February 2011
1 post
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Peter Vidani
Who are you and what do you do?
Peter Vidani, designer for Tumblr.
How did you get involved with Tumblr and what did you do before?
I met Jacob Bijani on a message board we were both posting on for years, starting in 2003. From there we started a site called start.io and worked on it together over AIM. I had just moved to Los Angeles and he was in San Diego, so we met up on the weekends. I...
May 2008
2 posts
Bill Israel and Richard Dunlop-Walters
Who are you and what do you do?
Bill: My name is Bill Israel. I’m a software developer for a company in St. Louis, and I help run Tuneage in my spare time. When not doing either of those things, I keep a slightly-more-personal blog at http://cubicle17.com/.
Richard: I’m Richard, and I’m going to university in September to study Linguistics. I blog at nostrich.net and...
Adam Lisagor
Who are you and what do you do?
From the official bio: “Adam Lisagor resides in Los Angeles in the thanks-God gentrified neighborhood of Silver Lake, which he believes lends him hipster cred and allows him to cling to the illusion of his dwindling youth. To make money, he edits and creates visual effects using digital technology for the soulless motion picture and advertising industries....
April 2008
4 posts
Garrett Murray
Who are you and what the hell do you do?
I’m Garrett Murray. I create Maniacal Rage TV[1] and I make websites[2].
Who is Shawn Morrison and why did you decide to do a podcast with him?
Shawn Morrison and I have been friends going back to college. We have a very similar sense of humor and we’re both into comedy, film and such. Went spent so much time talking about nonsense and...
Veronica Belmont - Co-Host of Tekzilla
Who are you and what do you do?
My name is Veronica, and I’m the co-host of Revision3’s Tekzilla along
with Patrick Norton. In the past I was the host of Mahalo Daily, and
co-host of Buzz Out Loud, MP3 Insider and Crave.
How did you get started in New Media?
My first official job in new media was as an audio intern for CNET.
But I’ve been a geek for my whole life!
Why...
Sorry
I realize I haven’t been posting here as much as I thought. My original intension was to post every week, which turned out to be very difficult because I have to deal with real people and their schedules to make a new post here. So, I plan on posting more often, I have 3 lined up (possibly more), and I think that the content you see here is going to get better. Remember that I’m new to...
Hello Readers
So, I’ve been doing this site for a while, and I’ve been pretty happy with the response I’ve gotten. I’d like to think that I’ve introduce at least one person to someone or something new through this site. That is my main goal, it’s not about hearing about the people you’re already familiar with, but rather to learn about someone you didn’t know...
March 2008
3 posts
Matt Belknap
Who are you and what do you do?
I’m Matt Belknap, I run a comedy website called aspecialthing.com and a record label called aspecialthing records; I run a weekly live comedy show at the UCB Theatre in Los Angeles called See You Next Tuesday; I’m a story analyst for a movie production company; I’m a screenwriter; and I produce and appear on the podcast Never Not Funny with Jimmy...
Paul Scheer
Who are you and what do you do?
My name in Benjamin Franklin Gates, I’m a reluctant treasure hunter. You might have heard about my exploits when I tried to clear my grandfather’s name in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, earlier this year. I also am a member of the MTV show Human Giant on MTV but I use the alias of Paul Scheer for that show.
How did you get involved with Aziz...
Jesse Thorn
This is an older interview with Jesse Thorn from the Sound of Young America because I did not have time to get an interview this week. Will be back in full force soon!
Why did you start podcasting?
I decided that if I was going to do a radio show, I should do everything in my power to get as many people access to it as possible. It was great to have a small but loyal audience on the college...
February 2008
1 post
Justin Johnson
Who are you and what the hell do you do?
I am called Justin Johnson, technically I’m an Associate Producer at Next New Networks, but more precisely I head up our promos department and work in various capacities with our indie filmmaking show, Indy Mogul.
How did you get started in the New Media Business?
I’ve been in a ‘new media’ space since probably before it was...
January 2008
4 posts
Timothy Shey
co-founder of and Head of Network Development for Next New Networks
How did Next New Networks get started?
In late 2005, Fred Seibert and Emil Rensing, two of my partners in the company, started a couple of video podcasts for their own reasons — Fred wanted to meet more emerging animators, and created Channel Frederator as a venue to showcase animators’ work, and Emil was...
Jonathan Coulton
a folk rock singer-songwriter and internet superstar. You can find more about him and his music here. How did you get from a software developer to a musician, has music always been part of your life? I’ve always sung and played music, my family is filled with musical people. And I started writing songs in high school, so that’s been a longtime hobby of mine as well. I actually meant...
Jim Louderback
the CEO of Revision3, a new media company which produces high quality shows for the web. Are there any plans for Revision3 to broaden its content variety from it’s current tech and geek focused lineup? Everyone is geeky about something. We plan on providing content for everything that people are geeky about. We already provide music shows, modern culture shows, and more to come. Is there...
Marco Arment
the Chief Scientist of Tumblr, Inc. (they host this site, be nice to them). How did you get involved with David and Tumblr? Davidville was still a consulting company, and he wanted to see my work, so he subcontracted a feature from a client project to me. He liked my code and working with me, so he offered me the job. I waffled for a while, as I was deciding between Davidville, Amazon,...