Lost in Translation: Nuances of European Social Media
Today I filled in to host a panel on European Social Media at SXSW. And boy, did I enjoy this session – the audience just rocked. Needless to say, my colleagues and buddies Igor Schwarzmann (@zeigor) and Kevin Dykes (@kdykes) and I had a a great time.
There’s a number of points that I’d like [...]
SXSW prep
Just a brief status update – I’ll be at SXSW Interactive from Friday to Tuesday. If I don’t reply to any of your emails or calls, please bear with me.
I’m writing this from New York, more concretely from a friend’s apartment where I have access to wireless. It seems there is still not one [...]
Ignite Berlin: the definitive speaker list
It’s on! We just posted the speaker list and schedule for Ignite Berlin. And after reading the proposed talks I have to say I can’t wait to see them this coming Monday.
Here’s the list of speakers:
Edial Dekker: “Stop creating, start collecting”
Ahmet Emre Acar: “Lessons from a Caveman”
Markus Andrezak: “The Why and How of Kanban”
Philip [...]
Ignite Berlin: 1 March 2010
We’ve mentioned it before (all posts), so now it’s time to get more concrete: We have date and location for Ignite Berlin. The basics:
Date: 1 March 2010
Location: Festsaal Kreuzberg
Website: igniteberlin.de
Twitter: @igniteberlin
Speaker proposals: submit here
Facebook page: here
Hashtag for Ignite Berlin: #igniteberlin
Hashtag for Global Ignite Week: #giw
Why Ignite Berlin? Because of Global Ignite Week
In case you’re wondering: [...]
Liveblogging DLD10 with Berlinblase
Like I mentioned before, I’ll be liveblogging DLD10 with the Berlinblase crew. (Full disclosure: Paid gig.) So while we’re setting up base in the DLD press center, here’s the links in case you want to follow what’s going on:
Official DLD liveblog
Berlinblase DLD Behind The Scenes
we’ll be posting a few photos on Flickr
and of course we’re [...]
My Conference Wishlist 2010
A scene from reboot11. I never really met the concentrated-looking person on this super-comfy sofa, but I have fond memories of the conference. (Which felt rather like a festival anyway.)
Over the last few years I attended a whole lot of conferences. Which was great fun (I mean it!), but one of my resolutions for 2010 [...]
Global Ignite Week 2010
I hinted at it already, but now it’s official: Berlin will be part of Global Ignite Week (GIW) during the first week of March 2010 (March 1-4):
Four Nights, >40 Cities, 500 Talks, 10,000 Igniters
Join us for the first Global Ignite Week, where Igniters around the world (we’re shooting for Ignites on all seven continents) [...]
TEDxKreuzberg wrap-up
Last Thursday we held TEDxKreuzberg over at Betahaus. Now after a couple of days of recovery and some more travel (I’m writing this while in Karlsruhe, where I’ll be based for the next few weeks), it’s time to share some impressions.
Short-short version: I loved it! The crowd was great as were the vibes, and I [...]
Organizing TEDx Kreuzberg (10 Dec 2009)
I have an announcement to make that has me very excited indeed: We just got the go from the good folks over at TED to organize an independent TED event in Berlin. (Not familiar with TED? Check them out, you won’t regret it.) Our event will be called TEDx Kreuzberg and will be held at [...]
atoms&bits Festival: Thanks everyone!
So last weekend was the highlight of atoms&bits Festival that we had put together in hardly 10 weeks. While we’re recovering from the weekend and also putting together the documentation (i.e. all the blogposts, photos, videos etc), I’d like to briefly say THANK YOU to everybody involved.
THANKS to the participants, who were super active and [...]
