NerdTV

Robert X. Cringely, in partnership with PBS, launched NerdTV Tuesday.  What is NerdTV?

NerdTV is a new weekly online TV show from PBS.org technology columnist Robert X. Cringely. NerdTV is essentially Charlie Rose for geeks - a one-hour interview show with a single guest from the world of technology. Guests like Sun Microsystems co-founder Bill Joy or Apple computer inventor Steve Wozniak are household names if your household is nerdy enough, but as historical figures and geniuses in their own right, they have plenty to say to ALL of us. NerdTV is distributed under a Creative Commons license so viewers can legally share the shows with their friends and even edit their own versions. If not THE future of television, NerdTV represents A future of television for niche audiences that have deep interest in certain topics.  (I, Cringely . NerdTV | PBS)

NerdTV provides 3 video formats:  entire show, The Juicy Bits, and The Nerdy Bits.  Various audio formats are also supported and a complete transcript is provided.

Looks like Cringely is trying to make the podcast so "last month" by moving toward a vodcast (Video-On-Demand-cast).  It's definitely targetted toward those early adopters who are interested in the new technology.  Plus he makes it interesting by interviewing individuals who have radically changed the world. The September 6, 2005 episode presents an interview with Andy Hertzfeld, the original Macintosh systems programmer.  Andy reminisces about the history of the Mac and his new love -- Open Source software.

Check it out and let me know where you think NerdTV will take the technology.