episodes featuring James Bilsbrough

James has worked in technology for most of his adult-life, mostly in the support space. He’s a proud nerd who isn’t afraid to tell you he knows far more about Federation starships than one would normally expect.

Tom and James recording this episode.
IT

Open (Source) for Business

James is joined by Tom Lawrence, the number one auto-complete result for pfSense videos on YouTube, to talk Open Source software and how it can be used within business.

James, Jeff, and Jae recording this episode.
Announcement

Purple MacBook

Jae and James are joined by Jeff Butts from The Mac Observer to dissect some of Apple’s recent product updates, including the new M2-powered Macs!

Gedeon and James recording this episode via SquadCast
API

Ollie, Space Karen, and an API

James is joined by Iconfactory principal and designer, Gedeon Maheux to talk about the week that saw Twitter nuke API access for the 3rd party apps such as Twitterrific.

James, Jae, and Noah recording this episode.
Emulation

Steam Life on Deck

Jae and James are joined by Noah Kupetsky, the founder of Steam Deck HQ, to talk about Valve’s amazing portable, Linux powered, gaming device and how it’s shaken up PC gaming in a way not seen for quite some time. As a bonus, James recorded this episode entirely on his Steam Deck.

Jae, James, and Catherine recording this episode on SquadCast
Bitcoin

Something, Something, Blockchain

James and Jae are joined by Dr Catherine Flick to discuss the ethics of cryptocurrencies, NFTs and the wider blockchain. This is a no holds barred discussion of our thoughts on such a widely misunderstood and abused technology.

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Audio

What’s New With SquadCast

Jame is joined again by Zachariah Moreno from SquadCast to get the latest on how things are going, including V5 and some exciting future plans.

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68K

A Discussion of Macintosh

James is joined by a truly nerdy Macintosh panel featuring returning guests Dan Vincent andSean from Action Retro, and new guest Steve from Mac84. We chat about our love of Macintosh, collecting, and our views on Apple in 2022.

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Addiction

The Theatre of Social Media

James chats with theatre director and iPad artist, Andrew Keates about how the pandemic impacted theatre, his iPad artwork, and some very deep discussion of social media’s negative impacts on society and individuals.

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Apple

The Gaming News Cycle

James is joined by Matthew Bliss from ‘The Dead Drop’ podcast, a twice-weekly 10-minute gaming news show, to chat about the state of both gaming and the gaming news cycle that can be easily twisted.

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Apple

Green Bubbles

James is joined by Jeff Butts, Managing Editor of The Mac Observer, to chat about messaging apps and their privacy and security, since the two are not the same thing when it comes to apps like WhatsApp and Telegram.