On this episode of the Scroll Sanity Podcast, Nic and Carmella kick things off with their "Flows and Frictions" segment, discussing their experiences with minimalist smartphones and the ongoing challenges of balancing functionality and distraction. Nic shares his experience beta-testing a new device, the Sleek Phone, which strips down refurbished A…

In this episode of the Scroll Sanity Podcast, hosts Nic and Carmella delve into the balance between technology and daily life with Austin Boer and Brennan Jordan, co-founders of SLEKE. Inspired by their time in Asia, Austin and Brennan discuss the development of SLEKE, a device designed to provide essential smartphone functionalities with minimal d…

On this episode of The Scroll Sanity Podcast, hosts Carmella and Nic interview writer Mehret Biruk, the mind behind the popular Substack newsletter, Time Spent Offline. The conversation delves deep into the essence of benefits and draw backs of living an offline life, exploring the myriad challenges one faces in disconnecting from the digital world…

On this episode of the Scroll Sanity Podcast co-hosts Carmella and Nic dive-deep in a thoughtful conversation with Joe Hollier, co-creator of The Light Phone. This episode explores Joe's journey from being an artist-turned-inventor and launching The Light Phone, a device aimed at simplifying customer's digital lives. As Light Phone marks its 10th a…

In this episode of The Scroll Sanity Podcast, Carmella and Nic share Alex Lyons' story. A subscriber and mother of two, Alex embarks on a digital detox by trading her iPhone for a dumb phone. Through her journey, we dive into the freedom and frictions of life with a dumb phone, exploring both the liberating escape from constant connectivity and the…

In the second episode of the Scroll Sanity Podcast, join us for an enlightening interview with Jose Briones, author, YouTuber, and pioneer in the digital minimalism movement. Jose Briones is the author of the acclaimed book "Low Tech Life," where he explores the benefits of embracing a minimalist approach to technology and living a more intentional…

On the first episode of the scroll sanity podcast cohosts, Nic DiBella and Carmella Guiol discuss their journey into digital minimalism as they ditch the smart phone in favor of feature phones. In this episode, they explore the concept of digital minimalism, the benefits and drawbacks of life without a smart phone and tease what’s coming up on futu…

EDP13 - Show NotesIn this episode, I interview a slew people focused on of Internet activism, politics, and business that are interested in internet freedom, privacy, and surveillance. SXSW Interactive had a big focus on internet activism. With sessions including Glen Greenwald, Jullian Assange, Barton Gellman, Cory Doctorow, the EFF, the ACLU, and…

In this episode I interview Jose Briones, panelist for SXSW Interactive 2014 on the topic of "Frugal Innovation: Simple Designs To Improve Lives". We talk about the challenges that face developing nations and new perspectives on introducing life changing technology.Also, I mention a Post-SXSW round table discussion that I will be leading on April 2…

This is Episode 11 of the Embracing Disruption Podcast (#EDP). This is the first episode posted post-SXSW 2014. In this episode I am lucky enough to interview Dr. Sue Black about her new project, Techmums. I also give a shout out to a really cool kickstarter project by AGic that allows people to print circuit boards from a standard home printer!SXS…

This is Episode 10 of the Embracing Disruption Podcast (#EDP). In this episode I talk about SXSW in Austin, TX. It is a conference that I am really excited about and one in which I plan on interviewing a decent number of people for a series of episodes to come.SXSWhttp://sxsw.comThe Day We Fight Backthedaywefightback.org/You can find more informati…

This is Episode 9 of Embracing Disruption Podcast (EDP). In this episode I interview April Glaser from the EFF. We talk about internet activism, the EFF, TrustyCon, and The Day We Fight Back.April Glaserhttps://www.eff.org/about/staff/april-glaserEFFhttps://www.eff.orgTrustyConhttps://www.trustycon.org/The Day We Fight Backhttps://thedaywefightback…

This is Episode 8 of Embracing Disruption. In this episode we remember Aaron Swartz on the one year anniversary of his death, I introduce checking out two important videos from 30C3, the german based hacker conference, and I interview architect Jean Pierre Trou, co-owner of Runa Workshop. We discuss technology in the field of architecture.Runa Work…

This is Episode 7 of Embracing Disruption. In this episode I podcast remotely from Costa Rica. I cover Austin's Aaron Swartz Memorial Hack-A-Thon hosted by ATX Hackerspace https://www.facebook.com/events/543408382405458/, amazon re:invent conference, http://reinvent.awsevents.com/, and the new 37signals book remote, http://37signals.com/remote/.You…

This is Episode 6 of Embracing Disruption. In this episode I discuss changes to the format, frequency, and hosting of the podcast (we have officially moved to sound cloud!). I also talk about learning to code, why it is important, and I cover a couple of resources that I think are invaluable to get started, namely Code Academy (http://codeacademy.c…

an open-source podcast about the cloud, disruptive technology and internet freedom. http://embracingdisruption.comBy Nathan Toups

an open-source podcast about the cloud, disruptive technology and internet freedom. http://embracingdisruption.comBy Nathan Toups

an open-source podcast about the cloud, disruptive technology and internet freedom. http://embracingdisruption.comBy Nathan Toups

an open-source podcast about the cloud, disruptive technology and internet freedom. http://embracingdisruption.comBy Nathan Toups

an open-source podcast about the cloud, disruptive technology and internet freedom. http://embracingdisruption.comBy Nathan Toups

an open-source podcast about the cloud, disruptive technology and internet freedom. http://embracingdisruption.comBy Nathan Toups