Room 404 The Podcast Corner

Creator of the award-winning film series Life In Perpetual Beta and (in her words) hundreds of other less well-known good ideas, it’s time for Melissa Pierce to join in with the increasingly popular Room 404. Which old gadgets, techs and principles would she like to see brought back into the modern world, and should anything we use today be banished to the room of things that time forgot?

Sarah Blow heads into the depths of Room 404 this week, and she has a bundle of "education" to try and bring back for the rest of the world to enjoy once more.

This week it’s the turn of Sascha Pallenberg to be welcomed into the depths of Room 404 and try to bring back to the world the forgotten technology of the past. While Sascha today is focused on tablets and netbooks (at www.netbooknews.com) his wish list shows him to be more of a gamer and sharer.

James Whatley (@whatleydude) from 1000heads enters Room 404 this week, clutching a list of memories, gadgets, tech and TV shows that he wants to bring back to the public. Can he convince Ewan Spence of their merits?

Kevin Marks has a big CV. From being one of the founders of microformats and sitting on the Advisroy council of ORG (the UK Digital Rights Group), to working for Technorati, Google and British Telecom, he has a rich history to pick from. Now he’ll attempt to bring back his favourite memories from Room 404, and replace them with some modern technology that he’d rather the world forgets.

Steve Paine, better known as Chippy in tech circles, runs Carrypad, a well-respected site for tablet and portable computing. And he’s got some horrors he wants to be brought back out of Room 404.