User blog:ToaMeiko/Interview opportunities
Hi everybody,
Right now our community isn't as active nor as engaged as I'd like to see it, but I have an opportunity that could possibly get some more engagement among us and also get us some attention from the public. I have a lot of contacts in the LEGO community, so I figured if anyone here would be interested, we could have some interviews with some people I know.
Since I don't have time to interview everyone I know, I'll let you guys choose who you'd want to have our first interview with. Here are some options:
- Tommy Williamson, "Nerd In Chief" at http://bricknerd.com
- Tim Courtney, staff at LEGO Ideas (formerly LEGO CUUSOO)
- Joe Meno, editor at BrickJournal
- Masao Hidaka, LEGO MOCist; see ideas:Hidaka
- Schneider Cheung, LEGO MOCist; https://www.flickr.com/photos/schfio/
- Samuel Johnson, LEGO set designer (designs for various themes including City and Ninjago)
- Jamie Berard, LEGO set designer (designs for LEGO Creator as well as for sets like the Tower Bridge)
- Tommy Armstrong, the Brick Engraver/Printer
- Peter Espersen, head of co-creation for LEGO (works at ReBrick, LEGO Ideas/CUUSOO)
- Nathan Sawaya, the Brick Artist http://brickartist.com/
- Dan Parker, former LEGO Certified Professional; professional LEGO model builder (http://www.facebook.com/cityblocks)
- Allen Tran, owner of http://thebrickfan.com
- Tsang Yiu Keung (Chiukeung), LEGO MOCist and coordinator for HKLUG (Hong Kong LEGO Users Group); https://www.flickr.com/photos/chiukeung/
- Wes Talbott, creator of ideas:Legend of Zelda: Iron Knuckle Encounter
- Jan Beyer, Community Operations Manager Europe/Asia at LEGO
- Mariann Asanuma, former Master Model Builder at LEGOLAND California and owner of http://modelbuildingsecrets.com/
- Shilo Parker, LEGO minifigure customiser; https://www.flickr.com/photos/chocobricks_customs/
All of the above are people I'm in close contact with over Facebook, Twitter, or some other medium and would be readily available to conduct an interview with (some of them I've interviewed before). If anyone I've listed is someone you'd be interested with having an interview with here on Brickipedia, let me know in the comments. I'll be able to interview multiple people over time, but one of the above people will have to be the first. :)
