World Wide Wade Goes West—Episode III, Who’s Wade?

Mile 971—northern Michigan. We definitely aren’t taking the direct route from Boston to San Francisco. We’ve veered north in order to take in Torch Lake—where we’ve spent the last two nights with my parents—and Minneapolis, our next destination.

We were at Torch Lake long enough to record two videos. The second, coming tomorrow, is a fascinating interview with a local retired couple—a former industrial chemist and a former registered nurse—who use technology with gusto and have plenty of opinions to share about it.

The first, which you can watch below or at YouTube, is more personal. I figured Xconomy’s readers might want to know a little more about this guy from Boston who’s so worked up about moving to San Francisco. How did he get to be a journalist? Why is he so interested in technology? How many gadgets does he own, anyway?

We got a kick out of filming this one, which involves a slightly unconventional interview technique. A few seconds in, you’ll see what I mean.

I hope you’ll check out the whole travelogue series, starting with the pilot/preview episode (posted June 14), the Gloucester, MA, episode (posted Monday, June 28), and the Rochester, NY, episode (posted Tuesday, June 29). Watch for new video posts every day here at www.xconomy.com/san-francisco or subscribe to the World Wide Wade Goes West YouTube channel at youtube.com/xconomywest.

World Wide Wade Goes West is sponsored by Pixability.

Author: Wade Roush

Between 2007 and 2014, I was a staff editor for Xconomy in Boston and San Francisco. Since 2008 I've been writing a weekly opinion/review column called VOX: The Voice of Xperience. (From 2008 to 2013 the column was known as World Wide Wade.) I've been writing about science and technology professionally since 1994. Before joining Xconomy in 2007, I was a staff member at MIT’s Technology Review from 2001 to 2006, serving as senior editor, San Francisco bureau chief, and executive editor of TechnologyReview.com. Before that, I was the Boston bureau reporter for Science, managing editor of supercomputing publications at NASA Ames Research Center, and Web editor at e-book pioneer NuvoMedia. I have a B.A. in the history of science from Harvard College and a PhD in the history and social study of science and technology from MIT. I've published articles in Science, Technology Review, IEEE Spectrum, Encyclopaedia Brittanica, Technology and Culture, Alaska Airlines Magazine, and World Business, and I've been a guest of NPR, CNN, CNBC, NECN, WGBH and the PBS NewsHour. I'm a frequent conference participant and enjoy opportunities to moderate panel discussions and on-stage chats. My personal site: waderoush.com My social media coordinates: Twitter: @wroush Facebook: facebook.com/wade.roush LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/waderoush Google+ : google.com/+WadeRoush YouTube: youtube.com/wroush1967 Flickr: flickr.com/photos/wroush/ Pinterest: pinterest.com/waderoush/