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World Usability Day is November 11th and we’re hosting an event here at Microsoft Campus in Redmond, focused on the theme this year – communication. We’ve divided that into 3 sub themes: people, user interface, and technology. I’ll be there…and will report back. http://www.microsoftwud.com/ has all the...

I was going to do a long post telling you how brilliant I thought Thinking Digital was this week in Gateshead here in the UK (it’s our version of TED really) but I’m a known fanboy of the conference and Herb Kim so I’ll leave it to Alison Gow of the Liverpool Echo and my pal Marc Holmes from Microsoft...

[image credit: David Coxon ] Wow, what an epic day at Thinking Digital here in the North East of England. After a very fine evening of dinner and discussion with a great gang I rolled out of bed, crossed the Tyne and settled in for a day of mind expansion. That’s what TDC10 is all about – learning, challenging...

Just over a week ago I was sent the Gartner Fellows Interview With Microsoft's Ray Ozzie on Cloud Computing . It’s a great read with Ray’s usual style of giving intriguing answers to tough questions about Microsoft’s cloud computing strategy. I asked our folks in Redmond if this would be released publicly...

My Flickr set for PDC09 photos . Yesterday was a pink day…with fine coffee at Toast

  I’m back in LA this week for our Professional Developers Conference – a time to catch up with some friends from Redmond , press friends and customers and partners.  It’s also a time to fill my brain with tech talk and I’m looking forward to sessions on Azure and SharePoint in particular....

This post has been sitting in my drafts for a while but a big thanks to Matthew Poyiadgi   and the team at CompTIA for inviting me to close their annual conference at Ascot last week. I went along at talked about social media, cloud computing and the showed the Microsoft 2019 video which always...

  On October 6th we have David Chappell in London to talk about Windows Azure. David is Principal of Chappell & Associates and a prolific speaker, author and consultant. He’s been the keynote speaker for many conferences and events on five continents, and his seminars have been attended by tens...

Wow…I never thought I’d be blogging here about Gordon Brown but having just watched his talk from TED in Oxford earlier this year I was genuinely moved to do so. During some media training I did (I know, it failed) a few years back a journalist from the BBC told me that Brown was the smartest person...

I’ve been a fan of the work of Thirteen23.com for a long time and recently went back to try their Blu client for Twitter again. I’m still not totally sold on it and it as it doesn’t have basic stuff like window resizing or colour options. Oh well, I found something equally beautiful and as useful at...

  The team at Thinking Digital has begun releasing videos of some of this years talks and whilst they’re all great, I’d encourage you to check out Johnny Chung Lee who talks about research into Interface Technology. If you’ve any interest in Project Natal or any scepticism about the Microsoft 2019...

A great little video of what it makes to put on probably the best conference in the world. It’s great to hear from some of the best speakers about their 18 minutes of TED and what goes on behind the scenes . Some nice moments where Chris Anderson gives speaking tips. I wish I’d watched before my TEDx...

I’m always a sucker for speaking gigs in Liverpool as I get to go home and see the family but there is also something good about going back to your roots and investing time there. It didn’t take me long therefore to agree to the invite to speak at TEDx Liverpool on August 7th. TEDx is related to the...

I haven’t quite figured out how yet but I’m going to find a way to be at the Imagine Cup next year in Poland. Everyone who gets involved in this tells me it’s the most amazing, inspiring event. I’ll be there. meantime, congrats to SYTECH of Romania on winning this year

I spent a few days in Newcastle (England) last week at Thinking Digital 2009 (TD) and it’s taken all weekend for my brain to defrag the amount I took in and give you my measured view on the event. Before I do, I’d like to acknowledge what Herb Kim and the Codeworks team are trying to do here. It’s nothing...

Ironic that my pal Hugh MacLeod isn’t here at Thinking Digital in Newcastle this week – I tried to get him to come along but West Texas is too much fun it seems :) I have a draft of his book with me and came across one of my favourite cartoons in it. Perfect for the next dew days at Thinking Digital

Just a quick one to remind you that the The Professional Developer Conference, PDC09, will take place on November 17 th -19 th in Los Angeles at the LA Convention Center . You can sign-up to receive special offers and notifications. See you there.

j Congrats to Herb and the crew at Thinking Digital who have officially sold out TD09 with 6 weeks to go. Damn fine work in the current environment. It was such a great conference last year and I’m looking forward to it again this year. here’s 10 reasons why It’s in Newcastle ….a refreshing change from...

Time lapsed video of the setup for our MIX09 conference in Vegas. hat tip to Jeremy

I’ve been meaning to blog about Seth Godin’s London session all week but it’s take some time to gather my thoughts. A number of other people who attended have already done a fine job of recapping the event so I’m not going to do that here and will point you to Tony Cocks , Mark Quirk , Katie Ledger ...

http://cloud.twestival.com / is a very simple and very cool idea to support the Twestival’s going on this week and the http://www.charitywater.org/ . You Tweet an amount you’re going to donate and then pay using PayPal etc. The size of your donation determines the size of your name in the Twestival Cloud...

For those following The Blue Monster story you will know the cartoon said “change the world of go home”….when I read TED’s title for this video they just posted it made me think Blue Monster. Their title is   Bill Gates: How I'm trying to change the world now   Check out the video – it includes...

[update] Just got a nod (well DM) of approval from the man himself   My pal Tony Cocks and I have concluded that Stephen Fry’s appearance at ye olde Apple Shoppe in London this coming Monday is likely to be a mob scene. We’re still going to try to make it in but in the event of a failure we’re thinking...

  I’ve long been a fan of Seth Godin and have both praised his great books and disagreed with him on my blog but I’m still a big fan so will be going along to his just announced talk in London next month. Tickets will be snapped up fast I’m sure (£115 a pop). Hope to see you there – if you’re a...

What is Thinking Digital? from Herbert Kim on Vimeo . Cool video explaining what this great UK conference is all about starring lots of my pals – Tara , Fabretti , Sam Michel and others. One of the people in this video got it for me when they said it’s a great time machine to get to see a tonne of...