Continuing my now set trend of interviewing the team at Boing Boing, I set up a chat with Mark Frauenfelder and Carla Sinclair. The couple that started Boing Boing as a Zine back in the 80s. We hear the whole story of why they started, how they moved to the web, and how the team was “collected”. We also get some fascinating insight into their stay on the island of Rarotonga.

Thanks to the two of them in working their schedule and children around the call!

You can also get the Cory and Xeni interviews that were recorded and “aired” previously.

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The Gadget Show #14 - 26th May 2005 (36min 50sec):
MP3 - 12.6MB

TIME
00:00 Network intro.

00:10 Sponsored by LearnDog.

00:30 Welcome and introduction to Mark Frauenfelder and Carla Sinclair.

01:20 What Mark does.

01:45 What Carla does.

02:10 Boing Boing as a Zine starting in 89, inspired by Factsheet 5.

06:45 Zines and Blogs.

08:10 How Boing Boing the Zine finished.

10:30 Magazine distributors and organised crime.

11:10 Moving Boing Boing to the Web.

13:00 How Cory joined Boing Boing.

15:20 Richard sucks up to Cory, again. Listening to The Chris Pirillo Show.

16:35 How David joined Boing Boing.

17:00 Xeni’s guest sidebar and her move to a permanent member of the team.

17:30 The first group meeting.

18:40 John joins as Band Manager because of Boing Boing’s growth.

20:20 Has Boing Boing opened doors.

21:30 Where’d they learn to write.

23:25 Living in Rarotonga (The Island Chronicles).

31:00 Carla’s favorite gadget, the Nikon DS70 (and Richard is jealous), and Mark’s is a Bug Zapper.

33:25 Mark’s new book, The World’s Worst: A Guide To The Most Disgusting Hideous; Inept, And Dangerous People, Places, And Things On Earth.

34:45 Carla, Mark and David working on two secret books.

35:10 Thanks.

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