Doug and I were interviewed by Josh Owens and Chris Saylor of the Web 2.0 Show. They typically have high caliber guests, so it was a real thrill to be on their show.

A little “behind the scenes” trivia: In the original interview there was something of an awkward pause at about 17:05 after I go on an anti social software feature creep mini-rant, but Josh and Chris thankfully edited the awkward pause out. What I really meant to say was that instead of making tagging, tag clouds, friend groups, and all that stuff central to the Newshutch experience, we want to use the principles of social software in subtle ways. For example we could use categories as “tags” and “flagged” entries in interesting ways without explicitly making Newshutch a “social software” application.

Other highlights include Doug getting into the nitty gritty technical side of Newshutch, and me waxing ecstatic about how great it is to not have a boss. Many thanks to Josh and Chris. They were a lot of fun to talk to and excellent hosts.

Enjoy!

Web 2.0 Show Newshutch podcast and show notes.

Here’s an interesting blog post describing lots of neat things you can do with RSS feeds: 35 Ways You Can Use RSS Today.

Who doesn’t want to track drunk athletes?