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You may remember I Cringley, and his series on NERD-TV.
NerdTV is essentially Charlie Rose for geeks – a one-hour interview show with a single guest from the world of technology. Guests like Sun Microsystems co-founder Bill Joy or Apple computer inventor Steve Wozniak are household names if your household is nerdy enough, but as historical figures and geniuses in their own right, they have plenty to say to ALL of us. This month he has featured
Internet publisher Tim O’Reilly (10/4)
Father of RSS Dave Winer (10/11)
Autodesk co-founder Dan Drake (10/19)
NerdTV is distributed under a Creative Commons license so viewers can legally share the shows with their friends and even edit their own versions. If not THE future of television, NerdTV represents A future of television for niche audiences that have deep interest in certain topics.
NerdTV is MPEG-4 video. You can download the shows and play them with any MPEG-4 player you like, most likely QuickTime.
There are two versions of the complete show – one with subtitles and one without — and three audio-only versions for those who prefer to compute by radio. Yes, NerdTV is a Podcast, too. Ogg Vorbis plays in WinAmp or Sonique with a special plugin. AAC plays on an iPod or in iTunes. MP3s play in most media players.
And for those who remember books, PBS has have included a written transcript of each show. Enjoy.
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