Archive for the 'Geeks' Category

Craig Newmark

Founder of Craigslist.org
FEATURED INTERVIEW: 10/19/07 - Stephen thanks Craig Newmark, founder of Craigslist, for destroying the American newspaper. (thecolbertreport)
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6/04/08 - Newmark on spam, philanthropy, and digital certificates. (seattletimes)
5/10/08 - How can a site that is free be so successful? How can someone so successful remain so generous and down to earth? Craig’s mentality is far […]

Mark Zuckerberg

CEO, Founder of Facebook.com
FEATURED INTERVIEW:  3/10/08 - “Sorry I tortured you for an hour.” The infamous Sarah Lacey interview with Mark Zuckerberg at SXSW (techcrunch)
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3/10/08 - Zuckerberg dishes on data portability. (readwriteweb)
7/17/07 - Zuck talks with Laura Locke about Facebook’s rapid growth spurt, IPO rumors, future plans, and the pressures of being a 23-year old […]

Bill Gates

Founder and Chairman of Microsoft, Inc.
FEATURED INTERVIEW: Jon Stewart asks Bill Gates for a tutorial of the F12 button. (thedailyshow)
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02/05/08 - Gates discusses the latest innovations from his company, and his day to day operations as chairman of Microsoft. (timesonline)
02/16/05 - Transcript: Gates talks at length about Microsoft’s effort to upgrade security in the computer […]

Sergey Brin and Larry Page

Founders of Google
FEATURED INTERVIEW: 04/30/08 - Larry Page on how to change the world. (cnn)
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01/31/08 - Larry, Sergey, and CEO Eric Schmidt talk about what they’re doing to keep the search giant the best company to work for. (fortune)
01/29/08 - The Google guys and CEO Eric Schmidt on keeping the culture alive at Fortune’s No. […]

Justin Frankel

Inventor of Winamp/Gnutella
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10/2/06 - Frankel discusses his new project Cockos and post-AOL days (wired)
1/3/05 - Frankel reveals life after Winamp (betanews)
1/13/04 - Frankel talks about his days at AOL, and building the file-sharing software Winamp (rollingstone)
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Wiki
Winamp
Justin Frankel’s blog
Turn Off the Internet