While the boss has been away, the boys (and girl) have played. But in Episode 31 the boss is back and man is he ready to talk about some tech news.

Episode 31 is dedicated to the late Linda Harvell, mother of STLTechTalk Editor-in-Chief Kevin Harvell

In this episode, we had the chance to catch up with Andy Long who put together our STLTechTalk Windows Phone app.

We were also joined by Alejandro Ramirez who you will be seeing, and reading more from, to talk about Windows Phone 8.1 and all sorts of various topics.

We went a bit longer than usual, but when the "boss" is away, the boys will play! Unfortunately Kevin is dealing with some family emergencies and is bouncing back and forth between hospitals in St. Louis.

Alejandro (covering for Kevin)

JJ

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In this episode, we had the pleasure to speaking with Katie Nagus who is the Director of Communications for AT&T in the Greater Midwest and Northern Plains Regions.

We talked all sorts of things related to AT&T. How she feels about all the recent changes all the carriers are making in response to T-Mobile. Got her thoughts on why she prefers the in-store buying experience vs ordering service & devices online.

Also Katie talked about the AT&T fiber rollout in St. Louis.

Definitely a very interesting discussion on the state of AT&T in St. Louis and the midwest region so go ahead check it out and let us know what you think!

It is tough to argue the fact that this was a HUGE week for Microsoft.

This week Microsoft hosted thousands upon thousands of developers at the Moscone Center in San Francisco California for their annual Build conference. The Build conference is used to reward developers for all their hard work and also announce upcoming Microsoft products and services.

In Episode 27, we are joined by local St. Louis Microsoft Evangelist Bill Fink to recap what has been revealed so far at Build. We also hope to be joined by #CodeCast co-host Gus Emery live from Build to hear what his experience has been and what he thinks about what Microsoft has announced.

So if Build has you excited like we are, make sure to listen to this episode and if you want to see the demos that Bill shared, make sure to watch the video on our YouTube channel (youtube.com/STLTechTalk) for playback!

We finally had a chance to hangout with Vernon Smith of the Glance & Go Podcast and what a great talk it was!

With all the news that has been coming out lately with Microsoft and the release of Office for iPad, and what is getting ready to come from them at the upcoming Build conference, we had plenty of stuff to touch on and could have easily kept going longer.

We hope you enjoy this episode as much as we did bringing it to you.

Also make sure to check out WinPhan.net and get in on the #WinPhan Scavenger Hunt.

Wearable devices are some of the hottest devices of 2014, with smartwatches being at the forefront of this technology shift.

In Episode 25 we were joined by Adam Zeis, Editor-In-Chief of SmartwatchFans.com to talk about some of the latest news in the world of smartwatches because who else to talk with than the man behind the biggest wearable site on the internet?

Seriously, when we booked Adam weeks ago, none of us had any idea as to how big a week it would be for smartwatches with the sudden Google announcement of their upcoming Android Wear platform just days before we recorded the episode.

We hope you enjoy this talk as much as we did!

It can be difficult to find people that did not collect baseball cards as a kid. Baseball is called America's Pastime after all right?

Well in this episode of the STLTechTalk Podcast, we are joined by Rookies App founder Matt Sebek who has brought baseball cards closer to home than ever before.

In this episode, Matt talks about some of his background and how Rookies App came to be. Why they chose to release it on iOS first, and also about some of the great, and very creative ways that people are using  Rookies App that you would not think of right away.

Our guest on Episode 23 is Jimmy Alkhouri from the St. Louis Social Media Group!

With a successful weekly social media chat you can find on Twitter via the #STLChat hashtag each Monday night at 8pm, along with an active Meetup group, Jimmy spends a lot of time dealing in the world of social media.

If you have any questions about social media, or would like to get involved with the St. Louis Social Media Group, feel free to join the group and connect with Jimmy on Twitter!

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It was a pleasure to speak with St. Louis Business Journal tech reporter Brian Feldt here in episode 22 of the STLTechTalk Podcast.

Brian handles the TechFlash section for the Journal and is consistently reporting on all of the news related to the booming tech start-up scene here in St. Louis.

Listen in as Brian talks about how he got into journalism and landed the position he is in now. He also was gracious enough to join the News Rundown segment not only to discuss our stories, but he brought some he wanted to talk about himself!

We want to thank Brain again for spending his time with us for this episode!

If you do not already, make sure to follow Brian on Twitter at @stlbizbfeldt and @TechFlashSTL