Episode 1: Introduction

Show Notes

Summary

In today’s very short show, I simply explain who I am and what the goals of future shows will be.

Links from Show

• Calacanis Cast
• Venture Voice
• Venture Cast
• Talk Crunch
• Across the Sound

Transcript

Welcome to the first episode of Read/WriteTalk. The People Behind the web! I’m your host Sean Ammirati and today’s show will really just be a quick introduction. Next week, we’ll jump into our planed format, which I’ll be explaining shortly.

However, first you’re probably wondering who I am. You’ve probably read some of the pieces I’ve written at Read/WriteWeb. But to give you a little of my background - I’m an entrepreneur with my day job (and actually most of the time night job) being VP of Business Development and Product Management at mSpoke where I’ve been for over four years. I also have spent time at Carnegie Mellon University as a research fellow in the Sloan Software Industry Center and have an undergraduate CS degree from Grove City College.

Maybe a better indication for you is what podcasts I listen to. My iPod right now is loaded up with some recent episodes from the following shows:

• Calacanis Cast
• Venture Voice
• Venture Cast
• Talk Crunch
• Across the Sound

You can also learn more by visiting the about section of Read/Write Talk.

Now, let’s talk about the show format. I’ll be releasing shows about once a week. The format of the show will be that I’ll start with a very quick summary up of a few interesting articles on the Read/WriteWeb network for the week and then proceeding to an interview with a thought leader in the web space. Often, I’ll also feature one of the themes from the interview in a post somewhere else on the Read/Write network of sites. The Read/WriteTalk website will be where you can find and download any of the episodes and also review show notes and transcripts.

So a natural question is who are some of the though leaders you’re going to be interviewing? …. Well you’ll have to wait and see - but I’d love to get your creative ideas. So please reach out and contact me! Finally, I should point out that I’m sure we’ll learn a lot as we do the first few of these. However, if there is something that you know we’re doing wrong or could be improved please contact us. You can find a link right on the Read/WriteTalk site.

Please consider subscribing in iTunes or whatever podcatching software you use and I’ll be back next week with the first normal episode.

This is Sean Ammirati from Read/WriteTalk covering the people behind the web! Part of the Read/WriteWeb network of sites.