In her new memoir, burn the book, Kara Swisher cites a 2014 profile that called her “Silicon Valley's most feared and popular journalist.” She may prefer to downplay the former and emphasize the latter. Some people switch it up. But Mr. Swisher's influence is undisputed. When it comes to technology experts, she ranks at the top.
No technology journalist has built a bigger brand for himself. Her 30-year career is a study of her hard work and extraordinary self-confidence.she got up from the reporter washington post to wall street journalInternet reporter, and then, in her biggest leap, becoming co-founder of the All Things D Conference and website with her respected mentor and technology commentator Walt Mossberg. One of their most famous interviews, in 2007, saw her and Mossberg moderate a blissfully hilarious joint session with her lifelong rivals Bill Gates and Steve Jobs, with a large audience I shed tears.Swisher and Mossberg leave journal Starting Code Conference in 2013, Swisher went on to lead a successful news site. Her interviews can be tough, most famously with Mark Zuckerberg in 2010, where she was so upset by Swisher and Mossberg's approach to privacy that she literally sweated through her hoodie. In addition to interviewing the entire pantheon of tech industry CEOs, Swisher quizzed political and cultural figures like Hillary Clinton, Kim Kardashian, and Maria Ressa. During that time, Swisher has published a lot of news based on deep sources. Over the past few years, she has mastered her medium, podcasting, with her two hits.with cara swisherinterview programs, and pivotalong with business professor Scott Galloway, who also served as a coveted host on HBO. inheritance Podcast. Swisher also gained attention for a short period of time. new york times Editorial columnist.she has been playing herself silicon valley and simpsons. Her current agency is Vox. new york I am a regular panelist for the magazine. chris wallace showCNN Saturday Morning Talk Fest.
Despite the title, burn the book Rather than a scorched-earth exposé, this book is more of an introduction to Swisher for those new to Swisher or those who want an insider's view of the world of technology. On her podcast, she loves to poke fun at the big problems she has by exposing her skeletons in tech companies' closets, but it makes little sense to her regular listeners. burn the book They probably haven't heard yet. (She explains that the title is a play on herself) mean girls The reputation, the film's reference to a rumored book written by high school bullies, and the shot of the cover, her face in her trademark Ray-Bans and a ferocious hellhole in the lens, are something of a joke. That means). , Swisher navigates the world of technology like a word-processing John Wick, defeating vain CEOs and clueless legacy media bosses and emerging unscathed. His humble comrades include his former friend and now nemesis Elon Musk. But unlike Musk, who Swisher says recently declared her an “asshole,” much of the tech industry still likes and fears her. Other journalists dream of interviewing someone like OpenAI CEO Sam Altman.Altman will be interviewed during Swisher's book tour. she.
During the afternoon I spent with Swisher at her home in a bustling neighborhood in northwest Washington, D.C., she often visits three of her four children and his wife, Amanda Katz, a magazine editor, for some fun. I took a break. washington post) and his ex-wife Megan Smith, a former U.S. chief technology officer, also stopped by.But our conversation was lively, discussing her storied career, why she gave up the conference business, and new york times, And how will she respond to accusations that she is mean?
Steven Levy: What made you want to write a memoir?
Kara Swisher: That wasn't my intention. Jonathan Karp, publisher of Simon & Schuster, has been bugging me to write something for years. I was more interested in blogs and podcasts and things like that. I didn't really like writing books. The process was very slow.and i'm tired of these [tech] people. I don't like most of them anymore. I didn't want to look back at them. had enough of this. They are tired of me.And Walt Mossberg was supposed to write this. his It’s a memoir, right?
