I wrote about Sprout, a new DIY widget service, 8 days ago. So when I saw the Sprout booth at BlogHer today, I went over, introduced myself, said I liked the service, and began to interview the PR Coordinator — who began to tell me about Sesame Street-like Pajanimals characters. What the hell? It was […]
Takeaways from Future of Media Summit
Didn’t take notes during last night’s Future of Media Summit in Mountain View, Calif. As usual, the connections in the audience were as interesting as the conversation on stage. (If a podcast goes up, I’ll let you know.) About 150 people took part in Sydney and another 50 Stateside. Disappointing that in 2008, the videoconferencing […]
At Intel’s Centrino 2 announcement
I attended the unveiling of the Intel Centrino 2 chip in San Francisco on Monday afternoon. Above is Mooly Eden, corporate vp, Intel Mobile Platforms Group. (Photo taken with a Nokia N78.) Fellow Intel Insiders Sarah Austin and Tom Foremski were also in the house. I could only stay for an hour because had to […]
Speaking at Future of Media Summit
Two years ago I wrote about attending an interesting new trans-ocean conversation about media trends called the Future of Media Summit. Held along the Embarcadero in San Francisco, it featured Craig Newmark of craiglist, Chris Anderson talking about his new book The Long Tail, and a number of speakers in Sydney hooked up by an […]
Young actors: The magic of performing arts
Young actors: The magic of performing arts from JD Lasica on Vimeo. I met Cie Probst, a fellow resident of Pleasanton, Calif., just a week ago, when she came by to pick up a rocking chair I was giving away — for use on the set of The Music Man. Then I swung by for […]