Bob Cringely (the real one, not the InfoWorld wannabe) finally has had someone on his new program that’s interesting.

As background, Bob recently (okay a couple of months ago) started a Pod Cast-friendly web “program” called NerdTV. It was a good idea (Bob interviews movers and shakers of the computer industry) that (until now) didn’t work out so well for him. It sounds good to say that you’re interviewing the likes of Andy Hertzfeld, Bill Joy, Dave Winer, or Tim O’Reilly. However, none of these interviews (and I listened to all of them) seemed to result in anything interesting to hear. Now, your mileage may vary. I’ve been tooling around long enough in computer-dom that none of these names were unfamiliar to me, and I suspect that Bob may have dwelled a little too long on computer history rather than anything contemporary.

However, his interview of Anina, a mobile web maven, and (gasp!) international model, was brilliant. Anina brings an interesting perspective to software development, and the mobile web in general: She’s a hobbyist, who got into web technology programming because no one was providing what she needed to stay in touch. Since her initial foray, she’s become a leader in the industry, with her own highly artistic web site as well as a list of credits that would do any technologist proud.

Take some time to hear her interview, I found it extremely fascinating.

Bravo, Bob!

By the way, I was so impressed, that I've added NerdTV to the Nav list...

11/14/2005 4:36:45 PM (Pacific Standard Time, UTC-08:00)      Comments [0]  development | general
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