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]
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.
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…
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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