders Brownworth
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A great father can be both a blessing and a curse, and no one was more aware of that than Bohemond de Hauteville. The first-born son of the adventurer Robert Guiscard, Bohemond spent most of his formative years trying to both prove himself worthy and escape his father's formidable shadow. At every turn, however, fate seemed to conspire against him.…
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In this episode, Anders and Scott study the computer fossils they have lying around their houses. From 300 baud modems to gender benders to print servers to token ring networks, they talk about the evolution of technology in the last 15 or so years.By Scott Barstow & Anders Brownworth
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Is cable TV with all the package deals going the way of the dodo? Scott and Anders discuss what a post-cable TV world will be like and the trends pushing us in that direction.By Scott Barstow & Anders Brownworth
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