Note about interviews:

In the spirit of weblogging, I've presented them unedited. I talked to Chris Lydon at BloggerCon and he mentioned that he sometimes edits the “uhs” and “umms” out of his interviews so the “flow is better”. I'm not a professional, so I won't present my content like that.

I conducted these interviews as research for two articles I'm writing for my local business newspaper. They were not intended to be scripted in any way and those interviewed we're asked on the spot, no prep work. The notable exception was Adam; I asked his permission earlier in the afternoon.

Interview five is the final one, and I saved the best for last. Adam Curry took a few minutes to talk RSS and weblogs from the international perspective. It was great to meet him and break the “glass wall” that viewers have with television personalities.

Adam has grown past his MTV days, returning to his roots: a techie with a tinkering streak. He started when young, building AM and FM radio sets using kits, graduating to pirate radio, then MTV and starting mtv.com.

This interview was outside Norton's Woods at the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Interview is enclosed

Link to audio file

Interview four is with Phil Wolff, writer of a klog apart and technology consultant. I had a chance to speak with him at the after-con party also. Phil's was one of the first weblogs I read (after Adam Curry and Dave Winer) which made it a little extra special.

This interview was in the beautiful but noisy Norton's Woods at the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Please disregard the background noise.

Interview is enclosed

Link to audio file

Interview number three brings us Stephen Dulaney, founder and CEO of Social Dynamx. Creator of FM Radio, an add-on piece for Userland's personal blogging software, Radio, Social Dynamx is a small company making it's way by selling a specialized product in the weblog world. Listen to Stephen's description of his company and BloggerCon.

This interview was in the beautiful but noisy Norton's Woods at the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Please disregard the background noise.

Interview is enclosed

Link to audio file

Here's interview number two, a brief chat with Ross Rader, Director of Research and Innovation for Tucows, one of the oldest and largest download sites on the Internet (Ross, it's a lot more than that, I know.) Ross was talking about Blogware, a new Tucows product that allows ISPs and others to resell remote hosted blogs.

This interview was in the beautiful but noisy Norton's Woods at the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Please disregard the background noise.

Interview is enclosed

Link to audio file

I've completed the upload of my first interview from BloggerCon. In this installment, I briefly interviewed Scott Johnson, founder of Feedster, a website devoted to searching RSS feeds. With it's innovative features, it's rapidly become a favorite of mine, especially it's ability to build a search and subscribe to the result.

The interview was conducted during a break on Day 1 of BloggerCon in the main presentation room. Disclaimer: I'm not a professional and my voice sounds weird on the tape. :>

Interview is enclosed.

Link to audio file.

Phil writes an interesting bit about a conversation with another person at Logan airport in Boston:

Coming back from BloggerCon, I flew out of Boston's Logan airport Tuesday afternoon. While waiting for a flight I talked with an Israeli businessman. What an education for me. 

• He no longer employs Palestinians because he doesn't know who to trust.
• Police are sometimes hostile to religious Jews, citing them for walking off the sidewalk, shoving them off the sidewalk to do so.
• That a horse typically won't move forward if you cover its eyes with your hands.
• That foreign money remains the lifeblood of Arafat and the terrorists.
• That America's airports still have no security compared to El Al. 100% inspection of bags, carry-on and checked. All passengers are profiled and vetted. All passengers are frisked. Stronger perimeters around the airport.
• Unlike Israel, America has yet to harden factories upwind from Boston, so someone with an M-16 and a grenade could cause chemical gasses to destroy whole towns. Take down energy suppliers.
• That 80% of Palestinians want peace. The current Palestinian president is Arafat's puppet, so don't expect movement on peace negotiations. You can't kick Arafat out or kill him without making things worse.
• You can't give the West Bank to Jordan or Gaza to Egypt; they won't take them because of all the terrorists.  
• That most Iraqi's love America.  

Complete post.
Phil's weblog: a klog apart