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A Conversation with Rob Malda - Part Two of Three (Video)

Posted by Roblimo on from the It-just-keeps-getting-better-and-better-and-better dept.

Yesterday we mentioned that Slashdot's 15th Anniversary is coming up in October. (Link to the cheezy song, I Read It On Slashdot.) Also, yesterday we ran Part One of a discussion with Rob Malda conducted by Jeff 'Soulskill' Boehm and Rob 'samzenpus' Rozeboom. Like Part One, Part Two is an audio interview with some photos laid over it, so you might want to listen rather than watch. And if this doesn't satisfy your, "What's Rob Malda up to?" curiosity, Part Three will be here Monday.

28 comments

  1. Who the heck is this guy... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    ... and why should I care what he says?

    1. Re:Who the heck is this guy... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      You mean Rob Limo? The guy, like ALL other editors, is a total douche who hasn't the slightest clue about technology, English, or journalism.

      What does cheezy mean? PLEASE. PLEASE just end it now. It would be better for you and better for the rest of us, Rob Limo.

    2. Re:Who the heck is this guy... by FilmedInNoir · · Score: 1

      He's the guy that hosted Unsolved Mysteries.

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    3. Re:Who the heck is this guy... by larry+bagina · · Score: 1

      this explains everything.

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  2. Has samzenpus made taco proud? by damn_registrars · · Score: 2

    I would have to expect that the failure machine known as samzenpus would start by asking Malda if he is satisfied with the job he has done of further degrading this once-relevant technology site into a congregating place for conservative groupthink. The editorial reputation was pretty bad when Taco was here, now that samzenpus has more control it's become even worse.

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    1. Re:Has samzenpus made taco proud? by clarkkent09 · · Score: 1

      Slashdot is a congregating place for conservative groupthink? I thought it was a congregating place for anti-IP groupthink and other than that didn't have a particular political bias (except that modding seems to favor left leaning comments).

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    2. Re:Has samzenpus made taco proud? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      I believe he meant conservative as in "cautiously moderate or purposefully low " not conservative as the ideology. He's arguing that the groupthink just repeats the "safe bet" thing to post for karma / attention, I believe.

    3. Re:Has samzenpus made taco proud? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      And as someone who doesn't post under thier userid I'd say he's spot on in that regard. You can't say what you really think here unless you want to be modded down into oblivion. So much for tolerance and thoughtful discussion.

  3. Nobody gives a fuck, taco by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Seriously. Who gives a shit?

  4. fairly interesting by Trepidity · · Score: 2

    That was actually a fairly interesting interview. I wouldn't have guessed Rob would be into frictionless sharing (albeit opt-in). "You post to Slashdot but you would never Tweet".

    Although I wonder why "Slashdot TV" didn't videotape the interview? It's more like a radio interview with a gratuitous slideshow on it.

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  5. TRANSCRIPT by bananaquackmoo · · Score: 5, Informative

    I'm tired of asking for video transcripts on Slashdot. GET IT THROUGH YOUR THICK SKULLS.

    1. Re:TRANSCRIPT by RobertLTux · · Score: 1

      and a video for what is basically a slideshow with audio??

      come on folks be real geeks whip up some html 5 and bind a flac to a slideshow

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  6. Let it go already dudes (both sides)!!! by rodrigoandrade · · Score: 1

    At the risk of being flamed into oblivion, I'll say it anyway:

    1. Apparently no one cares about Rob anymore; no one is irreplaceable. So what's the point of these interviews again?

    2. If a former employer decided to interview me just for kicks, I'd tell them to fuck off. I left the company for a reason. If I wanted to stay in touch, I wouldn't have left in the first place.

    1. Re:Let it go already dudes (both sides)!!! by bungo · · Score: 1

      Well, it's not earth shattering news, but it's interesting..... ok, maybe it's only interesting to people who were reading /. back in '97, but it's still interesting.

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    2. Re:Let it go already dudes (both sides)!!! by godrik · · Score: 1

      "If a former employer decided to interview me just for kicks, I'd tell them to fuck off. I left the company for a reason. If I wanted to stay in touch, I wouldn't have left in the first place."

      Well, it is not an hiring interview. That's a journalistic interview. I gladly collaborate with places I worked before. I am still in quite good term with them.

  7. Waste of time. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Don't waste your time. This is like watching the Cardassians bicker among each other...sorry, Kardashians.

    The only good thing about this entire thread is the captcha I just got: erected.

  8. Irrelevant. by heptapod · · Score: 2

    Post a transcript if you're going to post a video. This isn't reddit (yet). Much faster to read than it is to sit and watch something.

  9. NOT A VIDEO - SLIDESHOW!!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Don't call it a video . . . . please.

    1. Re:NOT A VIDEO - SLIDESHOW!!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      http://news.slashdot.org/story/12/08/09/0231231/a-conversation-with-rob-malda---part-two-of-three-fucking-slideshow-is-that-better

  10. ENOTSUP by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    No link to the original ogg/webm? Lame.

    Sad to see /. perpetuate one of the most horrible pieces of proprietary crapware on the web. Next time, try HTML5.

  11. White & Nerdy by PopeRatzo · · Score: 1

    Why is this old Weird Al Yankovic video on my Slashdot?

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    1. Re:White & Nerdy by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Why is this old Weird Al Yankovic video on my Slashdot?

      Here, lemme see if I can't jazz it up a little bit for you: Weird Al Yankovic video.

  12. Audio podcast? by mattack2 · · Score: 1

    Since it mentions we may want to listen instead of watch, how about making these available as an audio podcast? (so I can listen on the go at 2x)

  13. Who is Rob Malda? by CrAlt · · Score: 1

    So now /. is resorting to interviewing past editors? When is the multi-part story on Jon Katz coming out??

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    1. Re:Who is Rob Malda? by tehcyder · · Score: 1

      So now /. is resorting to interviewing past editors? When is the multi-part story on Jon Katz coming out??

      Please god, no.

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  14. boycott auto-sharing articles in facebook by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    One of the worst features of facebook (besides the privacy stealing facebook itself) is viewing and sharing links and articles that is done using apps.
    It works like this:
    1. Someone sees that one of their friends viewed an article/web site/link etc...
    2. They click on it so that they can also view it.
    3. They are prompted with a box saying "please install application x to view this"
    4. Non-IT savvy people click and install the app. Slashdot users avoid it ;-)
    5. Non-IT savvy people read the article
    6. The app then posts on their wall that they viewed the article and so the malware/app continues.