Day two at Web 2.0 was jam-packed: Shantanu Narayen, CEO at Adobe kicked the day off, and left me feeling more concerned than ever about the future of tools being provided for the traditional creative industries. They are positioning themselves more and more as a development platform, and it just leaves me wondering what options … Continue reading Travelblog #w2s 3
Thoughts from an entertaining first day at the Web 2.0 Summit:The afternoon started with a lunch during which seven start-ups pitched new business propositions to a board of investors. Being an avid viewer of Dragon's Den, I have to say that I ended up a little underwhelmed. Very few of the pitchers seemed well equipped … Continue reading TravelBlog #w2s 2
There's a very different vibe to arriving at San Francisco airport to either of the New York terminals (which are the only US destinations I've been to in recent years. The immigration hall looked the same as the ones at Newark or JFK, but there was a distinct sense of welcome despite the huge queues. … Continue reading Travelblog #w2s 1
Project achievements included: - financial sign off for next phase of the printing project - the authentication project - and the next tranche of windows hardware replacement - not forgetting actually managing to get out of my sick bed And also: - first cut of the heads of department update presentation Next week in one … Continue reading Week 27 – in which I succumbed to man flu
Peter, Bjorn and John - Young Folks Sometimes a song will consume me. For a period it will be all that I will want to listen to, and I will be addicted. There's no rhyme or reason to it. A particular drum, a guitar hook, a specific vocal... Young Folks was one of those songs. … Continue reading 2006
Back in 1994 I bought my first windows PC. I say bought... It was actually leased from Radio Rentals. Manufactured by Olivetti, it was a 486 with a whopping 4 mb of RAM. I remember the awe and amazement as I saw a postage stamp-sized video clip played off an encyclopedia CD-ROM that came free … Continue reading Progress
Emilliana Torrini - Today has been OK I seemed to spend most of 2005 trying to sell a house in South West Herts, and commuting by car from there down to Gatwick Airport on a daily basis at a time when most of that stretch of the M25 was being worked on. Given the tumultuous … Continue reading 2005
I've been working in the marketing agency sector for a couple of years now, and the differences between it and the media industries where I've spent more time over the years are becoming clearer. Although on the face of it companies in the two industries do similar things (running projects to allow 'creatives' to be … Continue reading Agency matters
Project achievements included: - concluded ERP consultancy meetings - further testing of the interactive projector -key stakeholder meetings on the content story And also: - preparation for Cloud Circle Forum - a good catch up with @andrewdotcom - a day off to celebrate Oscar's first birthday Next week in one word: moving
London has been subjected to industrial action on at least three fronts this week. Earlier the RMT action lead to fairly comprehensive disruption to the London Underground, and today both fire fighters and journalists at the BBC are scheduled to down tools. First off, I must declare something of a vested interest in that latter … Continue reading Striking behaviour
