Weekend wrapper...a collection of tidbits
By Tom Foremski - December 16, 2005
'm out at meetings all day but here are a few tidbits three-dot style.
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I missed the Syndicate conference in San Francisco this week, but I hear it was vendor-hell. Too many vendors prowling the halls and sessions. And attendance of some of the sessions was so bad that they had to be cancelled.
It is a shame, I attended the Syndicate conference in New York and enjoyed it. But that was because I was chairing some great panels including a lunchtime panel Nooked and I put together with Robert Scoble, Jon Udell, Charlene Li...and others.
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This week was the deadline for a big contract for public relations from one of the largest tech companies. And only a few PR firms were invited to bid on the contract. As soon as I find out who won, I'll let you know.
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I went to Dogster's fun little holiday party on Thursday. This is Friendster for Dogs (and cats--there is Catster too.) It is a great idea and they had a million votes recently for their coolest pets contest.
But, did you know that no one at Dogster owns a dog? How ironic is that? Again, it proves the hand of a Supreme Being is at work (see Ironic Design proves more than Intelligent Design.)
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My buddy Rok Hrastnik from Studio Moderna in Slovenia was in town this week, and he says central and eastern Europe is a happening place these days. Lots of ideas and energy and excitement in the air. Also, the old media the newspapers, are embracing blogging and other technologies at a much faster rate than in the US, and it is working.
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China, China, China is on everyone's lips. And everyone is scrambling to set up offices or show that they have partners/representatives over there. More on this later...
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Comments (1)
Although China remains and will continue to be one of the world's critical markets, I feel that as a media issue China has more or less run its course. How many more announcements of partners, manufacturing centers and so on can you make without appearing redundant? I agree that eastern Europe is the next big global IT story. Lots of interesting things happening there and I think that Silicon Valley companies are beginning to wise up to the potential there.
Posted: December 16, 2005 11:59 PM