Mike Maney

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  • Roblimo Interviews New Red Hat CEO Whitehurst

    When Red Hat named Jim Whitehurst as its new CEO, many in the open source community wondered, “Huh?” But Whitehurst made himself available to reporters and bloggers and quickly gave everyone an inside look at who he was, what he knew and what he had planned for the open source powerhouse.

    Which is why this interview by Robin ‘Roblimo’ Miller is so important.

    The majority of Whitehurst’s “rainbow tour” when he was announced was conveyed through words on paper or on a screen. Roblimo caught Whitehurst in Orland at JBoss World and put him on tape — uncut and unplugged. The video adds to what we already know about Whitehurst, giving us a more personal connection to the man who will lead one of the industry’s most visible brands…warts and all.

    It’s an example of how the interactivity of the Web is changing the face of journalism. Is Roblimo a broadcast reporter? I’d claim not (although I could be wrong). But it was simple enough to throw a video camera on a tripod to capture the questions he was going to ask Whitehurst anyway. And we’re all the richer for him doing so.

  • Cmdr Taco on Digg Revolt

    Interesting story by New York Times reporter Brad Stone (the reporter who broke the identity of Fake Steve Jobs) on the recent uprising at Digg. Slashdot founder Rob “CmdrTaco” Malda does a standup job in the interview explaining why Digg ran into the troubles it did and why the two sites don’t necessarily compete for the same audience.

    Disclaimer: Slashdot is part of SourceForge, Inc., which is represented by my agency, Page One PR.

  • Open Source Rogue’s Gallery

    LinuxWorld.com’s Mark Hinkle pulls together a who’s who of the open source movement in this list of the publication’s top leaders for 2008.

  • Newsreaders vs Journalists

    The BBC gets it right when it describes its television anchors as newsreaders rather than journalists.

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  • Earthquake Story Cracks Me Up

    CNN is reporting that a 6+ magnitude quake hit northern Nevada this morning.  Reading the story, however, I have to laugh at this quote:

    “We have cracks in our walls,” Jane Kelso, who answered the phone at the Motel 6 in Wells, Nevada, told AP. Wells is 10 miles from the epicenter in sparsely populated eastern Nevada.

    I’m thinking the reporter didn’t even mention the earthquake.

  • The Problem with Verizon’s $100 Unlimited Wireless Plan

    Interested in Verizon Wireless’s new $100 all-you-can-eat voice plan?  May want to check out this post by Silicon Alley Insider’s Dan Frommer first.

  • Who’s Who, Open Source Style

    Italy’s Roberto Galoppini posts his thoughts from the recent Open Source Think Tank.  It’s great seeing the long list of open source leaders Page One PR does business with.

  • Roblimo Interviews New Red Hat CEO Whitehurst

    When Red Hat named Jim Whitehurst as its new CEO, many in the open source community wondered, “Huh?”  But Whitehurst made himself available to reporters and bloggers and quickly gave everyone an inside look at who he was, what he knew and what he had planned for the open source powerhouse.

    Which is why this interview by Robin ‘Roblimo’ Miller is so important.

    The majority of Whitehurst’s “rainbow tour” when he was announced was conveyed through words on paper or on a screen.  Roblimo caught Whitehurst in Orland at JBoss World and put him on tape — uncut and unplugged.  The video adds to what we already know about Whitehurst, giving us a more personal connection to the man who will lead one of the industry’s most visible brands…warts and all.

    It’s an example of how the interactivity of the Web is changing the face of journalism.  Is Roblimo a broadcast reporter?  I’d claim not (although I could be wrong).  But it was simple enough to throw a video camera on a tripod to capture the questions he was going to ask Whitehurst anyway.  And we’re all the richer for him doing so.

  • Cmdr Taco on Digg Revolt

    Interesting story by New York Times reporter Brad Stone (the reporter who broke the identity of Fake Steve Jobs) on the recent uprising at Digg.  Slashdot founder Rob “CmdrTaco” Malda does a standup job in the interview explaining why Digg ran into the troubles it did and why the two sites don’t necessarily compete for the same audience.

    Disclaimer: Slashdot is part of SourceForge, Inc., which is represented by my agency, Page One PR.

  • Open Source Rogue’s Gallery

    LinuxWorld.com’s Mark Hinkle pulls together a who’s who of the open source movement in this list of the publication’s top leaders for 2008.