CHAD DICKERSON

What are you doing now?

I run the Advanced Products team at Yahoo!. See my LinkedIn profile for more background.

Did you write a column for InfoWorld?

I did when I was CTO there, from June 2001 until August 2005. Read 'em all here. There's also my old InfoWorld blog and short-running CTO Connection podcast (only two episodes).

Interests beyond technology

Photography, home brewing, occasional non-tech writing, mountain biking, playing guitar, (decidedly amateur) home recording, music (indie rock, old country, alt-country)

Some favorite bands

Yo La Tengo, Magnetic Fields, Eagles of Death Metal, Deee-Lite, Whiskeytown, Wilco, Run-DMC, George Jones, Loretta Lynn, Prince, Hank Sr., Unrest, Waylon, Willie, Dylan, Led Zeppelin, Big Star, Belle & Sebastian, AC/DC, Beck, Shins, Camera Obscura, Giant Sand (Howie Gelb stuff in general)