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Saturday
20Feb2010

Sir Patrick Stewart on Living Digitally

DateSaturday, February 20, 2010 at 2:55PM

I had the pleasure of interviewing Sir Patrick Stewart for Digital Nation, which aired on PBS's Frontline. In this interview, Stewart explains why he can't reduce life to 140 characters and why he's afraid to start gaming. He also tells us why he loves technology and how the Internet has changed his life.

After the interview, we asked him if he was aware of the life his persona had taken on the web, specifically on sites like YTMND. He mentioned having a Google alert for his name, but quickly disabling it when the alerts began flooding his email inbox.

Not surprisingly, the interview was quickly created into a pretty hilarious mashup video by an online fan. Because this is the Internet... and that's just what you do. Someone even used the background to simulate their own PBS interview.

I think it's very easy for networks, shows, and personalities to feel uncomfortable when their content is floating freely on the web for all to use in whichever context they wish. But there is also something creatively rewarding about giving super-fans the ability to redefine and reinterpret what they see. Editing video takes time and effort, especially mashups, so when someone takes hours to recreate a piece of video, you know it means more to them than just making a "cool video."

Thanks again to PBS, as well as our amazing team Steve Woolf, Lan Bui, Vu Bui, Rick Rey, and Tracie Cotta.

 

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Wednesday
03Feb2010

Digital Nation

DateWednesday, February 3, 2010 at 12:47PM

Above is a recent interview I conducted with the creators of Digital Nation: Life in the Virtual Frontier for PBS's Frontline.

Producer & correspondent Rachel Dretzin and correspondent Douglas Rushkoff discuss how the Web and digital media have transformed work, learning and social interaction in ways that we are only beginning to understand. FRONTLINE's "Digital Nation" premieres Tuesday, February 2, 2010, 9:00-10:30 p.m. ET on PBS. Check local listings at http://www.pbs.org/tvschedules

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Wednesday
12Aug2009

Upcoming Awesomeness on PBS

DateWednesday, August 12, 2009 at 4:08PM

On the weekend of August 1st, PBS conducted their Fall Press Tour, announcing a lot of the amazing programming they have coming up. I say amazing because during those two days I interviewed some of the most talented producers, artists, scientists, musicians, philanthropists and genuinely forward thinking people associated with PBS's new shows.

Some key moments for me personally:

Meeting Grover and Maria from Sesame Street (video to be released soon), chatting with rock legend Patti Smith about her new biographical documentary, hanging out with Norman Lear & Mark Johnson (who are the duo behind the incredible global music project Playing for Change), getting a little taste of outer space with astronaut Mike Massimino, speaking to documentary film great Ken Burns about his epic National Parks film series, and finding out David Tennant will be the new host of Contemporary Masterpiece Theater (such a cool guy!).

Two days and almost forty interviews later, I came away with a renewed appreciation for PBS. Their programming is unlike anything else in the US. Make sure you check out PBS Video (which includes full-length programming), and support your local PBS station - public television supports you! :)

Special thanks to my partners in crime Jeannine Harvey & Kevin Dando from PBS, and my all-star team Steve Woolf & Rick Rey.

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Tuesday
17Mar2009

PBS Interviews at SXSW '09

DateTuesday, March 17, 2009 at 7:21PM

This past weekend Steve Woolf and I teamed up with PBS at SXSW and conducted a series of interviews with some of the best and brightest filmmakers, web personalities, and all-around creative people. We set up the PBS studio two blocks from the convention center and camped out for three days inviting people to come join us while we streamed the interviews live, and then for Happy Hour and musical performances.

Our time there was amazing. Though we didn't have time to go to the panels, we were able to have one-on-one conversations with over 30 people throughout the weekend - definitely more than the number of sessions we would have been able to attend.

If you want to get a taste of the people who attended SXSW this year and some of the insight they gave on their panels, definitely check out the PBS SXSW '09 playlist on YouTube. You'll hear from folks like Guy Kawasaki, Jay Smooth, Jacob Soboroff, Charlene Li, Jeff Jarvis and many more.

Thanks again PBS, we had a blast!

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Thursday
12Mar2009

SXSW Action!

DateThursday, March 12, 2009 at 4:20PM

 It's that time of year again, when web, film and music geeks flock to the mecca of super-geekdom: SXSW. This year Steve and I are participating in LOADS of stuff and plan to party into the wee hours of the morning. We're only going to be there from Friday through Monday night, so we have to get our fill.

This time around we'll be working with PBS and partying it up at the PBS Interactive Social Media and Online Video Studio, so make sure to drop by! We'll be interviewing and hanging out with filmmakers, interactive visionaries and online producers, and generally people who are doing awesome stuff! We'll also be running around the convention floor, so if you see us, pull us over and say hi!

PBS HQ for this year's SXSW will be at 406 E. 6th Street (2 blocks from the convention center). We'll be there Saturday, March 14th - Monday, March 16th, from 12-6pm. Happy Hour starts at 6pm, and at 6:30pm we'll have Live performances by Paul Dateh, David Kitchen, and Alejandro Escovedo!

If you can't make it to SXSW, don't worry, we'll be streaming it ALL Live at http://pbs.org/sxsw. We'll also be tweeting throughout our stay, so you can get updates of our adventures at http://twitter.com/pbsengage, http://twitter.com/zadi, and http://twitter.com/stevewoolf.

I'll also be on a few panels, so make sure to check those out too!

Friday @ 3:30pm, Room 18BCD: How to Rawk SXSW: The Basics

Geared particularly to first-time attendees to SXSW Interactive, this panel focuses on how registrants can leverage all the different elements of the event to achieve your personal and professional goals.

Saturday @ 5:00pm, Room 12AB: The Ten Worst Social Media Campaigns

Bring popcorn and rotten tomatoes! Braving hate-mail after naming last year's "winners," the Suxorz '09 panel returns to dissect the ten worst social media and web 2.0 ad campaigns of the year. Together, we'll shame the marketers who abuse people-powered media.

See you there! :)

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