Net@night
net@night is a weekly podcast hosted by Amber MacArthur and Leo Laporte. It was added to the TWiT.tv network on November 8 2006 and is the first of the TWiT shows to be broadcast live on the internet. net@night showcases new, fun, and interesting things that MacArthur finds online. It replaced a previous show, Inside the Net, in which MacArthur and Laporte interviewed the innovators and developers behind Web 2.0 sites and applications. Laporte indicated, however, that occasional episodes of Inside the Net may still be produced in the future.
The show was originally broadcast every Sunday night at 7:00 PM ET (pre-show begins at 6:30) using TalkShoe, which enabled listeners to contact the hosts through text and voice chat. The live aspect gave the podcast a new level of interaction for consumers who were able to call in and ask questions of Laporte and MacArthur. It was also distributed as a podcast every Tuesday via the Inside the Net RSS feed. New shows in this format stopped being produced on September 25, 2007 due to scheduling difficulties.
On October 18, 2007, Laporte wrote on his blog that the show has been revamped. The new show will not be live, but will be released on Wednesdays. It will consist of several segments, such as news and best web pick of the week. Laporte hopes that a video version will be released, as well, using new iChat features. The new format began on Wednesday, November 7, 2007.
As of mid 2008 with the launch of TWIT Live, the show is available to be watched/listened to live via http://live.twit.tv/. Fan interaction is not currently being done at this time.
Notable guests
- Episode 1: YouTube co-founder Steve Chen (unplanned)
- Episode 5: digg founder Kevin Rose.
- Episode 13: Internet entrepreneur Jimmy Wales
- Episode 15: Twitter, Odeo, and Blogger founder Evan Williams
- Episode 17: 37signals founder Jason Fried (talking AbOUT their new CRM product Highrise)
- Episode 19: Trapped in the Drive-Thru animator Doug Bresler
- Episode 24: Boing Boing founder Mark Frauenfelder
- Episode 40: Triggerstreet.com founder Dana Brunetti and Kevin Spacey
- Episode 45: Net Legend Ze Frank
- Episode 47: PvP author Scott Kurtz
See also
- Inside the Net
- Call For Help
- CityNews International
- TWiT.tv