Category: Conferences

Digitial Dads “As Live” from BlogWorld

One of the fun moments at the recent BlogWorld Expo in LA was sitting down with CC Chapman, Joe Pulizzi and Mark Yoshimoto Nemcoff to talk about, well. It started with an open question and headed into unknown territory. CC: I grabbed three fellow dads who I know and love and sat down to have an off the cuff conversation with. I thought it would end up a lot more light hearted than it did, but we hit some pretty deep topics around our kids being online and if that is a good thing or not. Which was captured on

Six years later, the podcasting survivors look back

Mark Yoshimoto Nemcoff from his Blog World wrap-up: I did see a bunch of friends and folks I’ve known since those olden podcasting days and the common joke we all shared was about being survivors. Every single one of us has parlayed our early indie experiences into career and brand-growing opportunities. All of us have expanded what we were originally doing and continue to thrive in new media… and all those annoying whiners and posers from the days of yore… there wasn’t a single one in sight. And there, in a nutshell, is the evolution of podcasting.

BlogWorld bound…

All packed up here, ready to go travelling again, this time to Blog World LA. I still look pretty much like the picture on the right, and yes I’ll be in my kilt, so if you see me, say hi. As always, looking for fun stories, to connect to new people, and see what’s out there in the world for someone like me. If you’ve got pitches, presents, anything interesting, or just fancy a chat, my US cell is 512-650-7162 and it’ll work from around 4pm Pacific today.

What did everyone else do at Over The Air?

After all, only three of us worked on Engima Kerplunk, what did everyone else get up to? I touched on some of them on the Forbes blog: If you’ve ever wondered where the ideas for applications and services on your mobile phone come from, then wonder no more, because OTA is the perfect example. During the first day, a series of talks and presentations are put on, detailing the latest ideas, principles and digital toys that companies are making available – this year saw  such delights as an introduction to BBC Digital’s Public Spaces project from Mo McRoberts; AR technology