Podcast: David Berlind, ZDNet

30-11-2007

by Tom Raftery

This episode Tom Raftery's guest on Podleaders was David Berlind. David is the Executive Editor of ZDNet and co-founder of Mashup Camp, which recently took place in Dublin, its first time outside the USA.

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Tom invited David to come on the show to tell him a little about the ideas behind Mashup Camp.

David, can you tell me how you became executive editor of ZDNet, how you got into computers first day, where did that interest kick off? - 00:22

So how long have you been with ZDNet? - 02:37

If memory serves it was you who started the first blog on ZDNet, is that right? - 02:47

And you have brought several bloggers into ZDNet as well... - 04:29

And if anyone listening is interested in working for ZDNet, what do they do? - 05:17

David, you co-founded the Mashup Camp movement, can you talk about how that came about? - 05:37

And what is the format of Mashup Camp? - 07:57

The first Mashup Camp outside of the US is coming to Dublin November 10-12, isnÂ’t that right? - 08:35

Audience questions:

• Ken Maguire

  Of all the cities of Europe, why Dublin? - 08:46

  You mentioned people who were flying in for Mashup Camp - who are you flying in? - 14:01

  The entrance is EUR25 and there's a pay-it-forward option, how does that work? - 16:38

  If people want to go, there is a wiki on the Mashup.com site where people can register and pay the EUR25? - 18:57

  Out of social curiosity what is your favourite podcast and favourite album on your iPod? - 19:18

• 73Man

  Does Ed Bott actually exist or is he a figment of RedmondÂ’s marketing deptÂ’s collective imagination? - 25:29

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