NerdTV launches. First up: Andy Hertzfeld

I'm a nerd, and I suspect I am not the only one who reads this site (heck, I'm not the only one that writes for this site). Bob Cringely, himself an early Apple employee, has just unleashed his latest project unto us and it is directed squarely at our people: nerds.

NerdTV, a television show that you don't want on your TV, is his new internet based show (on PBS.org). The website describes it as, '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'.

The first episode features Andy Hertzfeld, Apple employee, programmer, and author. I would tell you how the show is, but currently I am at the 2% mark of the 93 meg download (ahh, the drawback of distributing video over the net without using BitTorrent). I'm looking forward to the September 27th episode featuring none other than the Woz himself.

One final note about NerdTV, it has been released under a Creative Commons license, so an enterprising nerd can seed a BitTorrent if he so wishes, or import the entire thing into iMovie and do what he would to it.

Tip of the hat to ZX for bringing this to our attention.