Feathercast interview
February 16th, 2007 by HenAfter a bunch of ‘we should do a podcast’, David finally managed to corner me for long enough to do an interview.
There are a few acts of arrogance on my part that make me wince. I wasn’t the only one to work on splitting up Commons Util - from memory Daniel Rall did a lot there; talking about being surprised at getting a good number of votes is a bit arrogant (though many thanks to all who voted for me); and I seemed a bit back to front when answering whether I thought I would get voted onto the board. Prior to the election I wasn’t expecting it, but after the election (with hindsight), I realised that with 9 spaces and 14 or 15 candidates you’ve got a better than average chance.
There were things I wanted to say that I didn’t manage to bring up. One big problem I find on the board is a sense of silence. My view of a chair, and a board, is much like the speaker in the house of commons. They are a member of the parliament, but they tend to hold their opinion back until they need to be giving it (ie: in a draw). So I hold back on pmc mailing lists because I want to let the pmc do their thing [and yet I’m part of that pmc].
David did a good job of editing - I tend to pause for a bit when asked a question while I think and he cut that out. Probably halves the length of the interview ;). I also um and err a bit and he managed to reduce that. Something I’ve noticed from the previous podcast that I had a couple of sentences on is that I’ve picked up a habit of having my inflection go up at the end of the sentence. I didn’t really notice it until I started doing board calls (takes the others a moment to realise I’ve finished) and it’s something I want to get better on. Apparently it’s an American habit. I don’t do as badly on the interview with David (I think).
I do speak fast. Screw you all 