NerdTV | |
---|---|
Genre | Interview Show |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language(s) | English |
No. of episodes | 13 |
Production | |
Producer(s) | PBS |
Location(s) | United States |
Running time | 30 minutes |
Release | |
Original network | PBS |
Picture format | 16:9 1080i (HDTV) |
Audio format | Stereo |
Original release | September 6 – November 29, 2005 |
External links | |
Website |
NerdTV is a technology TV show from PBS. NerdTV is aired; instead each episode is released as a MPEG-4 video file, freely downloadable and licensed under a Creative Commons license. Transcripts and audio-only versions of the released episodes are available as well.
The show features Robert X. Cringely interviewing famous and influential nerds. Each episode is about one hour and features a single guest from the world of technology. From September 6, 2005 to November 29, 2005, thirteen episodes comprising Season One were released on the Internet. Another twelve episodes have been promised for Season Two (in late summer after an initial delay [1]), along with a more consistent release schedule and better quality video files.
This episode is one of the first where the subject (Avram Miller) is not an entrepreneur, which is to say he didn't create a company that was successful, though he did facilitate many successful startup companies through his investment portfolio while at Intel. The show chronologically follows his career, including: