Running Up The Brrreeeport Flag

And when you decode the flags it says “Robert, you’re a star!”

Business Cards Online

I’ve ordered a new set of business cards, as discussed in this post. Thanks for all your input, so I’ve fixed the mobile number to be a true international format, and added in my Skype address (which is ewanspence if you’re interested). To go along with this, I’ve added a mini-card on the sidebar of [...]

SXSW Photo Rejection

Bah Humbugs,
Ewan,
The photograph you uploaded to the SXSW Online Registrant Directory was unnacceptable for the following reason:
We’re not printing a lego on your badge.
Please feel free to visit https://regdir.sxsw.com/ to upload a photograph that meets the stated requirements.
Don’t they realise that the Lego Ewan (see the website’s top banner for one example) is even more [...]

Taking The Gamble: The ‘March in America’ Airline Tickets Bought

At some point, you always need to make a decision. My March trip to America is currently giving me lots of decisions one after the other. The plan (as you may recall) is to attend four Tech/IT conferences (BarCampLA, ETech, SXSW and Mix06) between March 2nd and March 23rd. As well as being at these [...]

ETech Podcast Part One

Posted on the brand spanking new Tech Conference Podcast Channel, The Podcast Network is carrying the first of four Podcasts (mp3 recordings) from Etech 2005. First up is a big ‘interview’ show with the movers and shakers of Etech. Pop over, have a listen, and let me know what you think.

ETech 2005 - Snap Summary

And it’s all over for another year. Emerging Technology is a strange type of conference. I’ve found it more tiring than the Symbian Expo’s and 3GSM’s of this world, even though they’ve all involved a fair amount of walking around the floor, or travelling time. I think it’s the sheer amount of information that needs [...]

Off We Go, Into The Wild Blue Yonder

Here we go, off to O’Reilly’s Emerging Technology again. Slightly different mindset this time as (a) I’m not speaking this time and (b) the OPL Book’s print run means I can’t sneak a few Wiley books into an O’Reilly event. Shame really. But the value of the people I can meet, be around and talk [...]

I Really Like American Airlines

Say what you like, but there’s nothing like a personal recommendation to get business, and then having good service to keep someone coming back. Such is my experience of Transatlantic flights, of which I’ve just booked the second such return trip in my life so I can attend Emerging Tech 2005.
Last year I was getting [...]

Tickets Bought, Now How To Get There…

Well, that’s me bought the ticket for next year’s Emerging Technology Conference - The O’Reilly jaunt down to San Diego. Admittedly it’s a bit further away for me than Rael & Co, and I’ve a few more problems to work through - like where will I stay, will Crow get through US Customs without a [...]

Emerging Tech 2005

The Call For Proposals for Emerging Technology 2005 has went up on the O’Reily website. Given the fun I had last year launching the UIQ version of the OPL Runtime, I’d like to be invited again. I only talked briefly about OPL last time, so this time I’d like to grab one of the three [...]

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