How to “Web 2.0-Enable” your Live Event

November 18, 2007

Amplify the value of the “liveness” of your event by layering it with social media tools to improve physical logistics, distribute information, connect people, and enhance face-to-face conversations.

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Highlights from the NewTeeVee Live conference

November 14, 2007

NewTeeVee, the blog about online video technologies and content, hosted their first conference, NewTeeVee Live, in San Francisco. Here are a few highlights from the event. This is far from definitive. To read the definitive reporting on the event, go back and read the NewTeeVee blog. Listen to the Spark Minute. John Scott and David […]

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Google’s Android: Trying to open up a very closed system

November 8, 2007

In my last post I talked about Google’s business model of trying to simply open up any system that dominates eyeballs: search, content, social networking, productivity applications, and mobile. While Google is having no problem opening up capabilities with all Internet-connected personal computer-based applications, it’s not going to be so easy in the mobile environment. […]

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Google’s revenue plan: Mo screens! Mo eyeballs! Mo MONEY!

November 8, 2007

Last week on the Spark Minute I talked about Google’s plan with OpenSocial, the open application development environment for social networks. Up against Facebook’s growing juggernaut of 50 million users and growing, Google decided to invite all other social networks to be part of its open application development consortium. Facebook’s been invited too, but they […]

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What does Prince know that we don't know?

November 7, 2007

Prince, the entertainer formerly known as a symbol and now Prince again has launched another precedent-setting move: he’s suing his fans. While the RIAA has established strong public hatred by suing all fans of music for downloading music illegally, Prince’s lawyers are going even further demanding all Prince fansites remove all instances of Prince’s likeness, lyrics, and other elements. What […]

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Facebook vs. Google-Encroaching on each other's territory

November 1, 2007

I had lunch today with Patrick Koppula, founder of ffwd, a video recommendation service that just launched in beta a couple of weeks ago. Prior to starting ffwd, Patrick was the creator of iLike, a music discovery site and player that garnered significant fame and recognition through the launch of its Facebook application. I would […]

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Bluepulse party from CTIA 2007 San Francisco

October 31, 2007

Just a quick photo of myself with John Heinsen (on left) and Brian Zisk (on right) from the Bluepulse party in San Francisco during CTIA 2007. Bluepulse is a new purely mobile social network. Very simple to use (assuming you don’t have a crappy phone like what I’ve got) and extremely viral because for friends […]

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8 Cool mobile technologies from CTIA 2007, San Francisco

October 24, 2007

I got to spend a little time this week at the trade show floor of CTIA plus attended a few press events. Here’s a wrap up of some of the cool stuff I saw. Note, this is not exhaustive. I only got a chance to see a few items, but these are the items I […]

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How to "Web 2.0-enable" your live event

October 17, 2007

I just finished blogging at a live event for a brand new client, iRise, developers of application simulation software. The event was a user conference and myself and the iRise team produced a very active blog complete with audio and pictures. The show and the blog were both a huge success and already I’ve been […]

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Blogging at the iRise conference

October 11, 2007

I’m in Las Vegas right now working for one of my new clients, iRise. The company develops an application simulation system to help companies visualize software development before they write a single line of code. Today and tomorrow is their user conference and I’m blogging a ton on their brand new blog. Check it out […]

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