A First Podcast Interview

Yet again the internet has provided a new experience for ickledot. A comment left on the blog of David Allen’s Mac 20 Questions podcast quickly led to an invitation for an interview. On replying that I was little more than an ordinary Mac user and certainly no expert, David explained that he was looking to speak to people at all levels of expertise.
David’s podcast is based on a very simple but clever idea. It’s all in its title really. Each interviewee is asked the following 20 questions:
1 What is your name and where are you from?
2 Name rank and serial number please - what hardware are you using?
3 What was your first Mac?
4 Are you a recent switcher or have you always used a Mac? Still using other systems?
5 Geek in training, Card carrying Geek or Uber Geek?
6 Do you have a halo? An ipod or iPhone came first?
7 Just a tool to use or are you a fan boy?
8 Which browser do you prefer? Do you use more than one?
9 Bootcamp or virtual machine?
10 Are you a creative individual and do you create content anyway with the Mac Apps?
11 Tell me about how you have created something using iLife: something you did in Garageband or iPhoto or iMovie - tools used and any things which either went well or were a challenge.
12 What is your strategy for making back ups?
13 Your favourite application and some of the best things about it?
14 Do you buy stuff from iTunes and how do you feel about us not getting the full package in Europe TV show, movies etc?
15 Do you switch it off at night or leave it running always?
16 If you spend a whole day working with your Mac how does that go generally? A bit of this a bit of that, project based focus or a complete mish mash?
When you work on your computer do you have lots of apps open or just you concentrate on one or two?
17 Do you organise your life with the Mac? Do you have MobileMe, address book, to do lists and contacts?
18 Wish list for a next machine or what are you lusting after now?
19 Do you consume podcasts?
20 Do you have a web site that you would like to tell us about of your own or one that you just recommend to Mac users?
Of course, each question is designed to stimulate discussion and, from ickledot’s point of view, it certainly worked. The time flew by and when the Skype connection was finally cut I was astonished to see we had been in conversation for over an hour.
The topics we covered were wide ranging: iPods, cloud storage, Twitter, Rapidweaver and many more. It’s all in the editing process now and David has told me it will be available in a few day’s time. Many thanks to David for giving me the opportunity to speak with him.