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April 2nd, 2009

Richard Branson sponsors Brawn GP a day before their maiden Formula 1 double victory.
Image courtesy of ITV-F1.

Good timing, Sir Richard!

Well done to the 4B’s, their team, and their families and friends: Branson, Button, Barrichello and Brawn. More at http://brawngp.com.

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Book this weekend for The Next Web Conference 2009 - get a free iPod Shuffle.

March 28th, 2009

The Next Web Conference 2009:
This will be the 4th edition of The Next Web Conference. We’re looking forward to welcome 900 web professionals for 3 days of interesting talks, business and fun at The Next Web in the city we love so much; Amsterdam.

The Next Web conference is known as one of the best networking events in Europe. We’ll welcome a blend of decision makers from the European & American Internet scene, technology entrepreneurs, start-ups, innovators, along with venture capitalists, industry journalist, bloggers, and senior level executives.

The iPod shuffle Happy Hour started last night! You have until Sunday evening to buy a ticket for The Next Web Conference 2009 and get a free iPod Shuffle.

More details:
http://thenextweb.com/2009/03/26/free-ipod-nano-web-ticket/

Buy ticket + Free iPod shuffle:
https://thenextweb.paydro.net/event/the-next-web-conference/ipodshuffle

See you there…

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Look mum, I am on TV… virtually.

February 5th, 2009

@clarocada nice 15 second ad on skynews tv tonight for nextwe... on TwitPic
I wrote an article for The Next Web Blog today: ‘Ten Reasons why Google Latitude will succeed‘ which I thought would get some traffic.

It did get a good amount of traffic (and it still is doing), but I was surprised to see a tweet from Chris Osborne with a photo of my story on Sky News, who were interviewing Mike Butcher of Techcrunch UK.

@clarocada nice 15 second ad on skynews tv tonight for nextweb/your latitude piece (during @mikebutcher’s interview)[Click image to expand]

Thank Chris, Thanks Mike, thanks Sky News.

Now - who do I speak to about my appearance fee?

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Tickets for Edinburgh Twestival (Few remaining)

January 26th, 2009

Top Tips for Tough Times from Tim Bray at FOWA

October 10th, 2008
The Next Web talks with Tim Bray at Future of Web Apps, London. Tim gives us some tips for the tough times ahead. He knows that even if he’s wrong, we should listen.

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Blog08 Amsterdam: A-List Bloggers line-up expands, early bird discount ends tomorrow.

October 7th, 2008

Blog08, Amsterdam, on the 24th October 2008, has added some great bloggers to its line-up, and tomorrow is your last chance to get an early bird discount to save €45 on the entry fee,

Blog08 LogoI’d recommend you get your name on the list today, as the early bird discount, means it’s only €150 to attend, rather than €195. With a mention in Parool.nl, and being all over the Dutch media today, and online in the likes of ADMetro, and Trouw, the reduced price allocation may be gone very soon. You also have the chance to win a free seat at the Speaker’s Dinner on the night before the conference if you buy before Thursday.

Use this special discount promo code to save €45: digitalbio

This will be the rock’n'roll blogging event of the year in Europe, with a great host in Patrick de Laive, a great venue, and an amazing program that, of course, includes performances from a rock band… and an after-party at Odeon, Amsterdam.

And of course, it takes place on a Friday… leaving you free to enjoy an extra day or two in Amsterdam. Assuming you survive that after-party, of course.

Speakers list…

Pete Cashmore
Pete Cashmore has built his own blog empire with Mashable, a blog about social networks. It ranks 10th in the world.

Hugh MacLeod
Hugh MacLeod from GapingVoid is a cartoonist and professional blogger, known for his ideas about Web 2.0 marketing.

Tim Overdiek
Tim Overdiek is Deputy Editor-in-Chief at NOS News (Dutch national public broadcasting) and an avid promoter of blogging.

Scott Rafer 
Scott is a successful internet entrepreneur. He currently is the CEO of Lookery and previously of MyBlogLog.

Gabe McIntyre
Gabe McIntyre (aka GabeMac) is a pro Vlogger in Europe causing disruption with his videos. Currently host of Mobuzz.TV, he is a Bad Mother Vlogger…

Clo Willaerts
Clo Willaerts combines her job at Sanoma Magazines Belgium with blogging, nurturing her social networks and organising Brussels Girl Geek Dinners.

Nalden
Nalden is an influential music and lifestyle blogger who managed to get a large following on the spectacularly designed nalden.net.

Boris Veldhuijzen van Zanten
Boris is a serial entrepreneur. His most recent project is the successful Web 2.0 blog The Next Web.

Paul Bradshaw
Paul is the man behind the popular Online Journalism Blog and senior lecturer at Birmingham City University.

Piet Bakker
Piet Bakker is a professor at the Hogeschool Utrecht and a longtime blogger on free daily newspapers.

>> See you there.

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A-list Bloggers head to Amsterdam this October

September 4th, 2008

A is for Amsterdam, B is for Blog08…

And these guys are the organisers...

And C is for - see you there. You know when a conference has organisers who look like they should be smashing guitars over amps, it’s a sign that their event is probably not going to really conform.

Meganova, the highly successful team behind the Next Web Blog and annual Next Web Conference, promise a rock’n'roll event, fronted by the combatant team (L-R above) of Ernst-Jan Pfauth and Edial Dekker, with Patrick de Laive acting as host for the day, a great venue, and an amazing program that, of course, includes live performances from a rock band… and an after-party at Odeon.  

Speakers so far announced…

Pete Cashmore
Pete Cashmore has built his own blog empire with Mashable, a blog about social networks. It ranks 10th in the world.

Recent quote: ”5th large coffee today. I’m serious about us getting a coffee sponsor ;)

Hugh MacLeod
Hugh MacLeod from GapingVoid is a cartoonist and professional blogger, known for his ideas about Web 2.0 marketing. 

Recent quote: ”Our farmer’s market has one main problem: This isn’t farming country.

Tim Overdiek
Tim Overdiek is Deputy Editor-in-Chief at NOS News (Dutch national public broadcasting) and an avid promoter of blogging. 

Recent quote: ”Journalists without a blog don’t have a future.“ 

Clo Willaerts
Clo Willaerts combines her job at Sanoma Magazines Belgium with blogging, nurturing her social networks and organising Brussels Girl Geek Dinners.

Recent quote:If I had a dollar for every “euh” by tonight’s speaker, I’d be rich by midnight.

Remember, of course, that Blog08 takes place on a Friday… leaving you free to enjoy an extra day or two in Amsterdam. Assuming you survive that after-party at the Odeon, of course. If the Next Web 2008 After Party is anything to go by… it should live up to its ‘Rockstars of the Web’ title.

Your very own Digital Biographer will be there, and I have arranged for a special discount of €45 Euros off the conference fee for Digital Biographer Blog readers - just used the special promo code ‘digtalbio’ when you book online

PS: Try the tidily redesigned Skyscanner to find the lowest airfares to Amsterdam.

 

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Interview with Raymond O’Hare, Director, Microsoft Scotland

April 25th, 2008

Raymond O’Hare, Director, Microsoft Scotland, spoke to David Petherick for http://thenextweb.org/ about how Microsoft are working to enhance Scotland’s future, following the Herald’s ‘Shaping Scotland’s Digital Future’ Debate in Glasgow.

See http://www.sundayherald.com/…talfuture/ for additional information about the discussion held earlier that day. Further coverage will appear in http://theherald.co.uk/ on 30th April 2008.

He touches upon education, politics, common standards, collaborating with competitors, and has a word or two for "those currently in power".

Photograph Caption:
24-April-2008, The Teacher Building, Glasgow
At Lectern: Raymond O’Hare, Regional Director, Microsoft Scotland
Seated, L-R Steven Thurlow, Technical Director, Graham Technology
Gordon Thomson, Operations Director, Cisco Scotland & Ireland

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A chat about W00tonomy with Tony Purcell

April 15th, 2008

I had a chat with Tony Purcell of W00tonomy, and though it’d be nice to share it…

Tony has started the first ‘content marketing’ company in Scotland, with the wonderful name of W00tonomy, and found out a little more about where they add value where strategy meets online marketing in the social media sphere.

See http://www.w00tonomy.com/ for more information.

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Amazon’s CTO, Werner Vogels reveals more about ‘The Kindle’.

April 4th, 2008

I had the pleasure to talk to Werner Vogels at The Next Web on Friday last week in Amsterdam, and asked him about what’s next for Amazon’s ‘Kindle’ product…

Dr. Werner Vogel, Chief Technology Officer at Amazon.com, talks about The Kindle. And what’s next, of course…

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Robert Scoble at The Next Web, Amsterdam

April 4th, 2008

I spoke to Robert Scoble in Amsterdam at http://2008.thenextweb.org/

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The Next Web 2008 begins…

April 3rd, 2008

I’m currently in the break-out area for The Next Web at Westergasfabriek The Next Web Conference, for which registration opens in about 30 minutes. I am here early to grab a few interviews while people are still working out whether I’m worth speaking to or not…

And you know - I’m excited. There’s a buzz already in the hotel yesterday where a lot of delegates are camped, and a few gatherings have already taken place - an ebuddy party and a pownce people meetup to name just two. I of course stayed in with my slippers and pipe, a chocomel and my rss reader. A local free newspaper had an article about QR codes on Wednesday, which made me smile, as I’ve had 400 stickers made up which show a QR code that links to this blog - and have absolutely no other identifying markings.

I am hoping to do a few interviews using sound & the odd little video, and the next web awards are looking very interesting. Watch thsi space, and of course the blog at http://thenextweb.org

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121 Chat: Steve Garnett @ Salesforce.com

March 9th, 2008

At London’s startupcamp.org, I had the opportunity for a one-to one chat with Steve Garnett, formerly with Oracle and Siebel Systems, and asked him about what salesforce.com has planned to further integrate and enhance SaaS (Software as a Service) from the perspective of a web 2.0 entrepreneur.

The interview is just uner 7 minutes in duration, and was conducted for http://thenextweb.org/
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Ten Top Tips for your Online Profile: Tip #10

February 16th, 2008

The tenth in a series of Ten Top Tips to make your online profile work harder than you do…
Tip 10: Call to action

If you don’t ask people to do things - guess what - they don’t do anything. So remember that if you want people to contact you or buy from you or talk to you - you need to ask them to do it.

Your online profile is your first, and often your last chance, to make a positive and credible impression online. It’s a combination of a sales pitch, a personal presentation, a business card, a brochure, a personal statement, a list of recommendations, a mini web-site, and a wave from across the room. It has a lot of work to do.

Is your profile doing you proper justice and working as hard for your business as you do?

This series of tips will help you to get your online profile(s) working hard for you.

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Ten Top Tips for your Online Profile: Tip #9

February 15th, 2008

The ninth in a series of Ten Top Tips to make your online profile work harder than you do…
Tip 9: Talk to strangers

Yes. Talk to strangers before you commit your profile to the digital winds. Ask people who perhaps don’t know you all that well to look at what you’ve drafted - and they’ll tell you where it’s good, and bad. Better to find out now, than later…

Your online profile is your first, and often your last chance, to make a positive and credible impression online. It’s a combination of a sales pitch, a personal presentation, a business card, a brochure, a personal statement, a list of recommendations, a mini web-site, and a wave from across the room. It has a lot of work to do.

Is your profile doing you proper justice and working as hard for your business as you do?

This series of tips will help you to get your online profile(s) working hard for you.

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