Xeni Jardin from JD Lasica on Vimeo.
Xeni Jardin, one of the hosts of the hugely successful site BoingBoing.net ("a directory of wonderful things"), talks about boingboing.tv
and the evolution from the site's early days to its push into online
video in this
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6-minute interview conducted at the Web 2.0 Summit.
For those who don't know Xeni, her site offers this nickel tour: "Xeni Jardin is a tech culture journalist. She is co-editor of the award winning blog Boing Boing, and executive producer + host of the daily internet video program Boing Boing tv. She contributes to television, radio, and print venues including Wired and NPR, and likes to float in spaceships."
I've long admired Xeni, her colleagues Cory, Mark, David and John, and her correspondent/citizen journalism dispatches on NPR, so I couldn't pass up the chance at lunchtime to pull her aside and get a quick update on BoingBoing's commercial success (seven- (or eight-?) figure online revenues in this economy? wow). Don't miss the Starbucks product placement at the end.
The noise throughout the hallway was loud, and outside was not a better option, so I hope to lobby for some quieter quarters at next year's event. Meantime, I hope to get through my backlog of videos by Jan. 3.
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Cross-posted to Socialmedia.biz.
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