Tuesday, May 16, 2006  What's wrong with this picture  I went to
a recent New England Podcasting meetup in Framingham at John
Harvard's Brewhouse. I love it there. Good beer AND good food.
Plus, with podcasters, you get good people too.  This evening, a
reporter showed up with a notepad.  "What's your name?" she
asks.  "Steve Garfield", I replied.  "Where do you live?" she
wanted to know. I told her Boston. "Where exactly?" she pressed.
I replied with a question, "Who are you and where are you from?"
If I'm going to be answering probing questions about the exact
whereabouts of my house, I'd like to know who is asking.  When I
interview people , I usually introduce myself first. Seems like
the polite thing to do.  She told me that she was a reporter
from the Boston Globe and writes features for the West Weekly
section. Since I wasn't a resident of her coverage area, she
wasn't interested in me, and turned to someone else at the table
to grill.  This reporter was just doing a job.  She wasn't
interested in me