The Gadget Show # 15
The Gadget Show #015 (MP3 – 14.4MB – 42min 00sec)
On my quest to round out the bubble gum card collection of the Boing Boing team I chatted with David Pescovitz. Unfortunately I only had him for about 40 minutes, because I’d have loved to talk in greater depth about some of the topics. We cover his past, how he joined the team, monkeys, and pulp fiction, amongst a bunch of other more gadgety topics.
Sorry for the awful popping when I speak. My excuse is that my daughter had played with my microphone and pulled off the windshield. I’ve since fixed it and added a self made pop shield so we won’t have the issue again.
As before, you can also get the Cory, Xeni, Mark and Carla interviews that were recorded and “aired” previously.
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The Gadget Show #15 - 1st June 2005 (42min 00sec):
MP3 - 14.4MB
TIME
00:00 Network intro.
00:10 Sponsored by LearnDog.
00:30 Welcome and introduction to David Pescovitz.
01:45 What does David do, writing such as Lab Notes and Science Matters at Berkeley Engineering.
04:30 David’s background, how got to write for Wired and met Mark.
12:00 Where the team live and catch up.
13:10 John Battelle, the Band Manager, and his book, The Search : The Inside Story of How Google and Its Rivals Changed Everything
14:55 Boing Boing’s site stats.
16:20 The Piano Man.
18:00 Foresight Prize in Communication.
20:40 David’s main interests.
21:50 Smart dust.
25:20 Neural implants.
25:50 Monkeys treat robot arm as bonus appendage.
27:00 Mark and David’s fascination with monkeys.
27:55 The Brass Monkey and other monkey stories from Richard.
29:30 Big Foot and the Ferry Man.
32:00 Richard’s theory, again, about Technology Rock Stars, and the need for greater science education.
36:45 David’s favorite gadgets, the Treo 600 Smart Phone, iPod and the paperback book, such as The Burnt Orange Heresy
39:15 David and writing fiction.
40:00 Thanks.