Conversation with Virginia Heffernan
I first met Virginia in 2015 when she and I were on a panel with Fareed Zarkaria at the Connecticut Forum. Late last year, she and Panio from Heleo reached out to see if I’d join Virginia in a conversation over Skype. Heleo “curates compelling, candid conversations between writers and thinkers about their work, research, and interests.” You can see their great summary of the conversation on their website.
After the conversation, I asked if I could repackage the audio as a Podcast which you can find on iTunes (iTunes still waiting to sync) and SoundCloud.
Virginia and I had recently gotten each other’s books and a wide ranging but super-fun conversation ensued. It definitely left me excited to talk to Virginia again and expanded the perspective — thinking about the Internet in the context of art and design — that she covers in her book. We talk about the media, the Internet (yes, I still capitalize “Internet”), design, art, culture and many other things.
Also, as I explore various modes of publishing conversations online, I find it fascinating running into others exploring this space too.
If you’ve finished reading Whiplash, definitely pick up MAGIC AND LOSS: The Internet as Art if you haven’t already. It’s great.
