Interview with David Tebbut

Sat, 12 Aug 2006 12:39:10 +0100

As Graham notes we spent the Friday afternoon with David Tebbut talking what why the work we're doing at PAOGA is important.

I was particularly gratified that an old hand like David -- someone who has heard it all before -- didn't sneer at a small company like us for having such large ambitions; Instead we got onto the issues and, looking forward, the consequences of success. David's already blogged an interesting high-level view from an information professionals perspective for Information World Review readers.

It won't happen overnight, but expect companies like PAOGA to securely centralise personal information on our behalf, and put us in control of who sees it. This promises to transform our personal lives and introduce higher levels of trust into our business activities.

The meeting was doubly important for me because this was the first time I've been on the record. I write a blog and I talk to lots of people who could report what I say; This is not the same as being opposite a journalist who asks you searching questions and if your answers aren't good, well, then that's the story!

It's was a tense experience but it was also a lot of fun. David was good company and, although he asked lots of questions, it didn't feel like an inquisition. At the end I was surprised to find we'd been talking for two and a half hours.

I hope we gave a good account of ourselves and I'm looking forward to doing more of this in the future.

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Interview with David Tebbut