Talk:This Week in Tech

message: "to prevent copyright infringement, the show was referred to as ROTSS"
Surely this is wrong! Copyrights don't protect titles of protected works, at least not in the USA.
It's a matter of potential TRADEMARK infringement, isn't it?
:Yes, it definately should be. Article's changed. --Consumed Crustacean | Talk | 02:29, 5 May 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Untitled 

message: Because of  I think that the itunes ranking should probably be removed from the page, but I'll leave that up to someone else
Well, it doesn't hurt to have it. But its not the most listened to cast anymore. I think photoshop TV or something got ahead of it just. --Handmedown 21:09, 4 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  itunes ranking 

message: The content below was recently added by User:67.53.79.145.  I moved it here for now, since I'm not sure it deserves this much coverage.  Maybe condense this down and add it to the "Other details" section?  --taestell 20:40, September 7, 2005 (UTC)
===Music Details===
Episode one (known as Revenge of the Screen Savers) used the song "A It Dat" by Wayne & Wax
Episode two (known as Revenge of the Screen Savers) used another song as the intro.
Episode three (the last episode refered to as "Revenge of the Screen Savers") used the Charlie's Angels theme song.
Episode four was the first episode to use the "not suitable for family viewing" (TWIT Introduction) introduction with a random song.
Episode five used the newer version of The Screen Savers theme song combined with the TWIT Introduction.
Episodes six through nine used the old version of The Screen Savers theme song combined with the TWIT Introduction.
Episode ten was the first episode to use the TWiT theme song which was combined with the Jungle Telegram introduction.
Episode eleven was the first to use the introduction used up to this date.
===Hosts===
Wouldn't Steve Gibson and Alex Lindsey be regular hosts?--72.138.175.46 01:05, 8 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Agreed.  Gibson has only been on two or three times and hasn't been on since at least TWiT 40. --Happynoodleboy 15:50, 8 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: New section

message: Wouldn't Steve Gibson and Alex Lindsey be regular hosts?--72.138.175.46 01:05, 8 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Agreed.  Gibson has only been on two or three times and hasn't been on since at least TWiT 40. --Happynoodleboy 15:50, 8 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Hosts

message: I cleaned up the top paragraphs, moving the more detailed information about the show's weekly format to a new section titled 'Format'.  Also figured the show should be described a little bit better and on it's own terms - there was a lot of comparing it to The Screen Savers without explaining what that meant specifically, which kind of left people who never saw The Screen Savers in the dark.  Hope the edits don't offend... --relaxathon 06:57, 9 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: It's something I've been meaning to do forever now! It looks good, great job! --Falcorian (talk) 16:44, 10 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Cleanin' 

message: Due to the fact that Molly Wood has been on four episodes (44, 49, 56, and 58), and on two of the last three, I think it's safe to say that she is a "recurring guest" rather than an "occasional contributor."  I've changed this, but if anyone is greatly opposed to this, discuss it here.  Thanks Alexbrewer 06:01, 22 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[Molly Wood]] 

message: This Week in Tech is now a network of podcasts (called TWiT) and also a podcast itself (this WEEK in TECH, or TWiT).  Because of this, I propose that the current This Week in Tech article be made a disambiguation page which points to the following (example of how it could be worded):
* TWiT (network): a network of audio and video podcasts run by Leo Laporte
* This Week in Tech (podcast): the flagship podcast of the said network
Anyone agree/disagree with this? --Tim1988 talk 14:28, 21 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text:  Just to follow up, I went ahead and created a new article for the network at TWiT.tv (network). --Tim1988 talk 12:02, 9 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Disambiguation 

message: There has been talks about a drinking game every once and a while.
So I googled it and found on digg a suggestion for one:
BRSQUIRRL's TWIT Drinking Game:
Take one sip if...
* anyone names the food/beverage that they are enjoying while recording
* Dvorak plugs his blog ("dvorak.org/blog")
* someone co-hosts from a strange location (an airport, under their car, Starbucks, etc.)
* either Robert or Roger mentions his current employment status
* the show takes place in front of a live audience
* Dvorak says that he gets no spam
* Leo uses the phrase "in the can"
Take two sips if...
* they take a question from a listener or the audience
* Leo mentions his book
* any of the hosts gives the specific model of headset/microphone that they are using
* the "box of crap" is mentioned
* someone trashes the user interface of a Google product
Take a big gulp if...
* a female co-hosts
* a well-known tech personality makes an unplanned visit (e.g. Mitnick's visit)
* Leo mentions that he is trying to get Martin to join the show (two gulps if he actually does)
Anyone want to add it to the page? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 75.83.219.94 (talk) 05:56, 24 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Drinking game 

message: Just a heads up, I am going to do a minor edit and change "programme" to "program."--Rabbitdude 18:29, 10 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Programme" to "Program" 

message: I'm not sure the following is verifiable:
On October 22, 2006, Laporte posted a blog item.... The posting became one of the week's top stories on Digg.
I poked around on Digg for a while, but they don't seem to keep historical "charts". Clconway (talk) 04:37, 14 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Top Story on Digg 

message: There is sometimes a reference made to the elusive episode zero. This was a roundtable discussion following MacWorld 2005 which Leo recorded and sent out through his The Laporte Report (TLR) feed. It is not listed on the twit.tv site and was not officially the first ROTSS show, but seems to have started the ball rolling and is mentioned occasionally in the first couple episodes. The recording is short and difficult to track down but can currently be found here. Someone may want to add this information to the history section. --BenFranske (talk) 02:18, 23 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Episode Zero 

message: "Petaluma resident Leo Laporte has built a $1 million broadcast empire online with audio podcasts about technology." http://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/20090329/NEWS/903290372
Is it ok to add info from this article even though it does not mention This Week in Tech specifically? There is lots of information regarding the overall network that This Week in Tech is part of e.g. "His podcasts, which he began doing in 2004, now garner 3 million to 4 million downloads a month."
also "The online broadcasting network that Laporte owns and runs a short walk from his house in Petaluma is called TWiT.tv, after his company’s flagship show, “This Week in Tech.” " is the only reference from http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/technology/2009/03/theres-twitter.html despite lots of other possibly pertinent info from the article.
24.103.37.148 (talk) 17:03, 25 July 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Might be better for TWiT.tv (network). --Falcorian (talk) 19:59, 25 July 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Podcast part of a $1 million broadcast empire 

message: It seems the reference to TWiT's revenue should be on the TWiT.tv page, not the podcast page.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by TimothyBJacobs (talk • contribs) 15:35, 26 July 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  TWiT Revenue 

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thread_title:  External links modified 

message: The image in the infobox is not displaying correctly. Daylen (talk) 23:44, 27 January 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: Seems there was a non-standard character around the  parameter, causing things to not work properly. Primefac (talk) 02:37, 28 January 2017 (UTC)
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