The Computer Room

A show about our lives online. default.blog

The Computer Room is a technology podcast hosted by Katherine Dee, with 49 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Katherine Dee hosts The Computer Room, a technology show with 49 episodes published.

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  Call-In Show #11: Galactic Messages

  Jul 11, 20251h 59mS0

  <p>I’ll eventually edit and upload a polished version of the call-in show, but for now, here’s how it went live. I still have a backlog of material from The Computer Room, some of it goes back as far as 2021! I have probably hundreds of hours of recorded interviews about how people—from capital-P personalities to randos who reach out to me—use the Internet and their first memory of logging on. </p><p>P.S. These posts don’t get emailed out, just to keep inboxes clean.</p> <br/><br/>This is a public episode. If you'd like to di...

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  Call-In Show #7: Ghost in the Machine

  May 23, 20251h 40mS0

  <p>I’m Katherine Dee. I read in an industry newsletter that I should re-introduce myself in every post. I’m an Internet ethnographer and reporter. This newsletter is filled with interviews, takes on current events, a sporadic advice column, Craigslist-style missed connections, Internet culture explainers, streams, a book club, predictions and forecasts… There’s a lot of stuff. I also spend maybe 20 hours a week talking to people about how they use the Internet. Consider chipping in $2 for my efforts:</p><p>Alright — I did NOT edit last night’s call-in show with Taylor McMahon and Alex Dobrenko`. I’m just biting...

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  Natural Instinct vs. Control

  Apr 5, 20256 minS0

  <p>This is a story I wrote in 2021? 2022? Published in Compact Mag (not the political site). I’ve posted and re-posted it here several times. Here’s a radio drama version. As usual, I ask for your patience with audio quality.</p><p><p>default.blog is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.</p></p><p>“Here is natural instinct and here is control. You are to combine the two in harmony. If you have one to the extreme, you will be very unscientific; if you have another to the...

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  What Is the Cultural Script For Six-Armed Babies? ft. Dr. Josie Zayner

  Feb 21, 20251h 1mS0

  <p>Today on The Computer Room, Katherine talks to Dr. Josie Zayner of the Los Angeles Project about genetic engineering and building the impossible.</p><p></p> <br/><br/>This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit default.blog/subscribe

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  AI Natives

  Feb 6, 202558 minS0

  <p>On today’s episode of The Computer Room, Katherine talks to Philip Rosedale, founder of Linden Lab, not just about Second Life, but about other synthetic lives.</p> <br/><br/>This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit default.blog/subscribe

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