May 5, 2012
Returning from a working vacation at Road Atlanta, Dr. Dave jokes that the race car he had just stepped out of was later wrecked by someone else and thanks the team that let him drive it. The heart of the May 5, 2012 show is his concern that cloud convenience can reverse the personal-computer revolution by returning control and personal data to centralized providers; even with every assurance, he still wants control of his own material. His personality also comes through in a funny dog-bite story, an early assessment of Washington rookie Robert Griffin III, praise for Tom Jones and a technology philosophy that prizes usability and flexibility over specifications, fashion or popularity.
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Regular show: segments
8 recordings · 95:09 total within this version.
Numbered positions are present in sequence. This alone does not prove the show is complete.