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A Night to Remember

Friday, November 20, 2009

I’m happy to report that I spent Thursday night in the company of a couple of hundred old friends, new friends, people I’ve admired from afar and wanted to meet, and assorted members of the Technologizer community. Our Tech the Halls party in San Francisco was a blast–mainly because the folks who showed up were [...]

Technologizer is Throwing a Party This Thursday

Tuesday, November 17, 2009

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It’s the holiday season, more or less! So Technologizer is throwing a holiday party–our second, following the T-Tweetup back in May. We’re calling it Tech the Halls, and it’s this Thursday, November 19th in San Francisco. It’s about to “sell out”–but if you’re in the Bay Area and would like to attend, click here for [...]

Sir Tim is on Twitter

Friday, October 23, 2009

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He’s as important a pioneer as Johannes Gutenberg or Alexander Graham Bell –except that he’s alive, well, and very much deeply involved in determining the future of the medium he created. He’s Sir Tim Berners Lee, the creator of the World Wide Web and the director of the World Wide Web Consortium, and it was [...]

Twelve Ways to Ace a Product Demo–or at Least Avoid Flopping

Tuesday, September 22, 2009

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I’ve been a technology journalist for more than eighteen years now. A significant part of the job involves sitting through demos of new products and services I might want to write about. I’ve seen great demos. Good ones. Mind-numbingly bad ones. Bizarre ones. (Remind me to tell you about the time a product caught on [...]

I’m Speaking at Chicks Who Click

Monday, August 10, 2009

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I’m not personally a chick, but many of the smartest people I know in technology are. And I’m happy to report that the folks at Chicks Who Click, a social networking organization, have asked me to moderate a panel on women in high-tech startups at their conference in San Jose on August 22nd. The panelists [...]

TWTRCON Hits the Nation’s Capital

Wednesday, August 5, 2009

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Back in May, the first edition of TWTRCON–the conference on Twitter for business which I’m proud to have come up with–was held in San Francisco. It was a hit. And Modern Media, the events’s organizers, are taking the show to Washington DC. TWTRCON DC 09 will be held at the Grand Hyatt Washington DC on [...]

Apple WWDC Live Coverage

Monday, June 8, 2009

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Please join us for instant, ongoing, live coverage of Apple’s WWDC keynote event. We’re live now!

Apple WWDC Live Coverage Tomorrow

Sunday, June 7, 2009

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Enough with the rumors, speculation, leaks, and spy photos–less than 24 hours from now, Apple will be kicking off its WWDC conference with a keynote address. Even in a worst-case scenario, there will be news about new stuff, and it will have one overriding benefit compared to the scuttlebutt to date: It’ll be factual!. I’ll be [...]

Apple Rumors Build to a Crescendo

Friday, June 5, 2009

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No doubt about it–today is the Friday before a major Apple event (namely WWDC). I can tell because everywhere I look on the Web, I’m seeing last-minute rumors and predictions. Such as these: The Wall Street Journal reports that Steve Jobs’ medical recovery is “coming along,” and that he’s expected to return to work later this [...]

Coming on Monday: Live WWDC Keynote Coverage

Thursday, June 4, 2009

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What’s Apple going to talk about at its WWDC keynote in San Francisco next week? Snow Leopard and iPhone OS 3.0, definitely. New iPhones, quite likely. Tablets and TVs and other dark horses, conceivably. Maybe. Well, probably not. But it’s not completely inconceivable. I’m looking forward to being surprised–even if it’s by lack of surprise–and will [...]

TWTRCON Wrapup: Good Show, Everybody!

Monday, June 1, 2009

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A couple of months ago, I had an idle thought: Wouldn’t it be cool if there was a conference that brought smart people together to figure out what Twitter means for businesses of all sorts and all sizes? The folks at Modern Media took my question and ran with it, and today TWTRCON SF 09 [...]

Take Technologizer’s Apple WWDC Prediction Challenge

Sunday, May 31, 2009

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Analysts and other pundits do a lousy job of predicting what Apple will do next. Rumors about the company are often sheer fantasy. I’ve guessed wrong so many times that I’ve mostly given up trying. With Apple’s WWDC conference and its accompanying keynote a week away, what to do? Should we just swear off predictions [...]

Technologizer Throws a Party

Thursday, May 7, 2009

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If you live in the Bay Area and are a FoT (Friend of Technologizer), read on: We’re throwing a party next Tuesday, May 12th from 5:30pm to 8:00pm at Nectar Wine Lounge and Restaurant, a very cool venue in Burlingame. We’re calling it Technologizer’s Tweetup, but Twitter newbies and skeptics are as welcome as hardcore [...]

Coming May 31st: A Conference About Twitter for Business

Monday, April 6, 2009

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I’m happy to report that Technologizer is helping Modern Media plan TWTRCON SF 09, a conference on how businesses can join the world of Twitter to make their customers happier, at San Francisco’s Hotel Nikko on May 31st. I’m happy about it because I think it’s a good idea–and I think it’s a good idea [...]

Macworld Expo Moves, Accepts Its Nickname

Monday, March 30, 2009

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Here’s the first hint of how IDG’s Macworld Expo will change in the wake of Apple’s decision to pull out of the show: It’s moving from early January to February 9th-13th (which includes a Saturday–the show has been weekday only). The conference sessions run for the entire duration of the show; the show floor will [...]

CES Gets Small

Monday, January 12, 2009

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Over at VentureBeat, Dean Takahashi is reporting that this year’s Consumer Electronics Show drew 110,000 employees, down 22 percent from last year’s event. The official, audited attendance figures won’t arrive for a few months, but unless they’re sharply higher it looks like this may have been the smallest CES in a decade or more. For [...]