Comments on: Podcast: Interview with David Pogue http://plablog.org/2007/01/interview-with-david-pogue.html Official Blog of the Public Library Association Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:05:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Tom mcLaughlin http://plablog.org/2007/01/interview-with-david-pogue.html/comment-page-1#comment-1449 Tom mcLaughlin Sun, 04 Mar 2007 17:02:04 +0000 http://plablog.org/2007/01/interview-with-david-pogue.html#comment-1449 The interviewer semed to have lost a bit of journalistic objecivity. This was decidedly a softball show and not a technical critique. Perhaps she should have stayed away and mailed in her laugh track. BTW, Vista is pronounced Vista, not Vee-sta ! The interviewer semed to have lost a bit of journalistic objecivity.

This was decidedly a softball show and not a technical critique.

Perhaps she should have stayed away and mailed in her laugh track.

BTW, Vista is pronounced Vista, not Vee-sta !

]]> By: gymmbo http://plablog.org/2007/01/interview-with-david-pogue.html/comment-page-1#comment-1220 gymmbo Tue, 06 Feb 2007 23:57:03 +0000 http://plablog.org/2007/01/interview-with-david-pogue.html#comment-1220 Andrea, Good interview... and it was actually fun to listen to, but please, you are sounding like the President with nuclear. It is Vista, not Vesta. I know I am being nit picky, but it is sometimes like nails on a chalkboard. Andrea,

Good interview… and it was actually fun to listen to, but please, you are sounding like the President with nuclear. It is Vista, not Vesta. I know I am being nit picky, but it is sometimes like nails on a chalkboard.

]]> By: Phil Earnhardt http://plablog.org/2007/01/interview-with-david-pogue.html/comment-page-1#comment-1100 Phil Earnhardt Thu, 25 Jan 2007 20:57:26 +0000 http://plablog.org/2007/01/interview-with-david-pogue.html#comment-1100 Thanks, Andrea. Windows operating systems can be booted on the Intel Mac hardware. They can also be launched as an <i>application</i> while running Tiger (or, soon, Leopard). Parallels and VMWare provide virtualization services to run windows under it. Microsoft was aware of virtualization while they were deveoping (actually, marketing) Vista; they arbitrarily restricted their license so that you must buy either the "Business" or "Ultimate" editions in order to legally run under a virtualized environment. Since the typical reason for running virualized is to run a small number of legacy Windows applications, that's a darn shame. OTOH, if all people want to do is run a couple of legacy Windows applications on their Mac, companies like VMWare are now providing a means to do that—without any Windows OS whatsoever! I'll send an e-mail to Tim about your request for an interview. I don't know the guy, but I've been getting less bashful through the years. Clearly, you could do one over the phone, too. I happen to know a publisher which has a great book about Podcasting Hacks... --phil Thanks, Andrea.

Windows operating systems can be booted on the Intel Mac hardware. They can also be launched as an application while running Tiger (or, soon, Leopard). Parallels and VMWare provide virtualization services to run windows under it.

Microsoft was aware of virtualization while they were deveoping (actually, marketing) Vista; they arbitrarily restricted their license so that you must buy either the “Business” or “Ultimate” editions in order to legally run under a virtualized environment. Since the typical reason for running virualized is to run a small number of legacy Windows applications, that’s a darn shame.

OTOH, if all people want to do is run a couple of legacy Windows applications on their Mac, companies like VMWare are now providing a means to do that—without any Windows OS whatsoever!

I’ll send an e-mail to Tim about your request for an interview. I don’t know the guy, but I’ve been getting less bashful through the years. Clearly, you could do one over the phone, too. I happen to know a publisher which has a great book about Podcasting Hacks…

–phil

]]> By: Andrea Mercado http://plablog.org/2007/01/interview-with-david-pogue.html/comment-page-1#comment-1096 Andrea Mercado Thu, 25 Jan 2007 13:04:55 +0000 http://plablog.org/2007/01/interview-with-david-pogue.html#comment-1096 Hi Phil, Thanks for the kind words, and for letting us know that we are linked to from the O'Reilly site! And welcome to those who land here from oreilly.com. When I did the interview, David actually showed me the Windows Vista install on his Mac (we couldn't get the mic working on the Vista side, so we switched to OS X, and all was well), and it seemed to be working quite spiffy (mic problems aside). I would *love* to interview Tim O'Reilly about his views on Web 2.0, Library 2.0, and the future of the internet. We're hoping to get to <a href="http://conferences.oreillynet.com/et2007/" rel="nofollow">ETech</a> in March if we can swing the funding, because we want to keep public libraries abreast of what's coming down the pipe, so maybe we'll be able to talk to him there. :) Hi Phil,

Thanks for the kind words, and for letting us know that we are linked to from the O’Reilly site!

And welcome to those who land here from oreilly.com.

When I did the interview, David actually showed me the Windows Vista install on his Mac (we couldn’t get the mic working on the Vista side, so we switched to OS X, and all was well), and it seemed to be working quite spiffy (mic problems aside).

I would *love* to interview Tim O’Reilly about his views on Web 2.0, Library 2.0, and the future of the internet. We’re hoping to get to ETech in March if we can swing the funding, because we want to keep public libraries abreast of what’s coming down the pipe, so maybe we’ll be able to talk to him there. :)

]]> By: Phil Earnhardt http://plablog.org/2007/01/interview-with-david-pogue.html/comment-page-1#comment-1086 Phil Earnhardt Wed, 24 Jan 2007 14:04:43 +0000 http://plablog.org/2007/01/interview-with-david-pogue.html#comment-1086 That's a great interview, Andrea. You guys certainly rolled with the punches both before and during the interview. I am astonished with the audio quality you got through the Mac's built-in microphone. One New Rule: if you're doing an interview next to someone blowing up helium balloons, stop the tape and demand they give you a couple and incoporate some heliumspeak into the podcast! ;-) David's website is www.davidpogue.com ; his videos are available for free download at http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=210818527 . If you have iTunes installed, that will bop you into iTunes to download the podcasts. You can see his famous "iPhone Up Close" video there. It turns out that you can indeed run Windows Vista as a (very large) applicaion running under Mac OS X; see www.parallels.com . O'Reilly, publisher of David's "Missing Manual" series, currently has a link to your interview on their webpage, www.oreilly.com . That's how I found you. Tim O'Reilly's company is a rather amazing publisher and a major force in shaping the future of the internet; Tim's webpage is tim.oreilly.com . If you ever cross paths with Tim, he would be a great person to interview. --phil That’s a great interview, Andrea. You guys certainly rolled with the punches both before and during the interview. I am astonished with the audio quality you got through the Mac’s built-in microphone.

One New Rule: if you’re doing an interview next to someone blowing up helium
balloons, stop the tape and demand they give you a couple and incoporate some heliumspeak into the podcast! ;-)

David’s website is http://www.davidpogue.com ; his videos are available for free
download at http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=210818527 . If you have iTunes installed, that will bop you into iTunes to download the podcasts. You can see his famous “iPhone Up Close” video there.

It turns out that you can indeed run Windows Vista as a (very large) applicaion running under Mac OS X; see http://www.parallels.com .

O’Reilly, publisher of David’s “Missing Manual” series, currently has a link to your interview on their webpage, http://www.oreilly.com . That’s how I found you. Tim O’Reilly’s company is a rather amazing publisher and a major force in shaping the future of the internet; Tim’s webpage is tim.oreilly.com . If you ever cross paths with Tim, he would be a great person to interview.

–phil

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