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Jason Scott Talks His Way Out of It

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Historian and loudmouth Jason Scott shares stories of technology, retrocomputing, documentary filmmaking, and general schennanigans from his decades of travels and research. From experiences on the road while shooting documentaries to often-obscure points of order, Jason keeps a fast-moving pace and even he doesn't know where we're ending up at the end.

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Jason Scott Talks His Way Out of It

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Jason Scott Talks His Way Out of It

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The Internet Archive Downtime Episode 13:11

3 days ago13:11

13:11

The Internet Archive Downtime Episode: Not About the Archive, Downtime, What My Job Is, Switching Gears, Finding Purpose, A Chain Instead of a Pile, Two Hours, Purpose, Other Shifts. A rumination on what I even am, when the Internet Archive experiences an extensive downtime. It turns out, what I am is satisfied.…

Jason Scott Talks His Way Out of It

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The Setback Comeback Episode 12:23

6 days ago12:23

12:23

The Setback Comeback Episode. A rumination on working through dark periods, set to a cadence of strength and resilience but recognition of the realism of life. I'm breaking the usual rule and making this one public immediately on here, for patrons to send to anyone who needs to hear it.

Jason Scott Talks His Way Out of It

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The Shockwave of Proximity Episode 16:30

10 days ago16:30

16:30

The Shockwave of Proximity Episode: A Short Trip, Los Angeles, Giving the Best Interview, Honks and Sounds, Return and Forget, Documentary Release, Scrubbing and Watching, The Shocking Revelation, The Arc of Dreams, The Blessed Golden Dias. The name of the documentary I mentioned, "Games that Rocked the World" is currently available at this URL: https://therokuchannel.roku.com/details/793efb00a33ba64bbcb44fa4981ca1a2…

Jason Scott Talks His Way Out of It

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The Ever-Present To-Do Episode 13:23

13 days ago13:23

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The Ever-Present To-Do List: The Giving of Advice, Piles, To-Do, Addressing the Options, Understanding the Trudge, The Pile Behind Instead of the Pile Before, The Moments of Confusion, The Dedication, 90 Percent, The Final Tally. Advice and thoughts on dealing with what can feel like an infinite, ever-present to-do list. Since moving to the new office, things have been very productive, but even at 10x productivity, the concerns still reign.…

Jason Scott Talks His Way Out of It

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The Dan Ackroyd Episode 14:42

17 days ago14:42

14:42

That time I met Dan Ackroyd. Maybe.

Jason Scott Talks His Way Out of It

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The Infocom Auction Episode 13:05

20 weeks ago13:05

13:05

A Large Collection, Stories in a Collection, Capturing Infocom, Financialization, Families and Friends and Grief, Using The Skills You Have, Settling With Your Choices. Someone tried to sell an awful lot of Infocom and Infocom-Related items on auction and is trying again, and I had some related thoughts about collecting, selling, and using opportunities.…

Jason Scott Talks His Way Out of It

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The Contingency Episode 16:40

21 weeks ago16:40

16:40

No Tragedy Ahead, A Quick Exit, Expectations of Childhood, Stability and Home Base, Approaching the World, Valets and Storage Units, Where The Thinking Takes You, Fainting Spell, Possibilities and Paranoia, Talk Changes, Finding the Stability Regardless. A rumination on my constant contingency planning, ever-present, in everything.…

Jason Scott Talks His Way Out of It

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The Bob Cooper Tapes Episode 11:11

21 weeks ago11:11

11:11

Setting Up Tapes, The Bob Cooper Collection, Bob Cooper Biography, Imaging 3/4 Tape, Fuzziness and History, A Lost Era of Television, Everything Falling Apart, Aiming for the Best, Fixing Without Perfection. I was sent a massive amount of boxes of Bob Cooper, who did Satellite Television related material for years, and who recorded many neat videos in doing so. Bob's site, still working: https://bobcooper.tv/ The Bob Cooper Collection at Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/bob-cooper…

Jason Scott Talks His Way Out of It

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The New Office Excitement Episode 11:24

22 weeks ago11:24

11:24

Officially at the New Office, The Advantages, The Size, The Dimensions, Multiple Projects, Facing Your Own History, Trash and Treasure, Walking Down My Own World, Physical, Deep Storage, The Hope. A few thoughts about the new office, which is nearly 8 times larger, has every project and piece of myself in it, and will hopefully, although not guaranteed, help me finally kill my backlog.…

Jason Scott Talks His Way Out of It

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The Dying Computer Museum Episode 18:27

22 weeks ago18:27

18:27

Hearing of the Living Computer Museum, Illegally Parking, Artifacts and Items, The Paul Allen Story (Short Version), A Conversation with Stephen Jones, The Grand Plan, Delchi's Consoles, The MADE, Cryosleep, Highest Bidders, The Billions, A Part of History, The Lessons Learned The Living Computer Museum is not returning and its contents will be auctioned. At least, the big ticket items. I'm not happy about this and neither is anyone else, but here we are. At least there's some glimmers in the darkness. Following my general credo of "Always Take Pictures", here's two Flickr galleries of Living Computers I took over some of my visits: https://www.flickr.com/photos/textfiles/albums/72157635312051527 https://www.flickr.com/photos/textfiles/albums/72157700864034805…

Jason Scott Talks His Way Out of It

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The Legacy Speech Episode (Part 2 of 2) 13:29

23 weeks ago13:29

13:29

The Second Part, HOPE's Second New Year, Attendance, Location, Improvements, A Striking Walk Through Classrooms, The Legacy Speech, Friends, Lore, Legacy, Ed Piskor, Cheshire Catalyst, Kevin Mitnick, Sinitar, What We Leave Behind, The Extra Effort, A Summary. I had a wonderful time at HOPE 15 (2024) and consider it my home hacker conference now. I wore three suits and made many new friends, and I'm sure the recordings will be a joy to watch.…

Jason Scott Talks His Way Out of It

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The New Office Episode 14:00

23 weeks ago14:00

14:00

Finding A New Space, Failure to Communicate, New Home, Aspects I Like, Enclosed Spaces, The Grand Plan, The Far-Reaching Intentions, One At A Time, Potential Helpers, The Finances, The Future. With the addition of a new office space, I intend to jettison into a new layer of what I do. Let's hope for the best.…

Jason Scott Talks His Way Out of It

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The 300th Episode 15:31

24 weeks ago15:31

15:31

Hitting 300 of Anything, Humble Towel Beginnings, Possible Audience Rotation, What Drives The Tales, Finding Subjects, Broken Strings, Eagerness and Dread, An Invisible Audience, The Future. An episode celebrating 300 episodes of this podcast, with a specific bent to telling people how the audience is what matters - while I have what is now dozens and dozens of hours of talking about myself and the world, it needs listeners to be meaningful. As I mention in the episode, I considered ending things here at 300, but I'm still enjoying the process enough to keep going. Here's to more.…

Jason Scott Talks His Way Out of It

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The Rack of Magazines Episode 13:33

24 weeks ago13:33

13:33

Procrastination By Sorting, Memories of Magazines, Computer Awareness, Obscurity and General Interest, Compute!, Creative Computing, Reader Service, The Gained Bricks of Foundation, The Waterfall of Text, A Prayer of Appreciation. Whenever I sow seeds of doubt something good has happened with the work I do, I just look at the magazine rack at the Internet Archive and love walking its stacks and collections. Here's some thoughts on that.…

Jason Scott Talks His Way Out of It

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The Legacy Speech Episode (Part 1 of 2) 13:34

25 weeks ago13:34