It’s June 30, 2007. You are standing outside the doors to the terminal at Glasgow International Airport. It’s 3:11 in the afternoon. It’s raining, a little bit. The ground is wet as cars drive past. Then, all of a sudden, a dark green Jeep Gran

Save The Paternoster

Sep 1st, 2015

This is Matt Croydon and you are listening to The Tinycast. These days we humans think we have skyscraper transportation all figured out. If you walk in to the lobby of a building and want to go to the 23rd floor, you know exactly what to do. Y

What Your One-Person Podcast can Learn from 99 Percent Invisible in 37 Easy Steps

Aug 18th, 2015

This is Matt Croydon and you are listening to The Tinycast. I’m always looking for ways to make this show better. I read about how other people make podcasts. I learn about how people make Radio, and how people improve whatever it is that they

Don’t Catalog a Book by its Cover

Jun 22nd, 2015

This is Matt Croydon and you are listening to The Tinycast. Libraries have books. A lot of books. Librarians need to know where to put them and the general public needs to know where to find them. This has been a problem in need of a solution s

Therac-25

Jan 27th, 2015

Further Reading Medical Devices: The Therac-25, a fantastic technical overview in an appendix from Dr. Nancy Levinson‘s book Safeware. ComputingCases.org ethics class material on Therac 25. Therac-25 and the DEC PDP-11 on Wikipedia. Full Transc

Stegosaurus Notebook

Dec 27th, 2014

Full Transcript This is Matt Croydon and you are listening to The Tinycast. When I was a kid, maybe 7 or 8 years old, I was given the best gift ever. It was a little notebook, but it wasn’t just any notebook. It was about the size of an index c

Canard

Dec 14th, 2014

Links Start on the Canard Wikipedia page for a good wiki dive. Burt Rutan’s official site and Stargazer, a ridiculously detailed look at his designs. Photos Full Transcript There’s something you need to know about me. I like airplanes. A lot. A

Tiny Details: Here is my Spout

Nov 18th, 2014

I love it when people sweat the details. The tiniest details. Even when it’s as seemingly insignificant as the spout on a teapot. Links The Tea Maker by Breville Borosilicate Glass on Wikipedia Schott Full Transcript I make a lot of tea. The Br

Tiny Review: TASCAM DR-44WL

Nov 9th, 2014

Links TASCAM DR-44WL on Amazon DR-44WL on TASCAM.com Audio samples Max Yuryev’s YouTube review and comparison with the DR-40. AV Watch review The SnapChick on the Rode Reporter Audio samples The Transom audio recorder comparison and Field Gear:

Episode 12: Information Density

Nov 5th, 2014

Links NPR News: 11-03-2014 8AM ET: Includes an additional support bumper in the beginning that wasn’t in the version I heard. Marketplace Morning Report First Cast Transcript This is Matt Croydon and you are listening to The Tinycast. I listen

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