I had hoped to attend the World Technology Summit & Awards taking place Wednesday and Thursday in Manhattan, but between last week’s trip to the UK and next week’s trip to Los Angeles, I couldn’t manage another long trip right now. Still, I’m honored to be among the nominees for the 2009 World Technology Award […]
Photo gallery: Traveling Geeks in London
Here’s a Flickr photo gallery of the Traveling Geeks in London last week. Cambridge photo set to follow soon.
Meghan Asha on highlights of Traveling Geeks UK
Meghan Asha on technology & the Traveling Geeks from JD Lasica on Vimeo. I‘m back from my trip to London and Cambridge with the Traveling Geeks — I was the chief organizer of this second annual event — and I’m still going through withdrawal pains after all the amazing encounters we had. One of the […]
Will NBC, grassroots media clash at London Olympics?
During yesterday afternoon’s Econsultancy Roundtable at the Globe Theater, I was seated next to Alex Balfour, head of new media for London2012.com, the committee that is organizing the 2012 Summer Games in London. (See info about the London 2012 Open Weekend on July 24-26.) Midway through our session, the discussion turned to media coverage of […]
Time for innovative news models
One of the highlights of the Traveling Geeks trip to the United Kingdom this week came Tuesday night when the Guardian held its first-ever podcast in front of a live audience for its Media Live program. The panel — tech blogger Robert Scoble, Sarah Lacy, blogger at TechCrunch, columnist at BusinessWeek and co-host of Tech […]