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Justin and Jason interview Jason’s older brother Jay, a nuclear engineer in an previous lifetime, about the situation with Japan’s nuclear reactors, his experience with Japanese culture (his wife is Japanese and he spends half his time in Japan), his thoughts on Drupal and open source software, and why his social media startup is targeting the .gov market.
I am only halfway through but I had to stop and comment that this is an excellent interview. Candid observations from an expert.
I facebooked and tweeted it, I couldn’t see it on hacker news to vote for.
You should write up some rough notes / transcript, this is awesome content.
@Sam – I’m glad you liked it. I knew it was risky to go so off-topic, but I felt that it was an interesting and important enough of a subject that it was worth doing. Hopefully, a significant number of our other listeners will feel the same way as you about it.
Very informative show – even though if was squarely off-topic I learned a ton from Jay. So thanks for bringing in on the show!
I really enjoyed the tidbits on cultural differences, something I always get a kick out of – as a “resident-alien” living in the states. I was exposed to the Japanese culture a couple times through work (working as consultant for a large Japanese brokerage firm in NY, and then when we had a small team from our Tokyo office work in Chicago for 6 months with us). It’s difficult for most people to appreciate our vastly different the cultures are. There is so much to learn there.
One of my Japanese heroes is – of course – Yukihiro Matsumoto (a.k.a. “Matz”), the creator of the Ruby language! 🙂 (had to mention it!)
Jason, I’d love it if you could bring Jay back to dive deeper in his exposure to Japanese culture.
@Philippe Monnet – I’m glad you enjoyed the show and I agree that Jay’s insights and anecdotes about Japanese culture are really interesting. As it turns out, Jay likes to talk about as much as I do, so it shouldn’t be too hard to lure him back for another show. 😉 What’s funny is that while we share the same father (and not the same mother), our father wasn’t much of a talker and as I mentioned on the show, our sister Natalie talks more than the two of us combined if you can imagine that! Anyway, it’s all very strange. 😉
Great interview! You guys don’t sound like brothers, that’s for sure.
@BAMS – Well, that’s probably because we’re only half brothers. Also, Jay grew up in Cleveland while I was raised in Atlanta, so that could account for some of the difference. Anyway, I’m glad you liked the show! We had a lot of fun doing it.
Your bro talks like a complete engineer. Reasonable and factual!
I really enjoyed this interview. I love talking to someone who really knows their sh*t.