Get a Clue about David Weinberger: Author, Blogger, Speaker, Fellow, Twitterer, Commentator, Columnist and Willing 'Word Association' Player

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Susan interviews famous author of "The Clue Train Manifesto" and reveals the depth of a man considered the "erudite tech-elite." David intertwingles his first book, his second "Small Pieces Loosely Joined" and his recent book about organizing the Internet "Everything is Miscellaneous: The Power of the New Digital Disorder."  From his family summer home in the Berkshires David will take a month to do anything but relax - he swears he has an unassailable synaptic connection between the words "boredom" and "relax." 

A Fellow at the Harvard Berkamn Center for Internet & Society gives him a perspective on the web and it's value to our culture. Find out why delirious disorder makes us smarter. Why humans are programmed to organize and why authority is changing our world.  Learn about "folksonomy" and why that's important. Listen as David deftly manages Susan's frank questions on the tension created by public debates with Andrew Keen, author of a sophomoric perspective (my words, not David's -- he's very diplomatic) on consumer generated content called "The Cult of the Amateur: How Today's Internet is Killing Our Culture. PR people, this show is for you. We talk about Keen's perspective that consumer generated media is "creating a media of spins and lies and unsubstantiated rumors from slippery, dishonest PR people"... (a quote from a Keen interview) and why David Weinberger thinks that is folly.

Find out how David had the privilege of having Woody Allen as his editor instead of his director. Why he loves Twittering and why Beijing makes a spiritually wholesome family vacation locale.

As always, Susan pulls the best out of her guests, giving you insight into a famous figure that humanizes them and brings palpability to a person of high reputation. David is delightful, candid and down to earth in this entertaining and mind-expanding interview. Tune in to learn more. Big Show Bonus: you'll get out of having to actually read his books 'cause David tells you what they're about!