Go to dinner with the geeks and you’ll get lots of photos taken Let me set the scene for you. More than a dozen geeks have traveled to Paris for a weeklong tech odyssey culminating with coverage from France’s premier Web 2.0 conference, Le Web. I’m having a hard time trying to determine what the […]
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Final reflections on the Traveling Geeks trip
It has been one month since the Traveling Geeks kicked off our trip to London and Cambridge with a Tweetup at JuJu in Chelsea. (I was the chief organizer of trip.) From this distance and vantage point, here are a few random impressions: • I think too much can be made of the differences between […]
The hottest game startup in Europe
Europe’s hottest online game site from JD Lasica on Vimeo. At the offices of Accel Partners a week ago today during the Traveling Geeks trip to London, several of us came away especially impressed by Michael Acton Smith, founder and CEO of Mind Candy, the UK-based company that makes Moshimonsters.com. Moshi Monsters has become Europe’s […]
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 […]
BT’s CEO greets the Traveling Geeks
BT’s CEO greets the Traveling Geeks from JD Lasica on Vimeo. Here’s a 3-minute video of BT (British Telecom) CEO Ian Livingston I took prior to the gala dinner party BT held for the Traveling Geeks atop the BT Tower in central London. Image via Wikipedia What’s interesting is not the gracious greeting he gave […]