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The US government abruptly forced Anthropic to pull its most advanced AI model offline after fears it was simply too powerful to be safe. Hear the real story behind the sudden shutdown that rocked the tech world—and what it reveals about the uneasy alliance between Washington and Silicon Valley. • Anthropic's Fable 5 AI model release sparks cybersecurity and jailbreak concerns • White House pressures Anthropic to withdraw Fable amid security fears • Debate over government intervention, model regulation, and Anthropic's IPO timing • SpaceX IPO rockets to record-breaking $1.77 trillion valuation • Apple unveils revamped Siri and Apple Intelligence at WWDC • Apple's new child safety and parental controls in iOS • OpenAI and Anthropic plot IPOs, face economic realities of AI industry • Supply chain attacks hit Arch Linux packages, security risks highlighted • Spotify battles surge of fake podcasts promoting illegal drugs • German court rules Google AI overviews legally liable for inaccuracies • FCC pursues crackdown on anonymous burner phones, raising privacy alarms • North Korean hackers' massive infiltration of US tech sector exposed • iFixit teardown reveals Trump Phone is just a rebadged HTC U24 Pro • Smartphone and internet access linked to declining US birth rates • Skydance-Paramount merger approved as Warner Bros seeks next mega deal • Roku seeks buyer, raising questions about future streaming platforms Host: Leo Laporte Guests: Christina Warren , Harry McCracken , and Richard Campbell Download or subscribe to This Week in Tech at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free audio and video feeds, a members-only Discord, and exclusive content. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: meter.com/twit threatlocker.com/twit bitwarden.com/twit NetSuite.AI/TWIT cachefly.com/twit

The US government abruptly forced Anthropic to pull its most advanced AI model offline after fears it was simply too powerful to be safe. Hear the real story behind the sudden shutdown that rocked the tech world—and what it reveals about the uneasy alliance between Washington and Silicon Valley. • Anthropic's Fable 5 AI model release sparks cybersecurity and jailbreak concerns • White House pressures Anthropic to withdraw Fable amid security fears • Debate over government intervention, model regulation, and Anthropic's IPO timing • SpaceX IPO rockets to record-breaking $1.77 trillion valuation • Apple unveils revamped Siri and Apple Intelligence at WWDC • Apple's new child safety and parental controls in iOS • OpenAI and Anthropic plot IPOs, face economic realities of AI industry • Supply chain attacks hit Arch Linux packages, security risks highlighted • Spotify battles surge of fake podcasts promoting illegal drugs • German court rules Google AI overviews legally liable for inaccuracies • FCC pursues crackdown on anonymous burner phones, raising privacy alarms • North Korean hackers' massive infiltration of US tech sector exposed • iFixit teardown reveals Trump Phone is just a rebadged HTC U24 Pro • Smartphone and internet access linked to declining US birth rates • Skydance-Paramount merger approved as Warner Bros seeks next mega deal • Roku seeks buyer, raising questions about future streaming platforms Host: Leo Laporte Guests: Christina Warren , Harry McCracken , and Richard Campbell Download or subscribe to This Week in Tech at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free audio and video feeds, a members-only Discord, and exclusive content. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: meter.com/twit threatlocker.com/twit bitwarden.com/twit NetSuite.AI/TWIT cachefly.com/twit

Christina Warren (a.k.a. "Mary Brown") returns to the show. Topics include Apple's new iOS 18.1 and MacOS 15.1 betas (featuring Apple Intelligence), a little reminiscing about Gil Amelio and Steve Jobs, and the bizarre saga of TUAW, resurrected as a zombie AI slopsite. Sponsored by: Squarespace : Make your next move. Use code talkshow for 10% off your first order. Links: “On the Firing Line: My 500 Days at Apple” by Gil Amelio . Steve Jobs introduces the Mac OS X Dock — and the purple “single window mode” button — at MWSF 2000 . Coverage of zombie TUAW and Christina's AI-generated alter ego: Christina, announcing the scam on Threads , and on Mastodon , both of which resulted in interesting threads. Karissa Bell at Engadget: "[Apple Blog TUAW Returns as an AI Content Farm](Apple blog TUAW returns as an AI content farm)". Jason Koebler at 404 Media: “ Hocked TUAW ”. The Verge: “ Early Apple Tech Bloggers Are Shocked to Find Their Name and Work Have Been AI-Zombified ”. Ernie Smith, deducing that the new owner of TUAW is Haider Ali Khan , and that he also bought the ilounge.com domain name. A very much NSFW tweet testing Apple Intelligence's familiarity with current slang . MTV News shut down and the jerks at Paramount pulled the plug on their decades-long archive . Brett Terpstra . Ernie Smith, author of Tedium and creator of udm14.com , a single-serving site that shows you how to make Google's "web" view your default for search . This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.

In this episode, we speak with Christina Warren , senior developer advocate at GitHub about all things Developer Relations (or “DevRel”). We talk about what constitutes a “typical day” in DevRel (if such a thing exists), how to get started in the field, and the types of skills needed. We also discuss how to measure success in DevRel, the importance of advocating for the user, and where exactly DevRel ends and product begins. You’ll hear about how Christina sees her role as a bridge between the community, product engineering, and the developers using the product, as well as where video fits into it all. Hosted by David Mytton ( Console ) and Jean Yang ( Akita Software ). Things mentioned: GitHub Microsoft The Download Southern California Linux Expo / SCALE Linux Azure ChatGPT ChatGPT and Whisper APIs Commit AI 2021 M1 MacBook Pro 2020 iMac ABOUT CHRISTINA WARREN Christina Warren is a senior developer advocate at GitHub who works in DevRel, helping to connect GitHub’s developer community with its engineers. Prior to working for GitHub, she was a senior cloud developer advocate for Microsoft. With a background in journalism, she creates a lot of video content and is responsible for GitHub’s weekly YouTube show The Download , where she presents the week’s most insightful news for developers. You can find her on Twitter at @film_girl and on GitHub at @filmgirl . Highlights: Christina Warren: I think that developer relations should be part of product and engineering because it is a really core part of that. That said, to be successful, DevRel needs to be cross-functional so some companies have it under marketing. For their purposes, that might make sense. I think that it makes sense for it to be part of product and engineering. But I think that it's cross-functional insofar as I work with people on basically every different team at GitHub. That's one of the things that's great about GitHub is that they have a really good understanding and appreciation of the value that we can bring because we can help the product teams and the engineering teams create assets for their blog posts. We can help them with their message. We can highlight things because we are on the ground all the time. We can go, “Hey, hey. This thing happened and this is causing problems. Do we want to get ahead of this? And how can we make something better?” — [0:15:02 - 0:15:49] Christina Warren: The way I see my job — and I can't say this for every person in DevRel — but the way I see my job is my title is “developer advocate”, but I'm not advocating for GitHub. I'm advocating for GitHub’s users. I'm advocating for our community. That's really what I'm trying to do. Because I think that by advocating for them, that's how GitHub can be most successful. But, of course, not everybody and not every company might see it

The Internet startup landscape is fraught with questionable business models, fickle users, and boatloads of misplaced venture capital. For every TikTok and Door Dash, there are thousands of spectacular failures. And most of them had the hubris to make (and sometimes sell) branded swag -- t-shirts, mugs, bags, and more. That's where collector Christina Warren comes in. For years she's been hunting for authentic swag from tech and media companies that have gone bust: Quibbi, CNN+, Gowalla, Theranos, Enron and more. Her collection has garnered international media attention and speaks to the hubris of companies who believe they're the next big thing ... until they're gone. Alli and Lindsey chat with Christina about her days covering startups as a journalist, the extremely online landscape, the swag she's most proud of, and the "white whale" that continues to elude her collection. Follow Christina: https://twitter.com/film_girl https://www.instagram.com/film_girl/ Support 2G1P on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/2G1P Join the 2G1P Discord community: http://discord.gg/2g1p Join the 2G1P Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/2girls1podcast/ Email us: 2G1Podcast@gmail.com Call the show and leave a message! (347) 871-6548 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On The Last Detail, Tom and Dan invite a guest on to chat about an object that is meaningful to them. They dive deep into that object, discussing the design, the manufacturing process, the good, and bad, and everything in-between. Today’s guest is Christina Warren, a journalist turned developer who currently works as the senior dev advocate at GitHub, while also hosting the podcasts Overtired and Rocket. Her object is the Sharp MD-MT15 MiniDisc player. Guest Starring: Christina Warren Links and Show Notes: Support Thoroughly Considered with a Relay FM Membership Nokia Lumia 800 - Wikipedia MiniDisc - Wikipedia Sharp MD-MT15 / MD-MT16 / MD-MT20 [MiniDisc Wiki] Sony MZ-N1 [MiniDisc Wiki] Early 'Jony' iPhone concept shows Sony design influence - The Verge Palm Vx - Wikipedia Sony Signature Series NW-WM1ZM2 Walkman Digital Music NWWM1ZM2 I tried using AI. It scared me. - Tom Scott - YouTube Oppo Find N2 Flip review: big screens at a better flipping price - The Verge Dieter Rams - Wikipedia MDCP: Portable MiniDisc Recorders Product Table sharp_imdr580_red.jpg 618×800 pixels

Christina Warren returns to the show to talk about the drama at Disney, tumult at Twitter, and how the hell to score Taylor Swift tickets. Sponsored by: Linode : Instantly deploy and manage an SSD server in the Linode Cloud. New accounts get a $100 credit. Memberful : Monetize your passion with membership. Start your free trial today. Hover : Find a domain name for your passion. Get 10% off your first purchase. Backblaze : Backblaze makes backing up and accessing your data astonishingly easy. Links: Christina Warren on Twitter , a website that still exists at this writing. Bob Iger returns to Disney as CEO . Yours truly: “ Twitter Tumult ”. Elon Musk asks engineers for weekly emails with code screenshots . Vice: “ Twitter Employees on Visas Can’t Just Quit ”. Disney books: Disney War , by James B. Stewart — “The dramatic inside story of the downfall of Michael Eisner—Disney Chairman and CEO—and the scandals that drove America’s best-known entertainment company to civil war.” Walt Disney , by Neal Gabler — “The definitive portrait of one of the most important cultural figures in American history.” Speaking of James B. Stewart, his recent epic story on AT&T’s Time Warner acquisition for The New York Times: “ Was This $100 Billion Deal the Worst Merger Ever? ”. Puck — excellent new subscription Hollywood/media/Silicon Valley news site. This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.

In this jam-packed episode, we reveal our giveaway winners and invite you to compete in the Quest for the Lost Console – our three week online puzzle game event with real world prizes! Tune in for an exclusive podcast clue. 🎮🎙 We also sit down with not just one, but two guests! Christina Warren stops by to tell us all about GitHub's Maintainer Month and building open source communities. We're also joined by 1Password's Jody Heavener, to unveil the new game-changing VSCode extension in This Week at 1Password. 🎮 Quest for the Lost Console 1passwordconsolequest.gg 1Password blog: Quest for the Lost Console – a game by 1Password and Gen.G 🎙 Guest Interview – Christina Warren Visit maintainermonth.github.com Follow filmgirl on GitHub Follow @film_girl on Twitter 🔐 This Week at 1Password - Jody Heavener Back stage access to all things 1Password! Joining us this week is Sr. Developer, Jody Heavener. Visit developer.1password.com Visit future.1password.com Follow @jodyheavener on Twitter 🗣 #Ask1Password Ask us anything! Please use the #Ask1Password hashtag on Twitter or send us an email at: podcast @1password.com Want to ask us a question or chat about today's show? Join the discussion in the 1Password Forum ! 📲 Follow Us… Visit 1Password.com Check out our blog Tweet us @1Password Find us on Facebook or Instagram ❤️ Review Us... If you're loving the show, please leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to podcasts.

In this episode, we have the wonderful Christina Warren as our guest as we dive into the '89ButAlwaysPlayedOnDisneyThroughoutThe90sSoItStillCountsAs90s film Teen Witch. We talk Blake Lively, Chloe's Zelda Rubinstein stories, and so much more on this week's episode of Salute Your Skorts! You can find Christina on Twitter and Instagram . --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/saluteyourskorts/support

The myth of the superhero programmer - we often hear about it, but it's rarely the reality. Being a superhero on a team takes more than just technical chops, and that's one of the topics that I chat about today with Senior Developer Advocate at Microsoft - Christina Warren . You might've seen Christina before on This Week on Channel 9, or even back in the day - at Gizmodo and Mashable. This episode ended up being less of a career chat and more of a friendly exchange about the latest happenings and what we can learn from them. Yes, we even talk a bit about the re-released Grand Theft Auto: The Definitive Edition. You can find Christina on the following sites: 🐤 Twitter 📝 Website 📷 Instagram And if you want to see more of Clippy (the beloved Office assistant) come to life, you absolutely have to help Christina get to 10,000 followers on Instagram . The podcast was produced by Den Delimarsky . Music by Wataboi from Pixabay . Feedback If you haven't already, make sure to subscribe to the show and leave a review or a rating, wherever you are getting your podcast. I really appreciate your feedback and am working to make this podcast more useful for you, the listener, with every episode. Ratings and feedback make it so others can easily discover and enjoy the insights you listen to here!

Christina Warren returns to the show to talk about Apple Car, Apple TV, Clubhouse, and Bloomberg hamfistedly revisiting “The Big Hack”. Sponsored by: Squarespace : Make your next move. Use code talkshow for 10% off your first order. Linode : Instantly deploy and manage an SSD server in the Linode Cloud. New accounts can get $100 credit. Flatfile : Spend less time formatting spreadsheet data, and more time using it. Links: Daring Fireball posts on Bloomberg’s “Big Hack” update . “ Hard News: The Scandals at The New York Times and Their Meaning for American Media ” by Seth Mnookin. Zeynep Tucekci: “ Critical Thinking Isn’t Just a Process ” — interesting post about reading through the lines of authoritarian doublespeak. Marc Newson’s Ikepod watches , ideas which carried through to Apple Watch. Rocket — Christina’s podcast with Brianna Wu and Simone De Rochefort. This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.

About Christina Warren Christina Warren is a Senior Cloud Advocate at Microsoft, where she helps shape the overall video and broader content strategy for Channel 9, Docs.Microsoft.com , and the greater CA team. In this role, she hosts shows on Channel 9, Microsoft’s video channel for developer content, creates technical content snd demos, speaks at events, and interviews people within the developer community. Prior to joining Microsoft, Christina spent a decade in digital media as an editor, senior reporter, and commentator, with a focus on technology, business, and, entertainment. As a journalist, she appeared as an expert or commentator on ABC, NBC, CBS, CNN, CNBC, Fox News, Fox Business, Bloomberg, the BBC, Marketplace Radio, The Today Show, Good Morning America, and many more outlets. She also co-hosts Rocket, a popular tech news podcast, which has the distinction of being one of the only tech podcasts with an all-female hosting team. Links: This Week on Channel 9 Rocket Podcast Microsoft Build Microsoft Developer YouTube Screaming in the Cloud Episode 68

Special guest Christina Warren joins the show. Topics include the App Store and antitrust, the general crumminess of video streaming service UIs, and historical examples of when Apple gets something wrong. Sponsored by: Mack Weldon : Reinventing men’s basics with smart design, premium fabrics, and simple shopping. Get 20% off your first order with code talkshow . Squarespace : Make your next move. Use code talkshow for 10% off your first order. Raycon : The next wave in wireless audio. Save 15% with this URL and code talkshow . Links: Steven Levy on the G4 Cube’s 20th anniversary . Me on the Cube and lessons learned . Report commissioned by Apple comparing the App Store to other “digital marketplaces” . Rolling Stone TV Critic Alan Sepinwall: “ Who Loses Big in the Great Streaming Wars? The User ”. Jason Snell pointing out that even the playback UIs stink for a lot of streaming apps. Jonathan Mann on Apple (Steve Jobs) deciding to use his “Antennagate Song” to open their emergency press conference. From the DF Archive: “ Antennagate Bottom Line ”. “ The Innocence Files ” — outstanding series on Netflix documenting the work of the Innocence Project, which works to free those convicted of crimes they didn’t commit. Rocket — Weekly podcast hosted by Christina, Simone de Rochefort, and Brianna Wu. Christina on Twitter . This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.

About Christina Warren Christina Warren is a Senior Cloud Advocate at Microsoft, where she helps shape the overall strategy for Developer Relations in Azure. As an advocate, she hosts shows on Channel 9, Microsoft’s video channel for developer content, speaks and creates content at events, conducts on-camera technical interviews within the developer community, and liaisons with product teams across the company. Prior to joining Microsoft, Christina spent a decade in digital media as an editor, senior reporter, and commentator, with a focus on technology, business, and, entertainment. As a journalist, she appeared as an expert or commentator on ABC, NBC, CBS, CNN, CNBC, Fox News, Fox Business, Bloomberg, the BBC, Marketplace Radio, The Today Show, Good Morning America, and many more outlets. She also co-hosts Rocket, a popular tech news podcast, which has the distinction of being one of the only tech podcasts with an all-female hosting team. Links Referenced Twitter: @film_girl http://christina.is/ Rocket on Relay FM

Episode 32 of the Hacker Noon Podcast : An interview with Christina Warren, former journalist at Mashable and Gizmodo, who currently works for Microsoft In this episode Trent Lapinski interviews Christina Warren from Microsoft, who is a former journalist from Mashable and Gizmodo. You get to learn about journalism, fake news, and what’s happening in the big tech companies. “This is what the news media struggles with, is that people don’t trust them, even though very often the mainstream media, in my opinion, isn’t out to mislead people and push an agenda. I think most working reporters are out to report the truth. ” “ Microsoft is evolving and understands that it is not the past anymore. We ultimately want to build tools that developers can use regardless of what platform you’re on.” — Christina Warren Production and music by Derek Bernard - haberdasherband.com/production Host: Trent Lapinski - https://trentlapinski.com

Christina Warren, tech commentator, podcaster and Cloud Developer Advocate at Microsoft drops by to talk about using a Mac at work, the state of PowerPoint and how to get the most out of tech when traveling the world. This episode of Mac Power Users is sponsored by: Hover : Show the world what you’re passionate about with 10% off your first purchase. Luna Display : The only hardware solution that turns your iPad into a wireless display for your Mac. Use promo code POWER at checkout for 10% off. TextExpander, from Smile : Recall your best words. Instantly, repeatedly. Get 20% off your first year. 1Password : Have you ever forgotten a password? You don't have to worry about that anymore. Guest Starring: Christina Warren Links and Show Notes: Support Mac Power Users with a Relay Membership Submit Feedback Mac Power Users #270: Workflows with Christina Warren - Relay FM Office for Mac now shares a codebase with Windows, gets real-time collaboration | Ars Technica Microsoft Azure Cloud Computing Platform & Services Microsoft Developer - YouTube How to clean the keyboard of your MacBook or MacBook Pro - Apple Support Oldest Working iMac in the Forum? - Hardware - MPU Talk A Review of the iPhone XR: I’ve Made a Huge Mistake – 512 Pixels Huawei MateBook X Pro review: the best laptop right now - The Verge Official Home of Microsoft Surface Computers & Devices – Microsoft Surface ‎Drafts 5 on the App Store ‎Teleprompter Premium on the App Store Deckset for Mac: Presentations from Markdown in No Time Exclusive: Tim Cook says lack of diversity in tech is 'our fault' - Mashable Behind The Tech with Kevin Scott Introducing GoodNotes 5 – GoodNotes Blog Rocket - Relay FM Overtired Blue - Yeti RØDE Microphones - Podcaster

🚰 Animoji leaked before the Apple Event, do emoji bots speed anything up, and some breaking news about Messenger emojis. With special guest Christina Warren. 🌯 Latest Issue of Emoji Wrap Email 💧 Animoji leaks before Apple Event 🎃 Don't mess with Halloween emoji fans 🤑 Common Venmo Charges, Decoded 🤷‍♀️ Samsung's Emoji Adventures 👋 Say Goodbye to the Blob. Google's New Emoji Have Arrived 🏙 A review of the city emojis (YouTube video) 🍆 NYC Using Racy Emoji Posters to Combat Rise in STDs 🤔 Why People Use the Thinking Face Emoji 🍝 Jamie Oliver's new Facebook chatbot to offer recipes via emojis 📲 iOS 11.0 Emoji Changelog 💬 Facebook Discontinues Messenger Emojis Follow Christina 🎙 Rocket Podcast 👉 Christina Warren on Twitter @film_girl 👉 Christina Warren on Instagram @film_girl Follow Jeremy 👉 Jeremy Burge on Twitter @jeremyburge 👉 Jeremy Burge on Instagram @jeremyburge Follow the Show 👉 Emoji Wrap on Twitter @emojiwrap 👉 Emoji Wrap on Facebook @emojiwrap More From Emojipedia 🌯 Emoji Wrap Free Monthly Email 🎙 Emoji Wrap Podcast 📙 Emojipedia 📝 Emojipedia Blog Thanks to 🎤 Jonathan Mann for the music 🎨 Joshua Jones for the cover art 👂 You for listening

Special Guest Christina Warren joins David and Katie to talk about her work as an Apple journalist. We use the backdrop of the Apple Earnings Call to discuss her workflows as well as her thoughts on Apple Music. Thanks to MPU listener Jigar Talati for help with the shownotes this week! This episode of Mac Power Users is sponsored by: Our exclusive sponsor for this episode: Smile: With productivity boosters like the PDFpen Family and TextExpander, Smile makes you a Mac Power User. Guest Starring: Christina Warren Links and Show Notes: Support Mac Power Users with a Relay FM Membership Christina Warren ChristinaWarren.com Christina Warren (@film_girl) | Twitter Christina Warren on Mashable Rocket - Relay FM Overtired Exclusive: Tim Cook says lack of diversity in tech is 'our fault' iTunes - Podcasts - Apple Quarterly Earnings Call by Apple AshleyMadison is so screwed. Here's why TextMate — The Missing Editor for Mac OS X TextExpander: Mac Typing Shortcut Utility Saves You Time TextExpander: Mac Typing Shortcut Utility Saves You Time Drafts | Agile Tortoise 217: iOS Automation with Federico Viticci | Mac Power Users Recorder Pro: Professional Voice Recording On-The-Go on the App Store on iTunes Apple - Music Music for everyone - Spotify

Christina Warren is the Senior Tech Analyst for Mashable.com. She came on the podcast to talk with me about Amazon’s place in the tech universe, Jeff Bezos as an entrepreneur, and to break down what might be the four or five main business models for the internet. Be sure to look for Christina’s work on Mashable.com. You can also find her on Twitter at @film_girl . She also co-hosts a terrific podcast called Overtired . The two articles we discuss on the episode are: Amazon Bought This Man’s Company. Now He’s Coming for Them Facebook is the New AOL See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Christina Warren , tech analyst, podcaster , and internet maven , joins Scott to talk about “ Darmok ” (TNG S5E2). Does this episode of TNG live up to the hype? Is Capt. Picard a their? And were did he get his Members Only jacket? All this plus Emoji on this Christmas episode of Random Trek. "Darmok" Scott McNulty with Christina Warren Show Notes & Links Watch it here: Amazon Instant Video Netflix Hulu CBS All Access Blu Ray Support this show and other shows like it on The Incomparable network by becoming a member . Members get early access to podcasts, bonus episodes, and more.

This week Myke is joined by Christina Warren. They discuss Christina's beginnings in geekdom, how she got started in blogging and working at Mashable. Guest Starring: Christina Warren Links and Show Notes: This week Myke is joined by Christina Warren. They discuss Christina's beginnings in geekdom, how she got started in blogging and working at Mashable. Links for this episode: Christina Warren Christina Warren (film_girl) on Twitter ChristinaWarren.com 5by5 | Briefly Awesome Mashable Christina's Original Mashable Business Card TiVo Roamio Reinvents the Cable Box for the Digital Streaming Age [REVIEW] Christina.is Christina Warren (christina) on App.net Sponsored by Squarespace (use code TALLYHO8 for 10% off) and Shutterstock (use code CMD8 for 30% off)

We are kicking things off this year with Christina Warren, a writer, podcaster, blogger, twitterer (@film_girl) and all round gadget-junkie. Christina is a full time writer for mashable.com and you can find her blog at www.christinawarren.com . She also co-hosts ‘Briefly Awesome’ on 5by5.tv We start this week’s show off with Christina as she fills us in on what she is up to at the moment, including heading to Las Vagas this week for the Fourth Annual Mashable Awards, and coverage of the 2011 International CES Convention. WordPress 3.1 release candidate 2 has just come out, and in line with this we get down to the nitty-gritty of custom post formats. Christina explains what they are, and how it all works. The admin bar is a new addition to WordPress 3.0.1 rc2 and is already the source of much discussion. We find out who likes it, who doesn’t, and debate whether it should be an option rather than a default. Christina lets us in on some great tips when it comes to writing and blogging. Considering she writes an average of 1.5 million words a year, we highly recommend taking her advice! One of the tools she uses is TextMate, a Mac text editor. She explains its bundle system and how easy it makes her life when writing blogs and articles. Christina tells us all about the Mashable Awards, its nominees and who to look out for. She lets us in on some of the more unusual companies she will be looking out for in 2011 including the Quora.com QA service and Kickstarter.com, a crowd funding platform. Christina gives her top tips for WordPress, talking about Markdown Quicktags, reducing the number of plugins on your site, jQuery and using spiderbug, and some fantastic advice on becoming mobile friendly (essential if you have a business based on offering a service). We talk about the WordPress apps that are out there for the iPad and iPhone. Improvements are inevitable, and we discuss what is really needed, and our opinions on some of the changes that should be made. Christina’s plugin picks and plugins she mentioned: WP Admin Bar Removal Disable Admin Bar Blogsmith Bundle – Has a lot of useful tools for blogging, including IOS linking and a built in thesaurus, word count tools and much more! Markdown Quicktags Joost’s plugin picks of the week: Comment Email Verify – This plugin forces people to verify their email address when they post a comment Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/press-this-wordpress-community-podcast/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy