Re: Steve's new book "IWOZ"

[Mike Maginnis <maginnis@computist-project.net>]

On Fri, 29 Sep 2006 16:44:16 -0700, "Michael J. Mahon"
<mjmahon@aol.com> wrote:

>Michael Black wrote:
>> "PZ" (skierpaul@yahoo.com) writes:

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>
>It is quite different.  Particularly talking to a camera instead
>of a crowd.
>
>In my experience, folks who are very comfortable with large live
>audiences can be very anxious in front of a camera, and vice versa.
>
>Interviews are a very special thing.  If your interviewer talks
>with you before the interview about the topics he'd like to discuss,
>is sympathetic, and puts you at ease, it all goes very smoothly.
>
>On the other hand, if the interviewer is "busy" and just wants
>to do it "cold" and get it over with, or, worse, wants to make
>you look like a fool, then things go horribly.
>
>I would never agree to a "cold" interview (after doing some).
>
>> As for the book, it sounds like bad editing (or bad ghost writing,
>> if that's the case).  If he couldn't supply a polished product,
>> then it should have been others to fix it.
>
>Agreed.  It's just that I don't really expect a lot of
>entertainment or enlightenment from Woz, unless he wants
>to work through a logic design problem.
>

Colbert didn't really seem to have a direction he wanted to go with
his questions, and he did no follow-up on anything he asked.  I'm sure
that contributed.  Not all that surprising since the interview came at
the end of the show and lasted only a few minutes.

Mike Maginnis
maginnis@computist-project

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