I just wanted to provide a heads up to wikinomics readers about a great resource on the web they might not know about – the “Interviews with Innovators” series by Jon Udell, available on the ITConversations Network. I must first note that all of the interviews are in audio file format, which I generally find annoying (I greatly prefer text files that I can scan through), but this is one of those cases where the content can be worth the time commitment. To quote the site itself, Udell uses the conversations to explore:

a wide range of issues at the intersection of technology and society. These conversations are sometimes deeply technical, sometimes broadly social, and frequently both. They always aim to connect the dots.

As of today, the most recent (and the one I’m listening to right now) is an interview with Lucas Gonze reflecting on how we all discover, share, and experience music in the digital age. Others of interest include Deepak Singh (co-founder of Bioscreencast.com) discussing the Web 2.0 in science, Tim Spalding (founder of LibraryThing.com) on a social catalog for book lovers, Carl Malamud (a 4.5/5 star rating!) discussing online access to Public Information, and particularly Adrian Holovaty, who recently launched a site modelled after ChicagoCrime.org called Everyblock.com- hyperlocal news and data across a variety of cities.

Notably, these only include some of the interviews from the last few months. There are many, many more available in his series that look very interesting – no matter what your interest, you can probably find something relevant to you on there. After you spend a few days on that, you can also look around the overall ITconversation channel, and there are other areas like MediaConversations as well. And if you really like it, you can join up for a small donation in order to help keep the conversation going. Happy hunting!