About Owen Williams

Owen is an technology journalist with a background in software development and helping people understand the industry.

Based in Toronto, Canada, Owen writes a weekly column for Medium's OneZero, and spends his days as Content Strategy Manager at Shopify.

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064: WWDC and tech announcement season

It's that time of the year all over again: technology company big announcement season.




063: Workflows and Getting Things Done

A very special edition this week: we talk about how we get shit done. Everything from tools to hardware, we'll cover what's helping us get through our day.


062: Google's bold new Gmail design, Alexa for Kids and peak smartphone

This week on Charged Tech Podcast, Frederique, Zach and Owen discuss Google's bold, but safe, Gmail redesign, Alexa for Kids and the privacy implications of smart devices, peak smartphone and a whole lot more.



061: A new chapter: meet our new hosts!

After a sad goodbye to John, we've got a new show format featuring not one but two amazing new hosts. Jump in and meet our new co-hosts, Zach and Frederique.


060: The end and a new beginning

John's leaving, so Owen says a teary goodbye, and we take one last look at some topics we've been talking about for almost two years.



059: what do Apple and tractors have in common?

This week on the podcast, we talk about DRM in tractors, Waymo settling, Elon's impressive space moves and... John makes a HomePod confession (it's a good one!)


058: HomePod to Apple, do you read me?

This week, we tackle HomePod, whether or not John ordered one, and why he's excited about it — along with Hawaii's missile accident, UX in government and other great discussions about where the living room is moving to in the self-driving future.