There is a really cool feature at Forbes.com all about various forms of communication. They’ve got interviews with some incredible people, like Arthur C. Clarke, Kurt Vonnegut, Jane Goodall. They’ve also got a discussion about blogging with me. A brief excerpt:
Wil Wheaton is a writer and actor. His Web site, wilwheaton.net, is one of the most popular blogs on the Internet. He has written two books, Just a Geek and Dancing Barefoot, and has a third due later this year. As an actor, he is best known for roles on Star Trek: The Next Generation and in the film Stand By Me.
wil_wheaton: believe it or not, in all these years I’ve never done an interview over IM
david_ewalt: since we’re doing stories about communicating, this will show a whole other way in which people communicate
wil_wheaton: i was talking with my stepson the other day about this
wil_wheaton: he’s grown up in a world where IM has always existed
wil_wheaton: he spends time IMing with his friends like I used to sit on the phone with mine
wil_wheaton: and I have iChatAV on my
laptop and my desktop, so when I travel for work or whatever, I can
stay in touch with my family visually.david_ewalt: this, in fact is why i wanted to talk to you…you seem to have mastered many of these new forms of communication
david_ewalt: that’s the nice way for me to say "you’re a geek"
wil_wheaton: w00t
Gabe and Tycho from Penny Arcade drew a funny-because-it’s-true comic on blogging, and Bob Jeffery supports my theory that traditional channels of media and distribution just aren’t that important anymore. The whole thing is awesome, and it’s an easy way to lose several hours filling your brains with thought-provoking Slurm.
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Very good interview wil, short but good…
Wil, this is great. I’m working on a masters in communication and taking a communication theory class. I’m working on my own “electronic communication theory” and the links you’ve posted today and your own comments are a big help!
Aren’t you ruining your liberal credibility by linking to Forbes.com in a positive spin?
Seriously, though, thanks for the heads up. Kurt Vonnegut!
Theres gonna be a third book? wOOt!
I finally got my hands on Just a Geek. Tis excellent!
Cant wait for the next one
Dug up the entire ( well, more of it anyway. Looks like there could be more, but I dunno) interview on forbes.com. Good interview. If you put your ACME gig on DVD, thatd be awesome. From the way you speak of it, Ive wanted to see it for awhile. Being (almost) broke on the east coast kinda hinders that 😛