Interviews in EJ on Aug. 2007 issue are Katherine Jenkins, Bob Wodward and Jimmy Wales. These 3 interviews are very interesting for me because their opinions helped change my view.
Katherine Jenkins told about classical music situation in 10 years. She told,
As she told, many people are more interested in classical music than 10 years ago not only in Japan but all over the world. Many people are more familiar with classical music and it causes this phenomenon. I think about this reason, and I noticed recently music markets have been changed because of digital or communication technologies innovation and this helped booming of classical music. Also many activities such as explaning classical music easily to let many people have interests for classical music contributes to.
Well, I think it has a lot to do with, people changing their views on classical music. When I first got my record contract, I felt like people had the wrong idea about classical music. There was sort of a barrier up that was stopping them investigating it. And people thought that it was only for, I don't know, very rich people, or you had to look a certain way to be an opera singer -- you know, you had to be extremely overweight. And it's just not the case. And it's just not the case. And I hought that I was lucky that I was introduces to classical music in the right way.
But I come from a normal background -- you know a normal background in Wales -- and I felt if people could find that tha music was accessible, and they could identify with the artist, then they would love classical music like I love it.
So, I think there's been a big change in people's views on classical music, and they feel now like that they can actually identify. And so I think that's why more people are interested.Kathering Jenkins, The Voice of EJ, Aug. 2007
Not only music but books "Classical works" have benefits for us. Checking these "Classical works" will present us something and it will help us make our life richer.
And 2nd interview is Bob Woodward interview. He uncovered "Watergate schandal" in Washington Post. Recently, he wrote "State of Denial" which is about George Bush's War in Iraq. In this interview, he told "the title comes from the situation that the Bush administration denying the fact." And he also said the reason why George Bush denies the facts.
I comletely agree his opinion. I sometimes use this method. I might ignore the facts if they are not good for me.
They knew they were true. I knew they were true, so... Sometimes when you can't answer, it's best to remain silent.Bob Woodward, The Voice of EJ, Aug. 2007
He also mentioned about Rumsfeld's personality.
Some leaders do like as he said and the others listened very carefully. The attitude for leaders depends on their works, but taking suitable attitude, like listening, is the one of the important skills for leaders. The balance between saying and listening is important in order to manage your responsibility if you don't leaders. But this skill somehow depends on one's personality, so modifying you attitude some level might be important.
Rumsfeld comes off as very smart and very activist. He didn't listen. You know, in our business, 99 percent is listening. I think when you're Secretary of Defense, at least 25 percent of it has to be listening. I dont think he listened. He may have physically listened, but I don't think ... He always acted like he was the smartest person in the room.Bob Woodward, The Voice of EJ, Aug. 2007
The third interview is Jimmy Wales interview who starts Wikipedia. He adviced us recommendations on how to use Wikipedia. I confirmed my opinion follows his saying.
Thinking about characteristics what you use is important. And in order to asses characteristics, we have to check how the system works or starts, especially new service such as Wikipedia.
What we always say is that the best way to use Wikipedia as an excellent starting point for broad background knowledge. So, if you just eed to know some information very quickly, you'll find Wikipedia to be mostly very reliable, very easy to use and understand and very comprehensive. I mean we cover many more topics than any traditional encyclopedia ever could.
What the shouldn't do is necessarily rely on it for some really critical point or purpose. So, you might want to look in Wikipeaia if you want to know, something about the history of Tokyo, but if you're, you know, planning on doing braing surgery or something. I wouldn't look it up in Wikipedia. maybe you should consult a more traditional resource.Jimmy Wales, The Voice of EJ, Aug. 2007
He also mentioned conflicts in Wikipedia. I felt his stance for conflicts expresses some kind of essential idea for open source community.
We have a very strong neutrality policy, which says that Wikipedia itself should not take a stand on any controversial issue. This helps a lot...
It's actually quite rare that there's some dispute that really is very, very difficult, and it always comes about because some behavior problem or personality problem -- in other words, people who can't be reasonable and things like that. But it's actually very rare. It turns out most people are basically quite reasonable, and understand that, "Well, I may disagree with you but at least we can present what you're saying fairly." And that seems to work pretty well.Jimmy Wales, The Voice of EJ, Aug. 2007
