Conferences

Dig the Subliminal Command

In Conferences, Powazek on 2 June 2008 with 1 comment

Me on stage at VidFest a couple weeks ago. I especially like the blipvert happening to my right. (Subscribe!)
Thanks to Kris Krüg for the photo. Here’s some more.

See you in LA

In Conferences, Crowdsourcing, Publishing on 28 May 2008 with 1 comment

I’ll be on a panel at Book Expo America tomorrow. Here’s the skinny.
Scaling the New Economies: In Search of Book Publishing’s 2.0 Business Model
As consumers grow increasingly used to consuming an enormous amount of information from countless websites and blogs, for free, what’s the business model for traditional publishers? And how do we compete [...]

Coming Up: Vidfest!

In Conferences, Crowdsourcing on 18 May 2008 with 1 comment

I’ll be in Vancouver later this week for my first Vidfest! That’s the Vancouver International Digital Festival, where I’ll be on this panel.

Crowd Pleasers: Achieving your crowdsourcing strategy
Thinking of jumping on the crowd-sourcing bandwagon? Meet the folks that have pioneered this new way of harnessing user content across platforms with great success. This session is [...]

Weird Turn Pro: Crowdsourcing for Creatives

In Community, Conferences, Crowdsourcing, SXSW on 12 March 2008 with 2 comments

At SXSW Interactive 2008, I delivered a talk called Weird Turn Pro: Crowdsourcing for Creatives. I promised to put my slides up afterward, so here they are on SlideShare. You can also read recaps thanks to Katie and Noor.

Thanks for coming, SXSW! I had a great time and I hope you did too.

See Ya’ll in Austin

In Conferences, Crowdsourcing, Event, SXSW on 3 March 2008 with 1 comment

Just a note that I’ll be speaking this Saturday 8 March at South by Southwest Interactive. Here’s the deets:
The Weird Turn Pro: Crowdsourcing For Creatives
The internet and web technologies have torn down a lot of walls. But for every new, empowering opportunity, there’s some slimeball trying to make a quick buck off “harnessing user-generated content.” [...]

Upcoming Appearance: TOC in NYC

In Books, Conferences, Crowdsourcing, Event, Magazines on 3 January 2008 with Comments Off

I’ll be speaking at O’Reilly’s Tools of Change conference for the second time on 11 February 2008. If you’re involved in publishing, this is one conference not to miss. Register with the code “toc08em6″ for 10% off. Here’s my talk topic:

Audience as Authors: Creating, Managing, and Sustaining a Community of Contributors
“When the going gets weird, [...]

‘Allo, London

In Conferences, Event, Panels, Travel on 3 October 2007 with 6 comments

Heather and I are in London for FOWA. We did our talk this morning, which was like 2am in our heads, and I think it went pretty good. A few kind souls were kind enough to write up what they saw: Véro, Suw Charman, and Stephanie Booth (who took the photo above). Between the headcold [...]

Upcoming Appearances

In Conferences, Event, Travel on 1 October 2007 with 3 comments

On Saturday I spoke at a wonderful seminar at SFAI. I realized I’ve been pretty negligent about posting my schedule here. So, here are a few places you’ll be able to catch me in the future.

September 29, 2007: Digital (Self) Publishing Your Photographic Book
Sponsored by the Photo Alliance. At the San Francisco Art Institute. It [...]

TOC: That Was Fun!

In Community, Conferences on 20 June 2007 with 5 comments

Thanks to the nice folks at O’Reilly for including me in the TOC (Tools of Change) conference, and thanks to everyone who showed up! There was a young man who asked a very smart question at the end. I think his name was Tim. A good head on his shoulders, that guy. He’s going places.
Anyway, [...]

Catch Me at TOC

In Conferences on 18 June 2007 with 2 comments

I’m thrilled to be taking part in O’Reilly’s first-ever TOC (Tools of Change) conference. Here’s my session info.
The Rise of Authentic Media
The audience is taking over! From YouTube videos to Flickr photos to Threadless shirts, communities are making the media they once just consumed. But how do you empower a community AND get great results? [...]