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The podcast that delivers simple explanations to technical matters. Greg and Craig and sometimes guests, chit chat about the information technology topics of the day. Whether it be the latest electronic gadget, the internet or a computer or phone app? We discuss anything in the tech space that may affect or interest the every day user. When it comes to tech matters, Greg and Craig have you covered. Why? Because tech matters.
Based on 6 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Craig and Greg make consumer technology legible by connecting specifications, bugs and services to the practical problems people encounter at home and work.
Tech Matters turns everyday technical friction into an easy conversation between Craig and Greg. Their subjects stay close to lived experience: iOS bugs, privacy, wireless headphones, home broadband and the practical demands of remote work.
A VR flight simulator ends in nausea; suddenly your questions about new gadgets feel less silly.
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Plainspoken pandemic-era tech talk about home setups, strained networks, and awkward public systems.
Tech Matters stays with the practical side of pandemic-era tech: getting people working from home across Australia, coaxing home equipment into shape, and dealing with patchy or missing internet.
A practical, grounded look at the upload-speed demands behind the sudden move from office desks to home.
The episode captures working from home at the moment it starts to feel visible: quieter trains, emptier nearby buildings, and a Brisbane workplace where one host estimates 70 to 80 percent of staff have been working from home on and off.
A wide-ranging tech conversation that moves from fires to fake headphones and back to practical consequences.
Tech Matters opens on the Australian fires, then moves through evacuated towns, animal loss, and the way Twitter carries the story internationally.
A skeptical look at privacy, VR hype, and the public backlash to camera-equipped glasses.
Tech Matters centers on privacy, oversharing, and the creeping sense that apps ask for too much personal information. It connects that shift to everyday online habits, like posting locations and other details, instead of drifting into abstract policy talk.
A practical tech chat about updates, trends, and why backing up what matters still counts.
Tech Matters keeps its focus on the everyday friction of consumer tech: iOS updates, screen-time controls, mobile data dropouts, Google search trends, Disney+, Netflix, and the plain value of backing up important files.
A friendly first outing that makes RSS and podcast syndication easy to follow.
Tech Matters begins with Craig and Greg introducing themselves and moving into a plain-English look at podcasting, RSS, and syndication. It explains how one RSS address can carry a program across platforms and how that setup cuts down the work of getting audio to listeners.
PC hardware talk with real builder context.
Weekly tech commentary, antennas, and honest creator numbers.
Gen X tech talk with rough edges.
Candid UX talk from the working room.
Tech power, platform culture, human fallout.
Tech news with the tabs still open.
Tech Matters spends this episode on the practical side of pandemic tech.
Tech Matters examines how coronavirus was moving Australian workplaces, schools, universities, and entertainment online in March 2020.
Tech Matters opens with the fires in Victoria and New South Wales and the damage they leave behind.
The conversation starts with privacy.
Tech Matters opens with Apple’s latest iOS update, which is meant to fix bugs and add features.
Craig and Greg kick off Tech Matters with their first podcast together and a quick introduction to who they are.