Bill Watkins, the CEO of Seagate, sits down with me for a half hour conversation that covers everything from why Seagate is sponsoring my show to the technology behind its largest hard drives (Seagate makes the largest single hard drives available today, 750GB).
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[…] Here’s a 30-minute uncut interview with Bill Watkins, CEO of Seagate. Disclaimer, Seagate is my sponsor, so I start the interview with “why are you sponsoring my show?” […]
You really need to work on balancing the sound levels. If I turn it up loud enough to hear what you say, then when Mr. Watkins says something it is outrageously loud.
Garret: yes, I’m sorry about this. This is the last interview I’ll run with only one microphone. All the others from now on have two or more microphones where this problem goes away.
Thanks for doing this interview. I enjoyed hearing what Bill had to say about several issues like the future of storage and physical distribution of content.
My concern when watching this episode was that it was that Bill was going to push the Seagate angle more. In reality, this turned out to be yet another wonderful episode of the ScobleShow, by showing interesting trends in tech.
The strange thing I’ve noticed is that video podcasts are rapidly becoming my cable tv feed. ScobleShow is a good example, Google’s TechTalks series (engEDU), the TED talks, etc, all provide greater value than anything on a traditional network.
[…] Blogs nunca falharam em me surpreender e, felizmente, os videoblogs estão fazendo o mesmo. O melhor videoblog que encontrei até agora é o ScobleShow, produzido e conduzido por Robert Scoble, um ex-funcionário da Microsoft que, até certo ponto, tornou-se um blogueiro famoso no Vale do Silício, mesmo antes do ScobleShow. […]
[…] Robert Scoble’s ScobleShow at PodTech is explicit about its sponsorship by Seagate. Scoble, who famously brought a candid public voice to his previous employer, Microsoft, is fastidious about disclosure. However, he often aims his spotlight on Seagate, a company not often found in the public eye. “Is this an advertisement? Yes. But it’s not like any advertisement I’ve seen on the Internet or on main stream TV,” he writes of an episode devoted to Seagate CEO Bill Watkins. […]
[…] Seagate is pushing hard into the Consumer Electronics space. No longer are they considered a hard drive company, they now want to be known as a Storage Company. The Scoble Show interviewed Seagate’s CEO Bill Watkins, where he said "it’s about content distribution." […]
[…] Seagate is pushing hard into the Consumer Electronics space. No longer are they considered a hard drive company, they now want to be known as a Storage Company. The Scoble Show interviewed Seagate’s CEO Bill Watkins, where he said "it’s about content distribution." […]
[…] Seagate is pushing hard into the Consumer Electronics space. No longer are they considered a hard drive company, they now want to be known as a Storage Company. The Scoble Show interviewed Seagate’s CEO Bill Watkins, where he said “it’s about content distribution.” […]
November 21st, 2006 at 5:15 pm
[…] Here’s a 30-minute uncut interview with Bill Watkins, CEO of Seagate. Disclaimer, Seagate is my sponsor, so I start the interview with “why are you sponsoring my show?” […]
November 21st, 2006 at 5:23 pm
You really need to work on balancing the sound levels. If I turn it up loud enough to hear what you say, then when Mr. Watkins says something it is outrageously loud.
November 21st, 2006 at 6:24 pm
Garret: yes, I’m sorry about this. This is the last interview I’ll run with only one microphone. All the others from now on have two or more microphones where this problem goes away.
November 22nd, 2006 at 7:56 am
Yes, I noticed the same ‘crunchy-ness’ of the sound. At least the picture is crystal clear.
November 22nd, 2006 at 2:31 pm
Robert-
Thanks for doing this interview. I enjoyed hearing what Bill had to say about several issues like the future of storage and physical distribution of content.
November 27th, 2006 at 1:59 am
My concern when watching this episode was that it was that Bill was going to push the Seagate angle more. In reality, this turned out to be yet another wonderful episode of the ScobleShow, by showing interesting trends in tech.
The strange thing I’ve noticed is that video podcasts are rapidly becoming my cable tv feed. ScobleShow is a good example, Google’s TechTalks series (engEDU), the TED talks, etc, all provide greater value than anything on a traditional network.
Thank you!
November 27th, 2006 at 11:58 pm
[…] Blogs nunca falharam em me surpreender e, felizmente, os videoblogs estão fazendo o mesmo. O melhor videoblog que encontrei até agora é o ScobleShow, produzido e conduzido por Robert Scoble, um ex-funcionário da Microsoft que, até certo ponto, tornou-se um blogueiro famoso no Vale do Silício, mesmo antes do ScobleShow. […]
November 30th, 2006 at 5:05 pm
[…] You can watch an interview I did with Bill too a few weeks back. Yes, he is an interesting interviewee. Filed under: blogging @ 5:53 pm # […]
December 2nd, 2006 at 7:43 pm
Excellent very informative interview!!!!!
December 6th, 2006 at 12:49 pm
[…] Robert Scoble’s ScobleShow at PodTech is explicit about its sponsorship by Seagate. Scoble, who famously brought a candid public voice to his previous employer, Microsoft, is fastidious about disclosure. However, he often aims his spotlight on Seagate, a company not often found in the public eye. “Is this an advertisement? Yes. But it’s not like any advertisement I’ve seen on the Internet or on main stream TV,” he writes of an episode devoted to Seagate CEO Bill Watkins. […]
December 6th, 2006 at 7:06 pm
I bought a Seagate drive this afternoon for storing my media, largely because they sponsor the Scoble Show. So far, it’s working great!
January 19th, 2007 at 1:43 pm
[…] Seagate is pushing hard into the Consumer Electronics space. No longer are they considered a hard drive company, they now want to be known as a Storage Company. The Scoble Show interviewed Seagate’s CEO Bill Watkins, where he said "it’s about content distribution." […]
January 20th, 2007 at 6:09 pm
[…] Seagate is pushing hard into the Consumer Electronics space. No longer are they considered a hard drive company, they now want to be known as a Storage Company. The Scoble Show interviewed Seagate’s CEO Bill Watkins, where he said "it’s about content distribution." […]
January 25th, 2007 at 11:03 am
[…] Seagate is pushing hard into the Consumer Electronics space. No longer are they considered a hard drive company, they now want to be known as a Storage Company. The Scoble Show interviewed Seagate’s CEO Bill Watkins, where he said “it’s about content distribution.” […]