This Week in Tech

This Week in Tech (often called this WEEK in TECH, TWiT, or the TWiTcast, and formerly known as Revenge of the Screen Savers or ROTSS) is a weekly podcast (Internet radio show) hosted by several former hosts and cast members of the TechTV television program The Screen Savers (now Attack of the Show). Regular hosts include Leo Laporte, Patrick Norton, John C. Dvorak, Kevin Rose, Roger Chang, David Prager, and Steve Gibson. Occasional hosts include Yoshi DeHerrera and Robert Heron, and special guests have included Jessica Corbin, Jenn Cutter, Dan Huard, Doug Kaye, Alex Lindsay, Amber MacArthur, Roger McGuinn, Sarah Norton, Chris Pirillo, Arlo Rose, Sal Soghoian, Jon van Tetzner, Andy Walker, Bob Young, and Mike Lazazzera.

History

The show started when Laporte recorded a "roundtable" between himself, Patrick Norton, Sarah Norton, Kevin Rose, David Prager, and Roger Chang at Macworld Expo 2005, and posted it to his weblog. (This episode is now referred to as "the pilot" or "episode 0".) They came up with the idea to make this into a weekly show featuring more former cast members from The Screen Savers. The first episode was posted on Monday, April 18, 2005, and weekly episodes have followed. (There has been one special "mid-week" show, episode "8A," released on June 6, 2005.)

Related Topics:
Macworld Expo - 2005 - Weblog - Pilot - April 18 - June 6

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When the weekly series started, the show was recorded with all of the hosts staying at their respective homes, talking via an Internet audio chat. Starting around episode 10, Norton began physically coming to Laporte's house during the taping. Upon Rose's announcement that he was moving to San Francisco, Laporte suggested that all of the hosts should get together to record the show. This eventually evolved into a new concept for the show. In episode 15, Laporte announced that new episodes will be recorded in front of a live studio audience, starting in the fall of 2005. Kevin Rose suggested inviting the Revision3 Studios camera crew, so that the long-discussed video version of the podcast could be released as well. In addition, a local terrestrial radio station offered to broadcast a "live" version of the show, but no details of this deal have been mentioned recently.

Related Topics:
Fall - Revision3 Studios

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Episode 21 was recorded at the San Francisco Apple Store on September, 4, 2005. The Revision3 Studios crew filmed the show, and released the first ever video version of the podcast. Episodes 22 through 24 were recorded at Noonan's Bar and Grill in Larkspur Landing, California. Video versions of episodes 23 and 24 were filmed by Pixel Corps, and distributed by Revision3. Episode 25 was recorded at the Gallery Cafe in San Francisco.

Related Topics:
San Francisco - Apple Store - Noonan's Bar and Grill - Larkspur Landing - California - Pixel Corps - Revision3 - Gallery Cafe

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