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Answers to your computer questions.
Point & Click Radio is Mendocino County's only call-in computer radio show, featuring Computer News, Computer Book Author Interviews, and Radio Listener Call-in Computer Questions. Point & Click is hosted by Bob Laughton and Jim Heid.
Wednesday, October 14, 2009:
Do Good
A Radio Interview with David Berman
How did design help choose a US president?
Why are people buying houses they cannot afford?
Why do U.S. car makers now struggle to compete?
Why do we really have an environmental crisis?
Design matters. Like never before.
Today, according to designer and author David Berman, everyone is a designer - and the future of civilization is our common design project.
The Show
On Point & Click Radio, host Bob Laughton interviews David Berman, author of Do good
David B. Berman is a strategic consultant with over 25 years experience in graphic, interface, and accessibility design. He has traveled to 20 countries as an expert speaker, serves as the Ethics Chair for graphic design in Canada, and as a vice president of Icograda, the world body for graphic design. Clients include IBM, the International Space Station, the Sierra Club, and Canada’s largest federal government departments.
Call-ins Welcome
We encourage your calls, and will take your questions and comments on-air during the show. In last part of tonight's show, we'll take your calls and answer questions. The numbers to call are 707-895-2448 or toll-free 1-800-499-7117 within California.
From the Archives:
Our Wednesday, May 30, 2007 show: Wild Sanctuary.
Download our interview with Dr. Bernard Krause here. (11.3 MB MP3 file)
Our Wednesday, November 8, 2006 show:
We interviewed photographer and author, Nicholas Wilson, whose special limited-edition photography book has recently been published. We also spoke with Eileen Gittins of Blurb Inc. to discuss the web connection, software and special hi-tech process used to produce this remarkable book.
Mendocino in the 1970s
Our July 27, 2005 show covered the Global Positioning System and the new generation of "location-based" technologies. We talked to Rich Owings, a Mendocino coast resident and the author of the new book, GPS Mapping: Make Your Own Maps. Download the MP3 archive (12MB).
Our July 6, 2005 interview with travelling flickr.com member striatic, aka photographer Bryan Partington, is available in MP3 format; click here.
Our January 19, 2005 interview of Mac pioneer Andy Hertzfeld is also available. To download the interview, click here. (Note: This archive is in AAC audio format; you'll need Apple's free iTunes to play it.)
Point & Click Radio (est. 1995) a trend-setting cornerstone of KZYX Public Affairs programming, is in its fifteenth year of computer industry reporting - helping KZYX listeners solve the unsolvable, print the unprintable, and generally get control of pesky computer problems. Please help support our strictly volunteer efforts by becoming a member of Mendocino County Public Broadcasting.
If you have a computer question or a problem, or just want to keep up with Macs, PCs, the Internet and all things computed, digitized, pixellated, or otherwise jacked-in to the cybercloud, join us on KZYX & KZYZ.
Each edition of Point and Click Radio is simulcast live on the Internet in a choice of Mac and Windows compatible formats. Our Webcasts are made possible by the generosity of the Mendocino Community Network.
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Point & Click airs every Wednesday evening from 7 to 8 pm Pacific Time.
Tune to KZYX (90.7 FM, Philo), KZYZ (91.5 FM, Ukiah and Willits), or K202BE
(88.3 FM, Fort Bragg).
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The Phone Numbers to Call
To join us by phone during the show, the numbers to call are 707-895-2448 or toll-free
1-800-499-7117 within California.
Bob Laughton, bob@pacific.net;
and Jim Heid, jim@heidsite.com
Revised: 10/8/2009 by Bob