Episode 10: Jason Snell




Bitsplitting show

Summary: <p>Daniel is joined by Jason Snell of <a href="http://idg.com/www/home.nsf/home?readform">IDG</a> and <a href="http://5by5.tv/incomparable">The Incomparable</a> podcast.</p> <audio class="wp-audio-shortcode" id="audio-392-1" style="width: 100%;"><a href="http://bitsplitting.org/wp-content/podcasts/Episode10.mp3">http://bitsplitting.org/wp-content/podcasts/Episode10.mp3</a></audio> <p>Jason is the Editorial Director at IDG, overseeing the publication of <a href="http://www.macworld.com">Macworld</a>, <a href="http://www.pcworld.com">PCWorld</a>, and <a href="http://www.techhive.com">TechHive</a>. He has previously served as the Editor in Chief for Macworld, and was a contributor to MacUser Magazine before it merged with Macworld. Jason is also a long-time fiction writer, and serves on the board of <a href="http://nanowrimo.org">NaNoWriMo</a>.</p> <ul> <li> <a href="https://twitter.com/jsnell">@jsnell</a> – Jason’s Twitter account.</li> <li> <a href="http://5by5.tv/incomparable">The Incomparable</a> – Jason’s panel conversation podcast about various geeky topics.</li> <li> <a href="http://jsnell.intertext.com/">Snell-o-vision</a> – Jason’s personal blog.</li> <li> <a href="http://www.intertext.com/magazine/">InterText</a> – Archives for Jason’s online fiction magazine 1991-2004.</li> <li> <a href="http://www.macworld.com/">Macworld</a> – The popular Mac and iOS-oriented print and web publication.</li> <li> <a href="http://the-magazine.org/">The Magazine</a> – The electronic magazine founded by Marco Arment and published by Glenn Fleishman.</li> <li> <a href="http://the-magazine.org/5/how-he-met-my-mother#.UemMUhby020">How He Met My Mother</a> – Jason’s article for The Magazine.</li> <li> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chevrolet_Corvair">Chevy Corvair </a> – The car that Jason’s mother and Daniel each owned at one time.</li> <li> <a href="http://www.columbia49er.k12.ca.us">Columbia Union School District</a> – Jason’s grade-school from Kindergarten through 8th grade.</li> <li> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Coast_Computer_Faire">West Coast Computer Faire</a> – The San Francisco conference Jason attended as a child with Crispin and Chuck Holland.</li> <li> <a href="http://www.ucsdguardian.org/">UCSD Guardian</a> – The newspaper Jason worked at as an undergraduate.</li> <li> <a href="http://bbslist.textfiles.com/209/">209 BBS List</a> – Historical list of BBSes in Jason’s 209 area code.</li> <li> <a href="http://revelle.ucsd.edu/">Revelle College</a> – Jason’s school at UC San Diego.</li> <li> <a href="http://www.uniondemocrat.com/">Sonora Union Democrat</a> – Jason’s home-town newspaper, where he worked for a summer after earning his B.A.</li> <li> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mac_Publishing">Mac Publishing, LLC</a> – The joint-venture between IDG and Ziff-Davis that combined Macworld and MacUser.</li> <li> <a href="http://nanowrimo.org/">NaNoWriMo</a> – An organization for encouraging aspiring novelists to make progress towards that goal.</li> <li> <a href="http://www.chrisbaty.com/">Chris Baty</a> – The founder of NaNoWriMo.</li> <li> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/0811845052?tag=d73fh-20">No Plot? No Problem!</a> – Chris Baty’s book of advice for aspiring novelists.</li> <li> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/1439156816?tag=d73fh-20">On Writing</a> – Stephen King’s book of advice for writers.</li> <li> <a href="http://www.appcamp4girls.com/">App Camp For Girls</a> – The non-profit dedicated to teaching girls to write iOS apps.</li> <li> <a href="http://5by5.tv/ia">The Ihnatko Almanac</a> – Andy Ihnatko’s podcast on the 5by5 network.</li> </ul> <p>Sponsored by <a href="http://www.windowsaz"></a></p>