Rants & Raves

« Megan's Inner Spaz | Main | Burning Apple Surprise »

August 02, 2001 A Field Trip to CFH

Since the TSS crew seems to be hitting their marks, or else covering stuff that I don't know much about, I will digress over to Call For Help. CFH is traditionally The Screen Savers' sister show, meant for the less sophisticated computer user. It was Leo's former, other job, before being promoted (pushed, crow barred?) to Tech Live, and is the current habitat of the Lockergnome, Chris Pirillo. Even though I consider myself a fairly sophisticated user, I still like to watch it on occasion. They have great tips (they recently featured a program that keeps your favicons from disappearing), and they find ways of explaining concepts that I can use when someone asks me the same question.

I've heard rumors, courtesy of TechTV Fanatics, that CFH will once again become a separate show. This is great because, in it's current form, the show isn't aired outside of its 2 pm (Pacific) time slot. CFH is a great gateway program for people who otherwise wouldn't be interested in a technology channel. Having CFH repeated during the evenings or weekends might increase the chances of that happening.

Quote of the day, Chris Pirillo discussing the connotations of the term "geek":
"It used to be a four letter word, now it's six figures."

Posted by Christy on August 02, 2001 10:12 PM

Comments: