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Chase Raz and Christopher Woodward have both been spending some time in central Florida's theme parks. They are dehydrated, exhausted, and slightly annoyed with questionable business practices, but still find time to talk about the technologies that they observe in use by theme parks. It used to be that theme parks introduced the masses to technology, now they use technology themselves to (attempt) to manage crowds, emotions, and entertainment.

Adam hosts this, his first, episode of Multinewmedia to provide the perspective that many business people, technologists, and marketers can't wait to hear: that of a pre-teen. Children are our future, and their technology useage and preferences will heavily impact our own use in the not-so-distant future. Adam discusses his perspective on business and technology with his uncle, Chase Raz.

Chase Raz addresses the recent repeal of the FCC's online privacy ruling and makes a business connection between the attack on privacy and previous attacks on net neutrality. The purpose of weakening consumer privacy online may not be so straight forward as selling user data. Chase will explain what is more likely happening and what the motivations are for all parties involved.

Almost two years ago, the United States had virtually a failing grade in infrastructure according to the American Society of Civil Engineers. In this update, Chris Ayers and Chase Raz explore the curret Infrastructure Report Card from THe ASCE and reveal that not much has changed as the U.S. still has a near-failing grade. Priorities, responsibilities, and potential technological next steps are discussed in this follow up to Episode 11.

Tech startups aren't just in Silicon Valley anymore. Okay, well, most of them are, but their target markets are much more diversified. From agriculture to deliver, Chase Raz and Christopher Woodward explore their own Top 5 lists of new and exciting startups to pay attention to over the next few months and years.

Chris Ayers explains the basics of Agile to Chase Raz. They discuss the Agile development process and its impact on I.T. and software development as well as project management and business operations. Basic terms will be introduced and a general understanding of how a team functions under Agile, or a variant of Agile called Scrum, is explored.

Christopher Woodward has absolutely no idea what to make of this topic, other than to make it into a joke. Chase Raz takes Christopher, and you as our listener, on a wild ride into the future where social networks and dating services merge and stay with you throughout your life. Including when you're happily married! No, we're not advocating for polyamorous relationships, but rather a future where relationships are created and managed with the help of machine learning tools such as artificial intelligence.

Chase Raz spent a portion of his spare time in 2016 developing a new site for Multinewmedia... from scratch. This labor of love is currently live--since December 2016--and is ready to birth a new CSS UI library and JavaScript UX libary into the world, or maybe not! Chase seeks input from hosts Christopher Woodward and Chris Ayers, as well as guest Marc Christ on the status, functionality, and appearance of the site. It's not all roses, but the general concensus seems to be that things are at least okay, if not pretty darn good.

The Detroit Auto Show may be going on, but what is going on in the automotive field that relates with business and technology? Marc Christ, the Host and Technical Producer of Detroit Muscle TV, joins Chase Raz to explore electric and hybrid vehicles, explain how the sun powers everything, and talk about how transportation might look in the 22nd century as not only population increases but also population density.

You checked the CES news all last week, but it didn't mean very much. The event seems to be nothing but a bunch of cheaply made yet overpriced electronic trinkets. What were you supposted to learn about business and the market from the show? Chase Raz will add some perspective and help you apply the news you read into insights for your profession by adding business perspective.

All of the hosts, and our one guest ever, come together to predict business technology for 2017. The common denomenators are that everyone seems to think that bots are going to be really big business, virtual reality isn't going away, and that business and consumer pressure for renewable energy is undeniable.

Work is for work, or is it? Chase Raz and Chris Ayers explore whether all work and no play make them dull boys or more productive employees. Put down your office PS4 controller and meet us at the parking lot basketball court to examine employee recreation at work.

Sci-fi always seems to have nothing to do with business at first, but then you remember that almost every major tech and business breakthrough in the last half century has been predicted or inspired by fiction. Join Chase Raz and Christopher Woodward in tipping you off on the technologies to monitor for competitive advantages.

Holiday and end-of-year gift giving is much more than just consumerism. We use physical goods to express the happiness, and utility, that others bring into our lives. Join Chase Raz and Christopher Woodward help make sense of how to give the gift of technology without any anxieties or reservations.

For the second year in a row, Chase Raz and Chris Ayers team up to nerd-out in November. All of the greatness that tech has to offer for the end of 2016 can be found within. Listen now, or your drones may fall from the sky!

Chase Raz reviews and analyzes the announcements from Google, Microsoft, and Apple during October. The strategies of each of these companies will be explored and takeaways to help make business decisions will be addressed in summary.

Going paperless should be a goal of any office still using dead tree to communicate information. Chase Raz recruits Chris Ayers to discuss how businesses, especially small and mid-size businesses, can go paperless.

Chris Ayers presents a version of his Raspberry Pi for Development session as presented at BarCamp Tampa Bay in early October. Chase Raz continually interjects to try and make sense of the current business opportunities surrounding adoption and deployment of Raspberry Pi and other IOT devices.

Chase Raz and Christopher Woodward are back for part two of "Tech Blunders". They'll discuss things that could have been big, but weren't. Like last week, the blunders reviewed all happened in the late 20th or early 21st century, but their specific reasons for failure were extremely varied. The selections on this week's--and last week's--lists are offered as food for thought for modern business people, product developers, and marketers to contemplate.

Looking at the mistakes of others often helps us avoid making the same, or similar, mistake. For this reason, Chase Raz and Christopher Woodward create and address their respective Top 5 lists for technological blunders, goofs, and flops. The blunders reviewed all happened in the late 20th or early 21st century and offer a relevant bit of introspection for operating in a modern technologically-fueled market.