--- title: John Hodgman talks nerd with President Obama at RTVC dinner image: https://www.davidmeermanscott.com/hs-fs/file-1601321308-jpg/blog-files/6a00d83451f23a69e201157133ac41970b-800wi.jpg --- [Skip to main content](https://www.davidmeermanscott.com/blog/2009/06/john-hodgman-talks-nerd-with-president-obama-at-rtvc-dinner.html#maincontent) [ «  View All Posts ](https://www.davidmeermanscott.com/blog) # John Hodgman talks nerd with President Obama at RTVC dinner June 20th, 2009 0 min read By [David Meerman Scott](https://www.davidmeermanscott.com/blog/author/david-meerman-scott) ![](https://www.davidmeermanscott.com/hs-fs/file-1601321308-jpg/blog-files/6a00d83451f23a69e201157133ac41970b-800wi.jpg?width=800&height=914&name=6a00d83451f23a69e201157133ac41970b-800wi.jpg) Last night at the Radio & TV Correspondents' Dinner in Washington DC, John Hodgman was the keynote speaker. *Imagine following President Obama at the podium? * **Hodgman nailed it big time. Watch this video. Now.** [John Hodgman](http://www.areasofmyexpertise.com/), of course, is a World Wide Rave. He appears on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart as the show’s Resident Expert. He is also "PC" in the Apple TV ads. It was really cool that Hodgman was [posting photos to Twitter](http://twitter.com/hodgman/status/2246179277) as he was waiting to go on. Now that's nerd. Well done, sir. I met John Hodgman at his book launch event in Brookline for his book [More Information than you Require.](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0525950346/freshspotpubl-20) At his event, he kindly signed my poster and let me take his photo. [More Information than you Require](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0525950346/freshspotpubl-20) is excellent. See my review on Amazon - it is the first one. 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