The Little Green Bag of BarCampLA

Fun, in a relaxing, almost stress-free way, would be the best way to describe BarCampLa, which happened this Sunday, the day before ETech. The warehouse / loft /stuid of Little Radio, in downtown LA, would be the perfect setting for replicating Reservoir Dogs.
It’s a lovely un-conference space, with a large main room and two side […]

I’m Not In Chicago Any More

…but try telling my body clock that. For some strange reason, my body clock seems to be looked in to Chicago time, which is two hours ahead of the West Coast. Not good walking up at 5.30am in the morning… Whats the betting that I’ll sort this out just as I leave and go back […]

And The Worst Picture Goes To…

What a great, fun night!
Just spent a couple of hours in the throngs of press at the 26th Golden Raspberry Awards at the Ivar Theatre in Hollywood. Celebrating the worst that Hollywood generated in 2005, it was clear that the night would be a pun filled spectacular, and the script did not disappoint.
What surprised me […]

In America, Flights Were Pretty Good

So I’m here in Los Angeles now, after a pretty good set of flights from Edinburgh to the West Coast of america. Now they weren’t perfect, but on the fare that I pay, that’snever going to be possible. What I will say is that I had my head screwed on, and mentally they were pretty […]

Chicago O’Hare Now Has GSM Signal Coverage

Finally, after how many years of flying through O’Hare, I can now get a GSM signal on T-Mobile” Yaay! And I still haven’t got a problem finding a power point, unlike the recent woe is me on Boing Boing.

American, Brace Yourself, Here I Come!

Cases packed, electronics charged up, microphones ready. It’s time to depart Scotland for three weeks of Conferences, Hollywood awards ceremonies, 16,000 airmiles, and yet another half crazy podcast show…

So here’s a quick look at my destinations, if you want to hook up with me at the conferences, or in the cities, then contact details are […]

“March Preview” and “Time O’Reilly and Rael Dornfest” Tech Conf Podcasts Available

And so it begins (all link love to TPN Tech Conf greatly appreciated)…

Tech Conf Show #001 previews the March madness of BarCampLA, Etech, SXSW and Mix06. I’m joined by Nicole Simon, who’ll be sharing hosting duties with me during BarCamp and Etech.
Tech Conf Show #002 is a conference call with Tim O’Reilly and Rael […]

TPN Tech Conference Channel Comes Alive

You’ve all been reading online here the fun in organising the March USA trip round BarCamp LA, Etech, SXSW and Mix06… now it’s time to put it into practice. Just posted the following on the TPN Tech Conference Blog…
So, it’s time to kick the tyres on the Air Miles account, prime the blog, get the […]

Ewan’s Guide To Surviving Long Haul

Not that I’m an expert in any way, but pulling an average of three return transatlantic flights a year (plus a number of internal flights in the UK and USA) I’ve built up my own personal notes on how to survive long haul flights. These all work for me, hopefully it should give you some […]

Sometimes The Gamble Pays Off - America Here I Come

I’ve talked about the planning for the March USA trip previously on the blog. The original impetus was to get to O’Reilly’s Emerging Technology Conference. This grew into doing a bit of podcasting at Etech. And that in turn morphed into The Podcast Network becoming a Media Sponsor for Etech. Now the cost of transatlantic […]

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