Category: March 06 Mega Trip

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 wasn’t the loving audience (after all, people can support many things, and I love a bad bad movie as much as the next person), it’s the fact that the media are paying more and more attention to John Wilson’s little crusade against all

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 easy. I’m spending today, as always on trips, as the a day of nothing. Hanging out with Lance Anderson, grabbing a Denny’s breakfast, and generally gettign things in order to start doing all the podcasting and Razzie reporting tomorrow. The Edinburgh to Heathrow leg was

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 in the banner at the very top of the page.

“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 Dornfest to discuss the ‘big ideas’ and themes of this year’s Etech. Lots of interesting ideas in there, with Rael mentioning his idea for a killer RSS application being one of my personal favourites. if you want to get involved while you’re at Etech,

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 podcast rss feeds ready, because The TPN Tech Conference channel is about to get very busy. This week we’ll bring you a few previews of the people and conferences that Ewan Spence and his team are going to be covering in March. With over