Accidental Tech Podcast

57: Smorgasbord of Pronunciation

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  • Follow-up on the complexity of computer science versus other fields: quotes and videos from MIT's SICP class (9:00–10:45).
  • The death of the iPad 2, the use of sapphire in Apple devices, sapphire versus Gorilla Glass, and the flexible LG phone.
  • Haunted Empire, the Jony Ive book, the Jony Ive interview, access to Apple, and hiring hacks for tech stories.
  • Sony's Project Morpheus VR headset and initial impressions
    • The Oculus Rift
  • Michael Abrash's blog posts:
    • Two Possible Paths into the Future of Wearable Computing Part 1
  • When it comes to resolution, it's all relative
  • Latency – the sine qua non of AR and VR
  • Raster-Scan Displays: More Than Meets the Eye
  • Game Developers Conference and space-time diagrams
  • Why virtual isn't real to your brain
  • Down the VR rabbit hole: Fixing judder
  • John Carmack and his latency mitigation strategies
  • Casey's birthday party as a child
  • Why Oculus hopes Project Morpheus is good
  • The GitHub hubbub, sexism, and how to get better (such as App Camp for Girls).

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