Chris is asking for money
To end Gnomedex, Chris Pirillo just pitched three VCs (”Brad Feld”:http://www.feld.com/blog, “Jeff Clavier”:http://blog.softtechvc.com and “Rick Segal”:http://ricksegal.typepad.com/) on his new idea, “TagJag”:http://www.tagjag.com/. It’s a real, raw, unscripted discussion that shines a light on how to pitch an idea, how to answer questions from VCs, and how to evaluate what’s needed to execute on your vision.
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Phil Torrone rocks
I’m surprised how little of this year’s Gnomedex I’ve blogged. But I’m sitting in the “Phil Torrone”:http://www.makezine.com/blog/ session on open source hardware, and it’s fascinating (I was similiarly amazed “last year”:http://www.rklau.com/tins/archives/2005/06/25/rotary_cell_phone.php). He’s asking for ideas, and since I’m starting Boy Scouts with my son this fall, it seems like we need a “merit badge”:http://www.scouting.org/nav/enter.jsp?s=mc&c=fs system [...]
Senator Edwards at Gnomedex
Interesting. In response to a question about framing issues, John Edwards just made an important point: “there are people who spend their lives figuring out what language to use framing issues. That’s not me. My job is to figure out where the country needs to go, which problems we need to solve. … Language will [...]
Conference mashups
Was talking with “Josh Bancroft”:http://www.tinyscreenfuls.com/ this morning about conference mashups, an idea whose time has come. Last year’s “Portable Media Expo”:http://www.portablemediaexpo.com/ was held in the same building and at the same time as the Portable Sanitation Expo… wouldn’t it have been fun to combine the two conferences?
I’m staying at the Westin in Seattle, and it’s [...]
TechMeme hacked?
No, not really. Chris is “making a point”:http://chris.pirillo.com/2006/06/30/techmeme-hacked/.
Get your FeedBurner stickers
You’ve been warned, most of the next 2 days of posts will be Gnomedex-specific.
If you’re at the conference and want a FeedBurner sticker (and, honestly, who doesn’t?!), find me and I’ll hook you up.
Off to Gnomedex
I’m en route to Seattle for “Gnomedex”:http://www.gnomedex.com/. Looking forward to seeing lots of friends, and connecting with others who will be at Chris’s shindig. I’m staying at the Westin, drop me an email if you’re in town and let’s catch up.
Gnomedex 6
Forgot to note that I registered for “Gnomedex 6″:http://www.gnomedex.com/ last week. Very excited to be going to Seattle again this year. Who else is going?
Adam Curry’s Daily Source Code #200
This is pretty cool… Adam Curry is doing his concluding keynote as his 200th “Daily Source Code” live. Adam’s being very gracious, talking about a lot of the sources of inspiration that got podcasting to where it is today.
Is it news that Apple’s creating a namespace for podcasts? (Update: “Not really”:http://www.corante.com/podcasting/2005/06/21/more_detail_on_itunes_49.php.)
Great discussion of where this [...]
Legal panel
“Buzz”:http://buzzmodo.typepad.com/, “Denise”:http://bgbg.blogspot.com/, and “Jason”:http://calacanis.weblogsinc.com/ are leading the discussion on legal issues relating to blogging and technology. I had lunch with Denise, who mentioned that Buzz was reinstalling Windows prior to the presentation (a bizarre pre-presentation ritual?), but it looks like the machine got its issues straightened out, as they’re leading the presentation using MindManager.
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