There were also some great posts on Mashable, GigaOm, ReadWriteWeb and TechCrunch.

Here’s that interview:

And here’s the Android demo video I helped make:

Other thoughts…

Not making mistakes
The way to get someone’s attention is actually pretty simple. Let’s say there are n things you’re doing–explaining your experience, linking to stuff on the web, whatever the fuck–make sure 1 of those things is amazingly fucking cool and that there is no way imaginable that it could be overlooked. For the other n-1 things, don’t fuck up. You win.

Resumes
Word documents are horrible, PDF’s are better, and websites are best. There are a couple reasons. First, opening files is a pain, simple. Second, if for some reason you feel compelled to write more than 1 page for your resume, it’s going to be really obvious in a Word doc or PDF, but you can probably trick me if it’s in HTML.

Pay attention
Shockingly many applicants make it a lot harder on themselves by actively ignoring lots of clues about how to make me interested in them. The most common form of this is trying to convince me you can do 10 jobs that I’m not hiring for and don’t want you to do–this nearly always comes at the expense of convincing me you can do the job I’ve already told you I want you to do. It’s baffling. I had a teaching in high school that used to say “Teacher write on black board, student write in note book.” It was a little reminder not to ignore the obvious stuff you’re going to be expected to know, and it’s a big deal.

Job boards suck, but they kind of don’t suck
The best source of applicants will always be personal referrals–if it’s not, you have two problems. But job boards have a lot of reach, and I think they might legitimize the job a bit, too. They are very low signal:noise, but I think you should use them.

Timeline
Figure out the absolute maximum amount of time you think hiring someone awesome will take, then double it. Finding people, convincing your team, doing all the logistical stuff, etc etc. It takes forever, especially if you don’t do it every day and have to learn as you go.

Look for reasons to say no
You will agonize a lot less and generally make better decisions than if you look for reasons to say yes.

Send rejection emails
Just telling people that you’re not going to interview them gets an amazingly strong reaction. I’ve been lucky enough not to have to send very many resumes in my life, so I can only assume this is pretty rare. It’s really not that hard though–I use a gmail canned response–and I think it builds a lot of goodwill.

Move quick
It’s better for candidates and it’s better for you. The first time you lose a candidate you like to another company you’ll agree.

Set expectations
Make sure everyone on your team knows what you expect, what you’re trying to do, and how it’s going. They will help a lot, but not if they don’t know how to.

Be honest
If you don’t want to hire someone because they are inexperienced, tell them. Don’t give bullshit no’s.

That’s what I have so far.

• I had a LOT of trouble understanding the accent, which was petty surprising. Literally had to guess what half the people I talked to were saying.
• The currency, specifically coins being worth nearly $3, was confusing. I accidentally tipped more than $4 for a coffee.
• The food was overall bad to neutral, with a couple standouts that were actually good.
• Every form of internet I encountered-hotel wifi, conference wifi, 3g–was nearly useless. I’m convinced the country hates the internet.

BBC interview

I also presented on stage at TechCrunch’s real time stream event.

Going from looking at my personal site, which I think did 10 views yesterday, to looking at Justin.tv, which has done more pageviews in the time I’ve been writing this blog post than all websites I’ve ever owned combined, is surreal. The guys over there have done a great job growing the company over the last couple years and I am PUMPED to continue (and hopefully improve) that.

I am overflowing with ideas right now. Need to focus on getting those organized and prioritized this weekend.

It’s an outrageously cool opportunity with a great company full of great people. I’ll be responsible for everything from PR to customer acquisition and everything in between. When I asked about what they were looking for in my interview the answer pretty much came down to, “We want to find the person who will tell us that!” Hmm, okay I’m in.

So far I have been almost completely unable to sleep. I’m waking up at 4am flooded with ideas for things I want to test out, data I want to gather and content I want to develop. There is so much to do and it’s hard to pick what to do first. Thankfully I have a few more days to straighten my head out and go into JTV with a lot of control over what I’ll be doing. It’s exciting, scary and above all amazing. I can’t thank Justin and Michael enough for the effort they put in to answer questions and fast track the whole process.

I’m going to try to write as much as possible along the way about what I’m up to. Here’s to a hectic next few months (years?)!