Tag Archive 'shipley'

Live Blogging From DEMO (maybe)

dan tynan on Sep 08 2008 | Filed under: Geekishness, Uncategorized, Web 2.0

And it starts with something resembling Blue Man Group — bunch of folks in black in totally dark room waving red and green lightsticks around. Where’s the cigar chomping comic and the showgirls?
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OK, the Michael Arrington joke count has begun. Chris Shipley starts it off with an oblique reference to West Side Story and [...]

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There’s No Business Like Show Business

dan tynan on Aug 13 2008 | Filed under: Cringley, Da Web, Infoworld, Web 2.0

(This post originally appeared on Infoworld’s Notes From the Field blog.)
Big trade shows like CES (and in the paleolithic era, Comdex) may have all the glitz, glamour, and booth bimbos, but the real action happens in the smaller confabs where the elite meet and greet. That’s where the next Googles and Facebooks will emerge.
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