In this final episode of Season 1 of "Keyboard and Quill," hosts Tim Berglund and Rachel Pedreschi delve into the world of Apache Pinot, the real-time analytics technology behind many of the apps we use daily like LinkedIn, Uber, Stripe, and Do

Data Goes Real-Time with Apache Kafka | Ep. 12

21 days ago 42m 44s

In this penultimate episode of Season 1 of "Keyboard and Quill," hosts Tim Berglund and Rachel Pedreschi delve into the world of Apache Kafka, the invisible data powerhouse behind many of the apps we use daily like LinkedIn, Uber, and DoorDash.

From Small Data to Big Data | Ep. 11

22 days ago 39m 29s

How did we go from the very first databases of the 1950s to modern data analytics on massive amounts of data in the cloud? In this episode of Keyboard and Quill, Tim Berglund and Rachel Pedreschi continue exploring the world of analytics, traci

From Early Statistics to Early Analytics | Ep. 10

23 days ago 31m 53s

Why do nearly all stores have a loyalty program? Are they really just seeking loyalty, or is it a key aspect of how they’re using analytics to improve their business? In this episode of Keyboard and Quill, hosts Tim Berglund and Rachel Pedresch

From Microcomputers to the Cloud | Ep. 9

27 days ago 48m 53s

How did we go from the first slow, large, and heavy personal computers of the 1970s to the complex and powerful processors, data centers, and cloud of today? In this episode of "Keyboard and Quill," hosts Tim Berglund and Rachel Pedreschi navig

From Human Computation to Mainframes | Ep. 8

28 days ago 39m 9s

Ever wonder how we went from computation by hand to the complex and powerful computers, data centers, and cloud of today? In this episode of "Keyboard and Quill," hosts Tim Berglund and Rachel Pedreschi embark on part 1 (of 2) of a digital odys

From Covered Carts to DoorDash | Ep. 7

29 days ago 43m 14s

Isn’t it amazing that with just a few taps on your phone you can get a healthy, hot, delicious, multicultural meal prepared and delivered to your doorstep, all in less than an hour? And you can even track it, in real time, every step of the way

From Buses on Bars to Self-Driving Cars | Ep. 6

Apr 16th, 2024 29m 54s

Shifting into a faster gear from our last episode, Tim Berglund and Rachel Pedreschi continue investigating how humans have hitched rides from each other over the last 250 years. From hailing hackney coaches on filthy mud streets to boarding tr

From Travois to Taxis | Ep. 5

Apr 9th, 2024 21m 55s

Let’s travel back in time to explore the ways humans got around together (on land) from prehistoric times to the first taxis in the late 1800s. Tim Berglund and Rachel Pedreschi begin this excavation of transportation history where it all start

From TV to 5G | Ep. 4

Apr 2nd, 2024 27m 19s

Voice was the focus of telecommunication for centuries, but now we live in a FaceTime world. How did we go from watching national broadcasts exclusively on giant, heavy, black-and-white televisions in our living rooms to 4K HDR video streaming

From Drum Beats to Radio Waves | Ep. 3

Mar 26th, 2024 26m 34s

The pace of innovation in the field of telecommunications over the last 200 years is pretty amazing. But how did we get from drums to morse code, or from the radio to the 5G smartphone? In this episode of Keyboard and Quill (part 1 of 2), we jo

From Farms to Factories | Ep. 2

Mar 19th, 2024 22m 56s

We pick up our story on the quickening pace of life with the Industrial Revolution. Our hosts, Tim Berglund and Rachel Pedreschi, examine agriculture, the steam engine, the machine power of factories, the evolution of print, and the advent of t

From Cave Paintings to the Printing Press | Ep. 1

Mar 12th, 2024 22m 45s

Many historical threads have come together to create the data-powered world we live in today. In this very first episode of Keyboard and Quill, journey through 45,000 years of history with Tim Berglund and Rachel Pedreschi as they begin to pull

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Welcome to Keyboard and Quill

Dec 8th, 2023 5m 23s

Tim Berglund and Rachel Pedreschi introduce “Keyboard and Quill,” a new limited series narrative podcast exploring data and technology through time. --Story by Tim Berglund and Rachel PedreschiProduced by Peter Furia, Noelle Gallagher, and Tim

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