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March 9th, 2005

Chris Lydon Returns

It was hearing Christopher Lydon’s interviews online that gave me the idea for IT Conversations, and the day after I discovered Dave Winer had helpped post Chris’ interviews as RSS enclosures, I did the same. (I hand-copied the RSS tags to get the right syntax.) But like many, I’ve missed hearing Chris’ voice. I didn’t know it, but apparently he and his WBUR producer, Mary McGrath, had been fired by then GM Jane Christo. According to an article by Dan Kennedy in the Boston Phoenix, “Christo resigned [last fall] during an investigation into whether she had mismanaged the Boston University–owned station’s finances.”

Dan’s article contains the blow-by-blow of Chris’ situation over the past four years, but the big news from Dan is that Chris will be back bigger and better than ever: both on radio and as a podcast.

Welcome back, Chris. We’ve missed you.

March 9th, 2005

ETech on IT Conversations

In answer to many queries I’ve received in the past few days, Yes, IT Conversations will publish the audio from O’Reilly Media’s Emerging Technology Conference this year, as we did last year. But no live strem this time around. It’s a lot of work to reach just a few hundred listeners, whereas the downloads/podcasts reach tens of thousands. Last year streaming was hot, this year it’s not.

Another benefit of not streaming is that I get to attend without spending all day ‘on the air.’ Instead I’ll have a chance to meet new people and say Hello to old friends.

Thanks again to the wonderful people at O’Reilly Media who allow IT Conversations to bring you their excellent events at no charge. And there are still two slots open for sponsors of our audio coverage of ETech 2005. If your company is interested in reaching 50,000-100,000 serious geeks, please email me at doug@itconversations.com.