Log Off and Live: San Francisco TV Host Doug McConnell Explores “Life
Outside The Box” on OpenRoad.TV –
The Traveler’s Video Guide to the American
West
New Video Blog Series Showcases Revealing Conversations with
Prominent Digital Media and Technology Experts about Travel, Adventure
and Life Outside of Work
SAUSALITO, Calif. (Business Wire EON/PRWEB ) February 20, 2008 --
Doug McConnell, longtime host of “Nissan’s
Bay Area Backroads” on KRON-TV, and host of OpenRoad.TV
with Doug McConnell -- The Traveler's Video Guide to the American West
(www.openroad.tv), and OpenRoad.TV
co-founder Carl Bidleman have recently launched a new video blog series
called “Life Outside the Box”
(http://openroad.tv/blog/category/life-outside-the-box).
In the ongoing feature, McConnell meets up with successful people in the
world of digital media and technology and invites them to talk about
their favorite places and activities when they finally get a break from
the computer. The series will soon expand to include interviews with
interesting leaders from a variety of backgrounds.
Most recently, McConnell and Bidleman posted a “Life
Outside the Box” interview with Om Malik, (http://openroad.tv/blog/2008/02/03/life-outside-the-box-8-om-malik/),
highly respected journalist and founder of Giga Omni Media, publisher of
a number of Web sites that chronicle the worlds of technology and new
media.
A week after the December interview, Malik suffered a heart attack. Once
Malik had regained some of his strength, McConnell went back for another
visit to update the story. The new interview presents a candid
conversation with Malik, who’s evolved from a
cigar-loving, restaurant connoisseur and workaholic to a man who’s
now discovered the benefits of a more peaceful lifestyle, and has even
regained his sense of smell once he gave up smoking.
Previous “Life Outside the Box”
profiles include conversations with David Pescovitz, editor of Boing
Boing, 'a directory of wonderful things'; Rhett Butler, publisher of
environmental science and action Web site mongabay.com; David Allen
Ibsen, author of “5 Blogs Before Lunch,”
a branding and marketing blog; Mindy Roberts, author of “The
Mommy Blog”; Natalie Zee Drieu, senior editor
of craftzine.com; Guy Kawasaki, Silicon Valley entrepreneur and author;
and Brad Day of “Weekend Sherpa,”
an e-mail newsletter on outdoor pursuits in Northern California.
Coming up are chats with John Battelle, entrepreneur, journalist and
founder/chairman/CEO of Federated Media Publishing; Scott Beale, founder
of Laughing Squid, covering art, culture and technology from San
Francisco and beyond; Alder Yarrow of Vinography: a wine blog about wine
and food adventures in San Francisco and around the world; and Merlin
Mann, founding editor of 43folders.com, a family of Web sites about
personal productivity.
OpenRoad.TV is an easy-to-use Web site and online travel community that
combines broadcast-quality videos and travel expertise with
user-generated content. It is designed to help people imagine, plan and
book travel in the West. The site is packed with videos, photos,
stories, useful links and interactive maps exploring the well-known
landmarks and hidden gems of one of the world's most iconic regions.
Visitors are invited to join a growing online community to share photos,
videos and firsthand stories of their own travels and to exchange views
on topics such as active adventures, lodging tips, traveling with kids
and pets, food, wine, history, RV'ing, motorcycle touring and parks.
About Doug McConnell
For the past 15 years, San Francisco Bay Area television personality
Doug McConnell has been the award-winning host and senior editor of KRON’s
“Nissan’s Bay Area
Backroads” – the
longest-running, regional television series in Northern California.
Prior to joining “Backroads,”
McConnell hosted, reported and produced many other series, specials and
news reports for KPIX-TV in San Francisco, KING-TV in Seattle, KAKM
public television in Anchorage, PBS and CBS nationally, the Discovery
Channel and Animal Planet, and other broadcast and cable outlets.
About OpenRoad.TV
OpenRoad.TV is owned by ConvergenceMedia Productions. Doug McConnell and
Carl Bidleman are the principals of the company, based in Sausalito,
Calif. Jim Wirth heads up marketing and community development. Paul
Schoos is head of finance. More information can be found at www.openroad.tv.
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