Yesterday, posters appeared around the conference centre announcing that music passes were all fitted with RFID tags. And that you would be scanned going to events..and that the information could be collated and used to send you approprite marketing materials. This was news to me..I could not remember seeing that anywhere in the sign up […]
The Church of Content
There’s a new religion, or at least a revamped version of an old one. Content and creative and art and music and all that stuff used to belong only to the individual or to the group. Then we got patronage and wealthy individuals could commission stuff, could pay to make things and see things and […]
Ted Cohen Interview
Deidre and Ted Originally uploaded by RachelC. The first session of the day was an interview with Ted Cohen, SVP Digital Dev & Distribution, EMI Music,(pictured here with Deidre at a party the other night). Peter Kafka from Forbes carried out the interview; I’m not sure of his background, but to me he certainly started […]
Music Festival Swag
Music Festival Swag Originally uploaded by RachelC. A different crowd…some of what you get in the Music Swag bag
SXSW on Tuesday
My first panel today was on VIdeo Blog Business Models. From the beginning this panel was far more of a conversation than a presentation. Well moderated, it explored the various business models that could be used. These ranged from in video advertisements, adsense, through to subscription. No common best model emerged; the key thigs wre […]
SXSW On Monday
Monday was another quiet day when it came to panels – I keep leaving early. The key one I wanted to watch I got pulle dout of due to a call, but it sounded entertaining from later reports – the Future of Darknets. The position on the panels were entrenched – there’ll never be agreement, […]
Womens; Visibility, Value Add and Tagging
A few random things learnt today…that you have to blag your way into every bar when they ask for ID. I have a reluctance to carry around my passport, but so far the line “I’m English, I don’t have picture ID” seems to work as managed to get into the bars OK so far. Another […]
After Party
IMG_3540 Originally uploaded by RachelC. Arriving at Club De Ville for the after party for the web awarrds, we all got given glowsticks …which break if you twist them too far. And then give great photo opportunities.
SXSW – First Day Review
The first day is over and what have I learnt? that I should stop goign to blogging panels as I’m not picking up anything new. The better converasations on that topic are one on one. how the term AJAX was derived – and something that the coiner Jesse thought was a small concept rapidly took […]
SXSW First Day
The first day of the conference and things are starting to heat up. Well, at least the weather is. Temperatures are up in the 80s and the sun is out – meaning i got sunburnt in my wanders around the town yesterday. Loads of photos to put up when I get a decent connection. Meanwhile, […]
Lucky
Sometimes you get lucky. Somehow I managed to get an upgrade on the flight fron SFO to Austin, so got a nice seat with plenty of legroom and no-one next to me in Economy Plus. Then I arrived at the hotel at the perfect time and managed to get an upgrade to a suite for […]
CC Salon
Last night I went along to a CC Salon event held at Shine. For someone more used to London events, the turnout was pretty impressive. There were brief presentations about Fireant, about Geek Entertainment TV and about Second Life before the chat and networking started. It was the first time I’d seen Second Life in […]
Blooker Prize
The short list for the Blooker Prize has been announced. I’ve been reading hackoff.com over the last few months which I’ve really enjoyed; I used to read Belle de Jour a few years ago, not sure if the book is baased on the old stuff. So now I need to go take a look at […]
San Francisco sights
IMG_3436 Originally uploaded by RachelC. On the first leg of my trip, I’m spending a day or so in San Francisco, made easier my the kind hospitality of Tara . On a glorious spring day – sunny and warmish – I wandered round the nearby Golden Gate Park and visited the Japanese Tea Garden.
Wifi everywhere?
The BBC ia running an article about the spread of wifi in the wild, with hotspots extending to form zones and more and more people getting wifi in their homes. What it doesn’t mention is the conflict between paid services and free wifi. Companies ever increasing their coverage is one thing, but without a single […]
It’s a Digital World?
Why would a national paper (Daily Mail) offer a digital camera as a prize for a photography competition and demand that you send a print of the image? (you can tell I was bored yesterday – the few times I read papers is whilst waiting and travelling)
Localisation
In one of those co-incidences, I arrived at the airport lounge yesterday and smiled and said hello to someone I recognised. Nothing unusual in that, I’m used to seeing people all the time on the NYC flight – there was usually at least one person from Diageo on the flight. This time though it turned […]
Conference Fees
Following this picture, with not a women in sight at a tech conference, Kasia proposes a solution. Reduce or remove registration and entry fees for women who go to tech conferences. A great idea to improve my cash flow – but it would not necessarily increase my attendance. But as the Girl Geek Dinner in […]
Piggies in Line
Piggies in LIne Originally uploaded by RachelC. Wandering round the Meatpacking District with Piers we can across these little piggies, lined up staring at the goods in the window. So more than one little piggie went to market on this day.
Priceless
As an advertising campaign, Mastercard’s Priceless appears to strike chords and I’ve seen it replicated many times, such as the one that was circulated after London got the 2012 Olympics. Finally, Mastercard have cottoned on to this and are running a competition to get us to write the copy for the ad. Adrants have an […]