Episode 56 of the PodLeaders show - 29 mins 16 secs
My guest on the show this week is David Berlind. David is the Executive Editor of ZDNet and co-founder of Mashup Camp. The first Mashup Camp outside of the US is taking place in Dublin on November 10-12 2007.
I invited David to come on the show to tell me a little about Mashup Camp and, as usual, I invited reader/listener questions as well.
Here are the questions I asked David and the times I asked them:
David, can you tell me how you became executive editor of ZDNet, how you got into computers first day, where did that interest kick off? - 00:22
So how long have you been with ZDNet? - 02:37
If memory serves it was you who started the first blog on ZDNet, is that right? - 02:47
And you have brought several bloggers into ZDNet as well… - 04:29
And if anyone listening is interested in working for ZDNet, what do they do? - 05:17
David, you co-founded the Mashup Camp movement, can you talk about how that came about? - 05:37
And what is the format of Mashup Camp? - 07:57
The first Mashup Camp outside of the US is coming to Dublin November 10-12, isn’t that right? - 08:35
Audience questions:
Ken Maguire
Of all the cities of Europe, why Dublin? - 08:46
You mentioned people who were flying in for Mashup Camp - who are you flying in? - 14:01
The entrance is €25 and there’s a pay-it-forward option, how does that work? - 16:38
If people want to go, there is a wiki on the Mashup.com site where people can register and pay the €25? - 18:57
More audience questions:
Ken Maguire
Out of social curiosity what is your favourite podcast and favourite album on your iPod? - 19:1873Man
Does Ed Bott actually exist or is he a figment of Redmond’s marketing dept’s collective imagination? - 25:29
Download the entire interview here
(12.9mb mp3)