Episode 17: Tech Homecoming with Tyler Lesperance
COVID-19 has brought many changes including a big remote work shift and athleisure boom. As location becomes irrelevant, cities across North America are now eyeing those who left and looking to attract those who are new.
Episode 16: Reflections & Predictions with WEtech Alliance
Without a doubt, 2020 has been a year like no other. Despite the challenges that the world and this community have faced, we would be remiss if we did not take a moment to highlight the regional stories of resilience and expose the silver linings of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Episode 14: Black Boys Code Launches Windsor Chapter
Despite its size and steady growth, Canada’s technology sector has a disappointing track record on workforce inclusion. Research by the Brookfield Institute revealed substantial gaps in terms of who works in, who benefits from and who makes decisions in the tech sector.
Episode 13: How Amazon HQ2 Bid Sparked New Tech Opportunities for Windsor
In this episode of #TechInTheCity, Yvonne talks with mortgage industry leader, Bekim Merdita of Edison Financial, a new digital mortgage startup proudly based in Windsor, Ontario.
Episode 12: A YouTube A Day Keeps The Boredom Away
Stuck at home with the kids because of coronavirus? In this episode of #TechInTheCity, Yvonne talks with Mr. Maker, Chuck Stoffle, who has launched daily bite-size STEM YouTube challenges for homebound kids and parents.
Episode 10: Awe-Inspiring Black Female Entrepreneurs
In this impromptu episode of #TechInTheCity, Yvonne is joined by Diversity and Inclusion Trailblazers Sarah Jumah, Founder of StyleID and Innovate Inclusion, Naudia Banton (University of Windsor Alumni), Director of Operation at IntelliFLEX Innovation Alliance and Alana Arthur (University of Windsor Alumni), Owner of Freedom Cycle and Global Marketing Manger at eSentire .
Episode 9: Could Esports Become An Olympic Sport?
Right now, there are more people who watch esports than HBO, Netflix and ESPN combined. In this episode of #TechInTheCity, Yvonne talks with local esports expert and professor, Shaun Byrne, on the rise of esports in Windsor-Essex.
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Who is Manoush Zomorodi?
Manoush Zomorodi is the host of WNYC's New Tech City, a public radio podcast about the personal ways that technology is changing the way we live. Zomorodi led "Team Digital Detox" in WNYC's 2014 "Clock Your Sleep" project. Also in 2014, Zomorodi was named Best Host by the Alliance for Women in Media, and was the winner of three New York Press Club Awards. Previously, she produced and reported for BBC News and Thomson Reuters Television. She is the author of Camera Ready: How to Present Your Best Self and Ideas On Air or Online, one of the top-selling journalism ebooks on Amazon.
Who is the host of the new tech city podcast?
Manoush Zomorodi, host of the WNYC podcast New Tech City, is digging into that question. She talked with NPR's Audie Cornish about a project the podcast is launching called Bored and Brilliant: The Lost Art Of Spacing Out.
How do we get our ideas?
Studies suggest that we get our most original ideas when we stop the constant stimulation and let ourselves get bored , Zomorodi says. She points to a study by a U.K. psychologist, Sandi Mann, who asked subjects to do something really boring and then try a creative task.
How many phone checks does Zomorodi do a day?
Zomorodi has already used Moment and says she averages 50-100 phone check-ins per day, quite a few of which were devoted to playing a game called TwoDots. (By the way, Zomorodi confirmed with a neuroscientist that playing the game does make you better ... at the game, and not much else.)