Leo Laporte

Leo Laporte

Nascimento : 1956-11-29, New York, New York, U.S.A.

História

Leo Laporte has worked as an author, speaker, and broadcaster in New Haven, Monterey, San Jose, San Francisco, and Los Angeles, most recently focusing on technology coverage for radio, television, and the Internet. Currently Leo hosts The Tech Guy Show a national radio technology talk show every Saturday and Sunday from 2-5p Eastern on over 200 stations on the Premiere Networks including KFI, Los Angeles and KGO, San Francisco. Founded in April, 2005, his TWiT Netcast Network produces some of the most popular podcasts in the world heard by more than 6 million listeners and viewers each month including shows like this WEEK in TECH, Security Now!, Windows Weekly, MacBreak Weekly, This Week in Google, and the Webby Award winning, Triangulation. In May, 2008, Leo launched a live streaming video version of TWiT called TWiT Live with 25 hours of original programming each week. 2.6 million people watched TWiT Live in its first month and the numbers continue to grow. TWiT broadcasts daily from a dedicated live-streaming video studio in Petaluma, California. Leo lives with his wife and TWiT CEO, Lisa Laporte, in Petaluma.

Perfil

Leo Laporte

Filmes

Jonathan Coulton - Best. Concert. Ever.
Jonathan Coulton - Best. Concert. Ever.
Self
This live set, containing twenty of Jonathan Coulton’s most popular songs, was filmed in February 2008 in front of a sold out crowd at the Great American Music Hall in San Francisco, California.
Hackers Wanted
Hackers Wanted
Himself
Hacker Wanted conta a história de como surgiu o termo Hacker, apresentado os Hackers mais famosos do mundo e tornando-se uma biografia a partir da metade do filme sobre um verdeiro Hacker americano, Adrian Lamo (O Hacker sem Casa), é incrível como o filme foca no termo Hacker, que nada mais é que um pessoa que consegue quebrar o sistema, mas que não causar danos a ele, e Adrian Lamo é o ator principal. O Hacker sem Casa, Adrian Lamo trabalha hoje para o blog Wikileaks, famoso por trazer ao público uma série de documentos confidencias do governo dos EUA sobre as duas últimas guerras, Afeganistão e Iraque. O vídeo abaixo mostra Adrian Lamo, dito como ex-Hacker nos dias de hoje.