Tim Westergren, founder and CEO of Pandora (photo taken with my video camera). And other highlights of NewComm Forum 2010 I‘ve been spending the week at NewComm Forum, the annual gathering of communications, marketing, PR and new media thinkers and doers in San Mateo, Calif. I now have years of distance from the newspaper […]
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Seedcamp winners meet the Geeks
One of the real highlights of the Traveling Geeks trip to the United Kingdom last week came when we were treated to “speed dating” session with the top start-ups of Seedcamp. This, after all, is one of the chief goals of the Traveling Geeks: to suss out young or little-known start-ups hear their stories, and […]
Will musicians flee MySpace for Facebook?
Most people find their favorite social networking spots for their personal needs quite easily. The socialites go to Facebook and the business networkers go to LinkedIn. But the search for the musician’s perfect online home is becoming just a little bit harder these days.
CES 2009 in 1 minute on Animoto
Here’s a one-minute music video on Animoto of some photos I took at last week’s Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. (And here’s the remix, which I like a bit better and shown above.) Among those featured: Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, Ford Motors CEO Alan Mulally, Cathy Brooks, Maggie Fox of Social Media Club, Kiesha […]
Von Iva hits big time in Jim Carrey’s new movie
The Von Iva interview from JD Lasica on Vimeo. At the last Macworld Expo Culture Catch Salon, I bumped into the drummer of Von Iva, a San Francisco band that hit the big time this weekend with the release of Jim Carrey’s new movie, Yes Man. I hadn’t heard of Von Iva until then, but […]