When the populace wants something, really really wants something, it usually gets it or heads will roll. France found this out the hard way. The spudWorks readers write in almost every week asking just who Colin Ferm is. As a student of history the President & CEO of spudWorks knew not to argue with the will of the people and sat down for an informative interview.

As Mr. Ferm enters the room, one wouldn't be able to tell that he founded a company like spudWorks. His gate is almost clumsy, and were it not that he fired the chair he bumped into, one wouldn't know that his position was above mail boy.

The question that's most asked is who you exactly are? They read your columns but don't know anything about you. Where would you begin?
Geez... You know... I don't really know where to start either. I guess conception in the greater scheme of things, but as far as professionally it all began at sixteen when I got my first guitar and knew I had to get music to everyone. That's probably spudWorks' conception.
Deep, but maybe they're more curious about what qualifies you to be "President & CEO" of a company that is a leader in the internet space.
Well... I've been to Harvard...
You went to Harvard?
Sure. I was there a few weeks ago. A real nice campus. But I'm also a visionary in my own right. I mean, before spudWorks, who would have thought of putting original words, music, and video on the internet for the entertainment of all. Besides that, I'm a smooth talker and can woo even the most wiley of investors.
Mmmm... but now that the marketplace is flooded with sites like yours, where do you plan on taking it next?
I think the next big thing on the horizon is something I've named "e-commerce." If we can persuade our readers to put their credit card numbers into a web browser, I think we can sell them a variety of items. Things like books, movies, or CD's. It may still be a ways off, but it's on the horizon. Currently we maintain our advertising free business model with our semi-quarterly pledge drive. That's something never done before.
Switching to personal interests, what do you do with your spare time.
When I'm not at the bar I'm usually at home dinking around with my guitar collection.
Is it a large one?
What? The guitar?
The collection.
If you call two large. But, it's not the number that matters, it's the quality. Anyway... I spend a lot of time messing with that.
One reader, a Ms. Fiorentino, wrote in to ask if you are single? Do you wish to comment?
Well, I thank Ms. Fiorentino for her interest, but I am, in fact, taken.
Another reader, a Mr. Edwardo Norton, asks, "After having followed spudWorks for almost a year, I'm curious, how many of your columns are fictitious?"
I've been asked this one a good deal, but the fact is that because of spudWorks' editorial responsibility to its readers, unless a piece is listed as a piece of fiction, every word written here is true. It has been verified, fact checked, copy edited, and pasteurized. Sometimes we want to take some editorial liberties, but we refrain in the name of credibility.
Thank you for your time Mr. Ferm
Anytime

Mr. Ferm is in the process of writing a book about the company he founded and the early years. He explains that all unanswered questions will be answered in those pages which, most likely, will also be published on this site.