TiEcon 2009 – The Bold Entrepreneur
I don’t particularly like large conferences, and I’ve made no secret of it… yet here I find myself discussing yet another one: TiEcon 2009, starting in these very minutes in Santa Clara, CA. One of the differentiators TiEcon has is just how affordable it is: it’s rare to find a two–day conference so action packed […]
A Conference is About Community
I’ve been watching with interest a great series of posts over on Pamela Dingle’s blog. It all began when Pamela tried to get a blogger pass for the RSA conference. What really caught my eye, though, was James McGovern’s response – specifically, “Achieving the goal of educating attendees is never the goal of those who […]
Two Days Left for Under the Radar Online Registration – Get Your Discount Here
We’re at the final countdown stage for the Under the Radar: Clarity in the Cloud conference – it’s coming up this Friday, April 24th, 8:00AM – 6:00PM @ the Microsoft Campus, in Mountain View, CA. If it’s named a conference, it has to have a keynote or a panel, and that’s what you get at […]
Things You Can Learn at the Glue Conference
I’ve been working on an agenda update, and in doing so, I found myself re-discovering all of the things that I can learn about a Glue. Here’s a partial list: How Facebook is opening up their platform Why REST is the foundation for web oriented architecture Where identity is heading, and why it has to […]
A Quick Intro to GlueCon
When Zoli Erdos first asked me if I’d be willing to write some guest posts on CloudAve around the topic of Glue Conference, I was actually a bit hesitant. After all, Zoli’s done such a great job of explaining why he likes the conferences I run, and what Gluecon is about, that I wasn’t sure […]
Startups: Your Chance to Present at Under the Radar
Under the Radar is Silicon Valley’s most established startup debut platform: a conference series organized by Dealmaker Media (for those with a longer memory, they used to be IBDNetwork) , covering business applications, social media, entertainment, mobility..etc. The 11th Under the Radar conference in Mountain View, CA on April 24, 2009 will focus on Cloud […]
So You Didn’t Make Millions: Don’t Quit Blogging Just Yet
Image via Wikipedia Do you know who Dan Lyons is? Of course .. Fake Steve Jobs. He just announced he’d quit blogging, since: While blogs can do many wonderful things, making huge amounts of money isn’t one of them. But wait! Did you know Dan Lyons 3 years ago? I admit I didn’t. Perhaps it’s […]
It’s Too Late to Start Networking When You’re Laid Off
Robert Scoble has a long laundry-list on how to effectively use social media in your job search if you are laid off. I agree with all but three points he makes: It’s a little late to start when you get laid off. Proactive brand creation before you really need it works a lot better. Roberts […]
Under the Radar: Cloud Computing & Business Applications – Call For Companies
Under the Radar is the Silicon Valley’s most established startup debut platform: a conference series organized by Dealmaker Media, covering business applications, social media, entertainment, mobility..etc. The 11th Under the Radar conference in Mountain View, CA on April 24, 2009 will focus on Cloud Computing and Business Applications – well, that’s a fairly wide definition, […]
How to get your Customers Hate You: Fear Marketing by Spoke Software
The email title If you want to keep your job, use Spoke would normally warrant immediate deletion, but I decided to check it out, since it came from Spoke Software. I used to keep a close eye on them, back in 2002 met the founders, in fact in 2003 we briefly discussed them acquiring my […]
Come to Defrag: Denver, November 3-4.
Next week I’ll be in Denver, attending Defrag, a boutique, intellectual, intense, very participatory conference. I’m attending despite the fact that I’ve cut down on conference attendance, not because of the current economic turmoil, but largely due to burnout. After a while they just all feel the same: empty session rooms, bored exhibitors, people just […]
