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WSJ's Don Clark & Off the Record benefit for Big Brothers Big Sisters...

This is becoming an annual event and one not to be missed (I missed it last year unfortunately...) Come and see hacks and flacks rocking out for a good cause. Just $20 (and you have to RSVP.)

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Details are here:
A benefit for
Big Brothers Big Sisters of
San Francisco and the Peninsula.

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Posted by Tom Foremski on June 13, 2005 2:46 PM | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0)

Heading for New York City and the Impact '05 conference...

By Tom Foremski for SiliconValleyWatcher

I'm excited to be heading to New York city this week to be a panelist at the Impact Conference held at New York University.

I'll be on panel with Joe Trippi, Howard Dean's political strategist and mastermind of an extremely effective Internet campaign that showed how blogging and other media technologies can be used by politicians to great effect.

I don't think it is an exaggeration if I say that the legacy of Mr Trippi's pioneering work will be seen in every future political election campaign in the US.

A very happy Andy Plesser, the organiser of the conference, tells me that the number of senior level executives attending the conference is phenomenal. I can't wait.

BTW, registrations are still open and will be open the day of the conference (September 15) and if you mention SiliconValleyWatcher you save $100 bucks because we are a media sponsor of the event.

From Impact '05:

Join Leading Journalists, Academics and Bloggers in New York City on September 15

Blogs, video news online, mass text messaging, social networking, RSS feeds and podcasting are challenging the dominance of conventional media and influencing public attitudes and corporate reputations. This unique, one-day conference will explore these issues with leading thinkers and practitioners.

Impact '05 Confirmed Speakers:
:: Ron Alsop, Senior Writer, The Wall Street Journal
:: Len Apcar, Editor in Chief, NYTimes.com
:: Paul Argenti, Professor of Corporate Communications, Tuck School at Dartmouth
:: Cheryl Crispen, Senior Vice President, Communications and Marketing, Mortgage Bankers Association
:: Lewis D’Vorkin, Vice President, Editor-in-Chief, News and Sports, America Online, Inc.
:: Jim Finn, Vice President of Corporate Communications, IBM
:: Tom Foremski, Editor and Publisher, Silicon Valley Watcher
:: Julia Hood, Editor-in-Chief, PR Week
:: Patrick Houston, General Manager, Yahoo! Tech
:: Jim Kennedy, Vice President, Director of Strategic Planning, The Associated Press
:: Brad King, Brad King, Web Editor, Technology Review
:: Kevin Maney, Technology Columnist, USA Today
:: Ed Paisley, Managing Editor, The Deal LLC
:: Jason Pontin, Editor-in-Chief, MIT’s Technology Review
:: Shoba Purushothaman, CEO and Co-Founder, The NewsMarket
:: Ruth Sarfaty, Vice President, Corporate Communications, America Online, Inc.
:: Elizabeth Spiers, Editor-in-Chief, mediabistro.com
:: Joe Trippi, Political Strategist
:: Joan Walsh, Editor-in-Chief, Salon.com

Posted by Tom Foremski on September 12, 2005 2:37 PM | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0)

SVW--An Eastwick Halloween party for hacks and flacks...and bloggers?

Eastwick Communications says that any tech beat journalist reading this on Silicon Valley Watcher is invited to its charity Halloween party--and Eastwick is well known for its Halloween parties.

Come check on Eastwick's party reputation. Ping me and I'll forward the evite to you and/or just turn up Thursday October 27 @6pm 444 De Haro Street #110 (17th street entrance).

Black and orange dress code requested (dresses are okay). Phone there is 650 480 4040.

I guess bloggers are allowed in too since I'll be there?!

More details from the invite:

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Posted by Tom Foremski on October 18, 2005 2:14 PM | Permalink | Comments (3) | TrackBacks (0)

SVW readers get a discount to Under the Radar November 16! I'll be one of the moderators along with Steve Fox, chief editor at Infoworld and Michael Copeland from Business 2.0

The lovely ladies of IDB Network have organized another Under the Radar event, in which startups parade their pitches in front of jaded judges from the VC community. Can their passion convert some of the Simons into Paulas? (I know at least one on the list that can.)

Just mention Silicon Valley Watcher and you'll get a "friends" discount. Here is a link to the secret discount site ;-)

I'll try to be as disruptive as possible while Steve and Michael will represent the traditional media--good cop/bad cops style--or, maybe not. Either way, it'll be good to see you there, on the Microsoft Silicon Valley campus.

Here is a link to main page, remember the secret discount link is here ;-)

And here is a list of companies and judges:

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Posted by Tom Foremski on October 20, 2005 3:51 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)

I'll be at the New Comms Forum - save $200 with our Promo code

The Palo Alto based conference is just two weeks away. I'll be speaking on two panels and wandering around chatting. It was the best conference I went to last year bar none.

[SVW readers save $200 using exclusive promo code SVW200]

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Posted by Tom Foremski on February 10, 2006 3:46 AM | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0)

NewComm Forum 2006, March 1 - 3

[SVW readers save $200 using exclusive promo code SVW200] Please join us at NewComm Forum, March 1 - 3 in Palo Alto, CA. We'll bring together thought leaders and decision makers from around the globe to discuss the impact of participatory communications on media, marketing, journalism, PR and advertising. Speakers & instructors will include:

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Posted by Tom Foremski on February 25, 2006 4:05 PM | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0)

Please join me at New Comm Forum on March 2

I'll be on two panels at the New Comm Forum on March 2 in Palo Alto

There are just a few places left and remember to use our exclusive SVW200 discount code. I'll see you there!

March 2
Boundary Battles: What is a Journalist and Why Does it Matter?
10:15am - 11:15am

As traditional media's role has become challenged by citizen fact checkers offering commentary on events and increasing amounts of original reporting, journalists and editors have often responded by setting up boundaries between who is a "real reporter"and who isn't. This panel will re-visit some of the major battles of this ongoing war, while revealing what the real debates should be about.

Panel Participants
Jen McClure, executive director of the Society for New Communications Research - MODERATOR
Tom Foremski, editor, founder, publisher, Silicon Valley Watcher
Dan Farber, vice president of editorial, CNET, editor-in-chief ZDNet
Tom Abate, MiniMediaGuy
J.D. Lasica, co-founder and executive director, Ourmedia

March 2

New Ad-Supported Online Publishing Models
2:15pm - 3:15pm

With new ways to produce online content come new models for ad-supported publishing. Informed by research in process by the Society for New Communications Research, this panel will highlight some of these new models, and discuss their implications for the advertising industry.
Panel Participants
Giovanni Rodriguez, principal, Eastwick Communications - MODERATOR
Francois Gossieaux, marketing & business development, Corante
Chris Alden, co-founder, CEO, Rojo
Tom Foremski, editor, founder, publisher, Silicon Valley Watcher
Colin Crawford, VP, Online, IDG

Posted by Tom Foremski on February 28, 2006 8:55 PM | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0)

Software 2006 is coming up and selling fast -- SVW readers get a special discount

I've run into MR Rangaswami from the excellent Sandhill.com, several times this week and each time I see him I've been hassling him about giving my readers a special discount to his upcoming Software 2006 enterprise software conference.

I didn't think I would say it, but MR has made enterprise software interesting again and he puts together what is easily the best enterprise software conference in the industry. This (3rd) year there will be 20 key startups showcased, and lots of key leaders of the VC and enterprise software communities will be speaking and wandering around.

Here is a the deal: Use this promo code: svw (all lower case) and SVW readers will be able to bring two colleagues for the price of one entry: $1,195. The regular price is $1595 (and the current lowest special is $1395.)

The conference is more than half sold out already so make sure you reserve your place with the svw promo code and save as much as $400!

Software 2006: Unifying the Ecosystem
April 4-5, 2006
Santa Clara Convention Center, Santa Clara, CA

Software 2006: Keynotes & Speakers. . .

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Posted by Tom Foremski on March 17, 2006 4:44 AM | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0)

I missed the first day of Software 2006 but I made it to the reception and dinner

By Tom Foremski for SiliconValleyWatcher

It was late in the day when I got to the Software 2006 conference on Tuesday and some people were already leaving. As I walked the short distance from the car park to the Santa Clara Convention Center I kept running into people I knew and so it took me an hour or more to get into the conference area.

First, I run into Fred Vogelstein, who is now independent and I had just an hour earlier emailed and he is with Andy Lark, the former Sun Microsystems comms chief and one of my topten media/communications professionals.

Andy really understands how to use this new media and figured things out a long time ago. I catch up with Andy then I meet Shanker Trivedi, from Callidus Software who turns out to be the cousin of Edward Luce, a former colleague at the Financial Times.

[Edward is a raconteur in the classic style--marvelously entertaining and will tell stories for hours as long there is an adequate supply of red wine and cigarettes. His father was once Governor of Gibraltar so Edward's stories illuminate a unique section of British society.]

Then I run into Jean-Baptiste Su the French correspondent for La Tribune, who now also is running a restaurant called Gervais on 14560 Big Basin Way in Saratoga, CA 95070. Then I walk straight into Jim Finn comms chief at Ingres, then Tom Berquist, the Ingres CFO and former star Wall Street analyst walks up and chats for a few minutes. Then Bruce Lowry, comms chief at Novell walks by and I taunt him a little bit about Novell's open source business and how come it has gotten so badly out of whack.

I think Novell should take a look at how Wind River did things, and adapted to open-source. Wind River used to be very anti-Linux then they swung the other way and embraced it and made money for the first time in years.

Bruce got away with a minor ribbing, and then we walked into the reception. I ran into Ross Mayfield, from SocialText. Dan Farber of ZDNet was there, of course, loaded with camera and other gear. One of these days I will see Dan with a satellite transmitter in a backpack so he can upload his blog, his video blog, his photos, and his podcast simultaneously. I think Al Franken style though would be a lot cooler looking :-)

So Ross and Dan and I manage to grab a few minutes of secret blogger conversation before we get split up by vendors wanting to chat. I remember that Ross said his company had just launched a mobile wiki, and he was calling it a Miki. I told him I could sell him the domain name WalkAbout Wiki dot com for a reasonable price, but he said he preferred Miki.

Turns into a big production

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Posted by Tom Foremski on April 5, 2006 3:51 AM | Permalink | Comments (2) | TrackBacks (0)

TiEcon 2006 speaker list: Shashi Tharoor, Howard Dean, David Lynch, John Doerr and Judy Estrin . . .

The annual TiE conference (May 12-13) is one of the best Silicon Valley conferences for startups and this year it features one of the best speaker line ups I've seen:

Shashi Tharoor, United Nations Under Secretary General for Communications and Public Information, will provide a geopolitical perspective on the conference theme of Disruption and Convergence followed by John Doerr.

Also on the speaker list is David Lynch, Howard Dean, and serial entrepreneur Judy Estrin. Here are all the details:

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Posted by Tom Foremski on May 3, 2006 10:36 AM | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0)

Save the date: First Friday with Foremski at the new de Young museum

I've been wanting to do some offline events and get to meet some of my readers in an informal setting, and not make it abut tech or business but about community and society (culture).

This week I'm launching First Friday an extremely informal get together on the first Friday of every month 5pm to 7pm at the stunning new de Young museum in Golden Gate park.

That's where I generally start out my Friday evenings, the museum is open until 8.45pm and you can come by, say hi, hang out, and check out the exhibits. There is usually an excellent string quartet or jazz ensemble playing, and also very excellent cocktails (you have to order the Green Fairy!). The museum attracts a small eclectic crowd on Fridays, just like my readers :-)

First Friday with Foremski is also linked to my new spot at the San Francisco Chronicle and my weekly online column titled "Fridays with Foremski." But it is not sponsored by anybody, there won't be any free drinks or food, just me and maybe one or two others...

So come on by this Friday, May 5th, it'll be worth it just to catch the San Francisco Conservatory of Music performing Dvorak from 6pm to 8.30pm.

I'll be in the public areas either in the gardens or inside listening to the music. Buzz me on my cell 415 336 7547 or text me if you can't find me. I hope to see you at First Friday!

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Here is some info on the new de Young:

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Posted by Tom Foremski on May 3, 2006 4:10 PM | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0)

Top Silicon Valley execs are Out for Blood! Charity fundraiser starts online May 8

This just in from Stacy Libby at Voce Communications:

Seagate CEO Bill Watkins -- along with eBay President Bill Cobb, Symantec CEO John Thompson and Solectron CEO Mike Cannon -- are out for blood. They’ve joined forces to support a major fundraiser for The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, which invests in blood cancer research and patient services. The fundraiser – appropriately named Out for Blood -- is a charity auction on eBay running May 8-18. The site -- www.ebay.com/outforblood - goes live tonight.

These high-profile Silicon Valley tech executives have graciously donated their time to support this fundraiser. They have created one-of-a-kind opportunities for bidders to spend quality time with them, such as one-on-one lunch meetings and rounds of golf.

Items Up for Auction

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Posted by Tom Foremski on May 8, 2006 3:38 PM | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0)

Next week: I'm speaking at PRSA Counselors Academy in Savannah

I'm looking forward to next week when I'll be speaking at the PRSA's Counselors Academy conference in Savannah, Georgia. I've never been to Savannah, but I've seen the city in a movie and it looks fabulous.

The conference collects some of the most senior people in the US public relations industry and I'll be speaking on the topic of the new media and the new roles for journalists and PR people.

As communications professionals we are all involved in fast changing times, and there is a lot of fear and misunderstanding out there on the new media, how to interact with bloggers, how do companies change their communications strategies, what are good practices, what not to do, and many other issues. I hear the same questions wherever I go, and although I am a media entrepreneur and my main interest is in launching media ventures, I am increasingly being asked to provide consulting services to companies, public relations firms, and also large media groups.

And that's what the Leader Sponsors of SVW will receive, first access to my consulting time, which is a limited resource.

I hope to see some of you in Savannah!

Posted by Tom Foremski on May 17, 2006 5:29 PM | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0)

Tech Con Friday

By Richard Koman for SiliconValleyWatcher.com

Notes on conferences current and future:

BlogHer

BlogHer is holding forth today and tomorrow at the San Jose Hyatt. What was a nice little chickcon last year has blown up into a sold-out monster this year (more proof that SV is in full swing). "How could we expect it to turn into this?" the Chronicle quotes Elisa Camahort, BlogHer's president of marketing and events. With 700 attendees this year, "We can all agree now, women are the power of Web 2.0," founder Lisa Stone told News.com. Arianna speaks tomorrow.

But, hey, is these heady Web 2.0 days, BlogHer isn't just about female power - or maybe it is, as in purchasing power.

Camahort then told the group that based on demographic studies that BlogHer has conducted, the for-profit organization has an audience that's very attractive to advertisers. She said that more than 80 percent of BlogHer readers make more than $50,000 a year, 90 percent have at least a college education and half write their own blogs.

Real Estate Connect

Today concludes Real Estate Connect, where some real money is floating around. The searing hot real estate buzz is on Zillow, which just picked up $25 mil and Reply!, which got $17 million. But the big story really is that Realtors (mustn't forget the capital R) are finally embracing tech in a big way, the Mercury's Sue McAllister reports.

``There's a feeding frenzy,'' said Glenn Kelman, chief executive of Redfin, a Seattle-based online brokerage now operating in the Bay Area, as businesses attempt to add more features to their sites.

But is this frenzy truly bubble behavior? "How much of it is good for the consumer and how much of it is just smart technology people doing what they did in the late '90s, is a question," pondered Mark Brandemuehl of online brokerage Movoto.com.

SES San Jose

At Search Engine Strategies San Jose, Aug. 7-10, features a conversation between Search Engine Watch's Danny Sullivan and Google CEO Eric Schmidt Aug. 9. The Google Dance is Tuesday, Aug. 8. An ongoing thread of related parties and events is maintained on SEW.

Posted by Richard Koman on July 28, 2006 10:11 AM | Permalink | Comments (1) | TrackBacks (0)

SVW events: First Friday with Foremski moves to 2nd Friday (because of Rigoletto!); My pals at Social Media Club; Be square or be there at New Comms in Boston

By Tom Foremski for Silicon Valley Watcher

. . . First Friday with Foremski this month has been moved to second Friday of the month because I'm going to Rigoletto(!)

But please come down to the wonderful de Young Museum on a Friday evening anyway (6.30 to 8.30pm for music and cocktails). Also, Elvis Costello is playing in the park just around the corner that evening.

It's all part of three days of Strictly Bluegrass in San Francisco. Isn't this a great place to be?!

. . . My pals Kristie Wells and Chris Heuer are organizing a half day conference about social media and corporate comms. It's going to be time well spent and my good friend Giovanni Rodriguez, ex-Eastwick and now head of Hubbub will be one of the presenters; and Lisa Stone of BlogHer will be there too.

. . . Coming up the Society of New Communications Research conference.

This is another don't miss event...

Inaugural Society for New Communications Research Symposium & Awards Gala, November 1 - 2 at the Colonnade Hotel in Boston, Mass. Be the first to hear the results of our 2006 research initiatives and winning case studies from around the globe. Receive a copy of the first Journal of New Communications Research. Help us determine our 2007 research agenda and hear about developing standards for social media initiatives.

View the program and session descriptions.

Posted by Tom Foremski on October 6, 2006 1:34 AM | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0)

The New Video Summit - Silicon Valley meets Hollywood

I'll be speaking at The New Video Summit coming up on March 19 to 22 in San Jose. Looks to be an interesting event. If you decide to go please use priority code IPM1.

Bram Cohen, CEO of BiTorrent will keynote.

Plus:

Mike Lang, EVP, Business Development and Strategy, Fox Networks
Daniel Scheinman, Senior Vice President and General Manager, Cisco Media Solutions Group
Brent Weinstein, Head of Digital Media, United Talent Agency
Tara Maitra, Vice President, General Manager, Content Services, TiVo Inc.
Dina Kaplan, Founder & CEO, Blip.tv
Dmitry Shapiro, CEO, Veoh
Robert Petty, Chief Executive Officer & Chairman of the Board, ROO Group
Michael Gordon, Chief Strategy Officer and Co-Founder, Limelight Networks
Herve Utheza, Vice-President and Executive Producer of TV Properties, Orb Networks
Chris O'Brien, Chief Executive Officer & Co-Founder, Motionbox
Nizar Allibhoy, Principal, MediaEnable, LLC
Matt Sanchez, President, CEO, Co-Founder, VideoEgg

Om Malik, Gigaom
Rafat Ali, Paidcontent.org
Andreas Kluth, The Economist
Tom Foremski, Silicon Valley Watcher

Posted by Tom Foremski on February 22, 2007 9:36 PM | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0)

What's the future for the software industry? Ask academia...

Carnegie Mellon University and the University of California, Berkeley have joined together for a one day conference on April 30th in Mountain View. Academics and industry leaders will discuss issues and trends for "the new software industry."

They promise that there will be no product demos (how about no PowerPoints too...)

"The software industry is consistently in a state of flux, yet developments such as globalization and outsourcing are altering both the tempo and the type of change taking place," said James Morris, dean of Carnegie Mellon West. "We are entering a period of profound change, and we all need to know what's happening and what we can expect going forward. This conference draws on some of the best and brightest minds in academe and the software industry to answer those questions."
Added Jack Grantham, executive director of the Haas School 's Fisher Information Technology Center , "This conference presents a rare opportunity for vendors to check their sales and marketing hats at the door and settle into discussion and debate over the future of the industry with attendees, academics, and other industry thought leaders."
For more information on the conference, visit http://west.cmu.edu/sofcon/5404216.html and at http://west.cmu.edu/west_connect/events_news/news/6731936.html.

It seems clear to me where the software industry is headed:

it is about software as a service.
it is about moving away from running apps on your own hardware.
it is about roll your own apps.
it is about offshoring as much development as you can get away with.
it is about integrating as much open source software as you can.
it is about moving away from a database model of software towards a search-based apps type of approach.
it is about creating apps for the small and medium business sector.

To register for the "The New Software Industry: Forces at Play, Business in Motion," go to http://www.acteva.com/booking.cfm?bevaid=128819. The early registration fee of $395 is available until Friday, April 6, 2007.

Posted by Tom Foremski on April 4, 2007 3:32 PM | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0)

Innovation Journalism Conference At Stanford

I'll be one of the speakers at the Fourth Conference on Innovation Journalism at Stanford University May 21-23. It is free, preregistration recommended.

David Nordfors, program leader Innovation Journalism at Stanford University and colleagues, have organized this conference. It looks at how media is reporting on innovation, with lots of input from reporters and editors around the world.

Also at the conference, DO NOT MISS THIS KEYNOTE!!!:

DOUGLAS ENGELBART/ Introduced by JOHN MARKOFF: Augmenting the collective IQ of writers and readers.
Doug Engelbart is known as the father of the concept of the personal computer, and inventor of the computer mouse. He is a proponent of the development and use of computers and networks to build collective intelligence that can solve the world's problems. (read more in Wikipedia)
John Markoff is a senior writer for The New York Times. (read bio )

The Fourth Conference on Innovation Journalism

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Please see SVW:

What if Buckminster Fuller were still alive and looking for funding? I'm still in shock at Silicon Valley's blindness regarding Doug Engelbart

Part 3 of our series: Tom Foremski is still in shock at how Silicon Valley has ignored the continuing work of Doug Engelbart, inventor of many technology concepts that we take for granted today. [Edit]

Posted by Tom Foremski on June 15, 2005 12:55 AM

Excellent piece on Doug Engelbart by Ross Mayfield

Ross Mayfield, CEO of SocialText, points me to his post on Doug Engelbart, and it's an excellent piece of work. This is how blogging should be done, this should be used as a textbook example of fine blogging. http://ross.typepad.com/blog/2005/06/doug_englebart_.html...

Posted by Tom Foremski on June 14, 2005 11:10 AM

Exclusive interview with seminal 1960s computer visionary Doug Engelbart -- he's still here and looking for funding

Part 2 in our series: How the 1960s counterculture of individual expression nourished the birth of the PC - and smashed the work of leading computer researchers whose ideas didn't fit the paradigm.

Posted by Tom Foremski on June 10, 2005 3:41 AM

A tribute to one of Silicon Valley's most influential and forgotten researchers at Xerox Parc event

He's not just the inventor of the mouse. A book promo at Xerox PARC is dominated by acknowledgements from dozens of computer pioneers of Engelbart's revolutionary, pervasive ideas.

Posted by Tom Foremski on June 9, 2005 5:50 AM

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SVW recommends . . . Archives

June 13, 2005

WSJ's Don Clark & Off the Record benefit for Big Brothers Big Sisters...

September 12, 2005

Heading for New York City and the Impact '05 conference...

October 18, 2005

SVW--An Eastwick Halloween party for hacks and flacks...and bloggers?

October 20, 2005

SVW readers get a discount to Under the Radar November 16! I'll be one of the moderators along with Steve Fox, chief editor at Infoworld and Michael Copeland from Business 2.0

February 10, 2006

I'll be at the New Comms Forum - save $200 with our Promo code

February 25, 2006

NewComm Forum 2006, March 1 - 3

February 28, 2006

Please join me at New Comm Forum on March 2

March 17, 2006

Software 2006 is coming up and selling fast -- SVW readers get a special discount

April 5, 2006

I missed the first day of Software 2006 but I made it to the reception and dinner

May 3, 2006

TiEcon 2006 speaker list: Shashi Tharoor, Howard Dean, David Lynch, John Doerr and Judy Estrin . . .

Save the date: First Friday with Foremski at the new de Young museum

May 8, 2006

Top Silicon Valley execs are Out for Blood! Charity fundraiser starts online May 8

May 17, 2006

Next week: I'm speaking at PRSA Counselors Academy in Savannah

July 28, 2006