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  Podcast: GilPenchina - CEO, Wikia

  
  GilPenchina - CEO, Wikia
  

  
  Introduction

  On this episode of Read/Write Talk I sit down with Gil Penchina, the CEO of Wikia and a very active angel investor. We talk a little about his role at Wikia and how he got there. But I think some of the most interesting conversation comes from his advice for entrepreneurs and some of the things he’s learned looking at all the different deals he sees.

  Posted 14 Jan 08

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  Podcast: David Karp - CEO, Tumblr

  
  David Karp - CEO, Tumblr

  
  Introduction

  In today’s episode of Read/WriteTalk I sit down with David Karp the CEO and founder of Tumblr. Tumblr is a platform that makes it easy to express yourself on the web. In some ways, it is very similar to Twitter and other services like it. However, Tumblr is off to a great start and is growing very rapidly. Today they are announcing a number of new features. We touch briefly on these features, but also discuss David’s vision for Tumblr and how he feels he is different than two competitors (Twitter and FriendFeed).

  Posted 14 Jan 08

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  Podcast: Kaliya Hamlin - Identity Woman (and Dale Olds)

  Kaliya Hamlin - Identity Woman (and Dale Olds)

  Introduction

  Kaliya is probably best know as Identity Woman on the web. She’s recognized as one of the though leaders in user centric identity. Having helped organize Identity Commons and lead the Internet Identity Workshop. She also surprised me and had Dale Olds join at the end of the podcast. Dale is a distinguished engineer at Novell and leads work on the Bandit project.

  Posted 14 Jan 08

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  About Read/Write Talk

   

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  Read/WriteTalk is hosted by Sean Ammirati and produced by Sean Ammirati and Richard MacManus.

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  “The People Behind The Web”

  About the Read/WriteWeb Network

  Read/WriteTalk is a member of the Read/WriteWeb blog network. Read/WriteWeb is a popular weblog that provides Web Technology news, reviews and analysis. It is ranked among Technorati’s Top 30 blogs in the world. last100 provides news, reviews and industry analysis on products and services related to the digital lifestyle. Alt Search Engines is the definitive destination for everything related to alternative search engines.

  About Sean Ammirati

  By day (and most nights), Sean Ammirati is the VP of Business Development and Product Management at mSpoke a next generation personalization company. Prior to that he was Director, Business Development at Peak Strategy. He also was a Research Fellow at the Sloan Software Industry Center at Carnegie Mellon for a few years. He maintains a personal blog and contributes to Read/WriteWeb regularly. You can contact him at seanammirati@gmail.com

  About Richard MacManus

  Richard is the founder and editor of Read/WriteWeb, a popular weblog that provides Web Technology news, reviews and analysis. You can find out more about him on Read/WriteWeb’s About page.

  Posted 14 Jan 08

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  Podcast: Chris Shipley - Founder, Guidewire Group

  
  Chris Shipley - Founder, Guidewire Group

  
  Introduction

  Chris Shipley is probably best known as the executive producer of the DEMO conference. She is also the founder of Guidewire Group. Between these two roles she talks to hundreds of entrepreneurs every year. In this episode, we discuss both her predictions for where the web is heading and also specifically what she would do if she were a venture capitalist or entrepreneur. She finishes the interview sharing some of the common attributes she’s observed across entrepreneurs who have gone on to be successful.

  Posted 14 Jan 08

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  Podcast: Irish Entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley

  http://readwritetalk.com/2007/12/07/irish-entrepreneurs-in-silicon-valley/

  Introduction

  This week I was traveling in San Francisco again and stopped by Yahoo’s Brickhouse. After some meetings, I found out a number of entrepreneurs who are touring Silicon Valley were stopping by. I stayed for their presentation and then grabbed a few of them for a quick interview. It was interesting to get their take on both what they’d add to Ireland’s startup ecosystem. It also wasn’t surprising but a good reminder how far the US has to go hearing their reflections on how bad broadband and mobile communications are here.

  
   

  Posted 14 Jan 08

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  Podcast: Kevin Marks - Developer Advocate, Google Open Social

  http://readwritetalk.com/2007/12/18/kevin-marks-developer-advocate-google-opensocial/

  Introduction

  On this episode of Read/WriteTalk I sit down with Kevin Marks. Kevin is one of the public faces of the OpenSocial project at Google in his role as a developer advocate.  Before coming to Google, he was a principal engineer at Technorati and one of the driving forces behind micro-formats.

  In this episode, we focus on the state of the OpenSocial project and also highlight some of the work around opening up activity streams which is one of the features I feel has been overlooked in the conversation around OpenSocial.

  
   

  Posted 14 Jan 08

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  Podcast: John Lilly - CEO, Mozilla

  http://readwritetalk.com/2008/01/14/john-lilly-ceo-mozilla/

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  On this episode of Read/WriteTalk I sit down with John Lilly, the new CEO of Mozilla Corp. John has been at Mozilla since 2005, but recently was promoted from COO to take over as CEO. John published a very thoughtful post announcing his new role. In the interview we review both the lessons he’s learned at Mozilla and his plans for the organization in the future. I also think many of the leaders at DataPortability.org will find his comments quite interesting.
   

  Posted 14 Jan 08

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  Posted 14 Jan 08