G’Day World #317 – Jeremy Toeman, Geeks Doing Good

Posted on 08. Mar, 2008 by Cameron Reilly in Podcast

Jeremy Toeman is an expert in digital media and consumer technology. Over the past ten years he has designed, built, and marketed numerous award-winning products in the “convergence” space, including the Slingbox.

In December 2007, JT arranged for 25 SF geeks, including Ryan Block from Engadget and Robert Scoble from , to do some volunteering work at the San Francisco Food Bank. I caught up with Jeremy for a chat yesterday about “Geeks Doing Good”, his motivation to volunteer, why geeks should give back more, etc.

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    Stranger On The SofaBarry Adamson
    “Who Killed Big Bird?” (mp3)
    from “Stranger On The Sofa”
    (Central Control)

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