I have long been a fan of the This Week in Tech, one of the pioneering podcasts. Once a week a group of tech analysts and journalist get together and have an informal chat on the week's technology news.
For a few weeks now I have been listening to SA's incarnation of this format The ZA Tech Show. The core group of participants are Simon Dingle and Brett Haggard, both from Hypertext Media; Duncan McLeod from the Financial Mail and FM Tech; Benedict Kelly from Finweek; and Jon Tullett from TechTarget.
What emerges is a quality look at the international technology movements from a local perspective, as well as view of the South African technology news. Something that cannot be found on any major South Africa media radio or television station.
Although slightly geeky at times, the hosts keep things relatively easy to understand and in fact go out of the way to ensure the content is accessible to anyone with even a remote interest in technology. The tag line " South African tech journos indulging in beer and opinion ..." says it all.
I strongly recommend you give is a listen, in fact as an introduction, give Episode 14 a listen where they have a very insightful chat to Mark Shuttleworth.

Labels: news, podcasting, technology, za tech show

Posted by eishman on Wednesday, June 11, 2008 at 9:41 AM | Permalink