Technology

If it happens in tech, you can feel confident that Andrew Zarian and Tom Rex will talk about it in their technology series What the Tech?! The hour-long episodes sound like a bit of a slog but the personal hosts and the diverse range of topics covered helps the time pass quickly.

The folks from MakerBot Industries take viewers on a tour of their start-up firm with the business series, MakerBot TV. At its heart it's a marketing exercise designed to sell more products, but the youthful cast and exciting business model make this fly-on-the-wall series more engaging than you might expect.

Susi Weaser and Will Head save you from sifting through the multitude of available apps with their technology series Frackulous. Following in the footsteps of AppJudgment, the series tells viewers the apps they need on their Smart Phone. It doesn't really bring anything new to the genre, but the speedy episodes should please the time poor.

David Griffiths helps viewers create videos in their own homes with his technology series Desktop Video Guy. Under this playful moniker, Griffiths creates tutorials and other educational videos which show viewers how to make their own entertainment. He's not promising you'll make the next Hollywood blockbuster, but his tips should help you produce videos that look more professional than you'd expect.

The YBOT Boys chat about the latest news in the world of technology and the internet in their fun tech series Your Brain on Tech. Its good humor and short five-minute format is very appealing, but the sporadic episodes are a bit disappointing. While the creators boast weekly episodes, we've been waiting since the end of July for the next one. The world of technology moves far too fast for that!

Nashville based tech head Peter McDermott brings you the best of the net, websites, and gadgets in the technology series Micro Patrol. His lighthearted hosting style and the diversity of topics tackled in each episode helps the program appeal to newbies and seasoned internet users alike. It's just a shame the posting schedule is a bit erratic.

Learn how to get the most from your Mac with the appropriately named tech series MacMost. The channel features a diverse range of videos which concern all of Steve Jobs' greatest inventions, including the regular Macs, iPads, iPods, and iPhones. This webseries is a fitting tribute to the late technology pioneer's work.

The Ableton Cookbook sounds like the kind of webseries that could teach you how to whip up a three-course meal, but nothing could be further from the truth. Instead this technology tutorial series teaches viewers how to use the music software Ableton Live. Its focus is quite narrow, but the easy to understand tutorials are ideal for anyone looking to better their skills with the program.

From the creators of Nettuts+ comes Activetuts+, a technology tutorial program which focuses on more active website and software design and development. Many of the videos discuss Flash, but others touch on other useful software including ActionScript, Flex and Silverlight. The series probably won't hold the concentration of anyone with only a passing interest in design, but they're ideal for enthusiasts.

Jeffrey Way's technology series Nettuts+ is made for website developers and designers. If this isn't you, this series is likely to have little to appeal. It almost appears to speak in tongues as it bangs on about PHP and CMS and other acronyms that regular computer users like me don't understand. But something tells me that advanced approach is just what will help it appeal to its tech-fluent target audience.