Vint Cerf gets Scooped

Vint Cerf, Father of the Internet and Google Chief Internet Evangelist, is my guest on The Scoop this week. Honestly, Vint is one of the true gentlemen of the IT industry.

We met when he came down to Sydney earlier this year and Google Australia took yours truly and a number of select customers out to dinner. And we caught up later over Skype. Unfortunately, my experience with Skype wasn’t exactly positive. There are plenty of podcasters out there who swear by Skype (Cameron is the obvious example, what’s your secret mate?), and more power to them, but if it means undergoing the sort of duress I experienced with post-production it will be a long time before I use Skype for podcasting again.

Anyway, back to Vint. I’ve met plenty of big name IT execs over the years, but few are as down to earth and switched on as Google’s star recruit. He has just stepped down as chairman of ICANN, so it was time to finally get this interview polished off and published. Enjoy.