Archive for January, 2010

Amsterdam’s PICNIC Festival

Sunday, 31 January, 2010

PICNIC Program Director Kitty Leering talks to me about their upcoming PICNIC event, held in Amsterdam, Holland every September. Think of PICNIC as more of a festival or a cross-discipline platform for creative discussion and collaboration than a conference. Bringing together art, technology, innovation and culture, its unique festival format covers strategy as well as hands-on workshops and matchmaking sessions. Learn more from Kitty below.

Zwirbeldirn Treats Us to Bavarian Song

Sunday, 31 January, 2010

Zwirbeldirn plays and sings Bavarian music at this past week’s DLD Conference in Munich.

Sensuality in Germany? How You Wonder? #munich

Saturday, 30 January, 2010

Click below to energize your senses with the aromas of homemade German chocolate. Tucked away on a side street not far from Munich’s food market where you are mainly faced with sausage, sausage and more sausage, a little gem called Sama Sama sits.

The building itself on Westenriederstr is crooked and crammed inside, every corner filled with homemade delicacies oozing with combinations you are unlikely to have tasted.

Not only do they use the best quality ingredients to create dark and milk chocolate masterpieces but they incorporate pistachios, cherries, lemons, ginger, amaretto, pepper, lavender, violets, roses, blueberries, vanilla, strawberries and more.

Allow yourself to surrender to chocolate everywhere you travel on this magical globe of ours. In one video, you will also see the chocolate in process as well as the finished product.

Dr. Gino Yu Raps on American Integration 20+ Years Ago

Saturday, 30 January, 2010

Dr. Gino Yu from Playlab in Hong Kong does a short rap number he wrote twenty years ago in his college years. (about being Chinese and studying and working in the U.S.). It’s endearing and amusing at the same time.

Zorap on Graveline America

Thursday, 28 January, 2010

Client Barry Spencer, CEO of Zorap talking to Dave Graveline at CES earlier this month.

PowerGenix’ Squiller on BATTERIES

Monday, 11 January, 2010

Below is an interview I did with PowerGenix’ CEO Dan Squiller at CES this past week.

How Worldeka Brings Together Charities & Brands Online #tg09

Tuesday, 5 January, 2010

In the press and blogger lounge at LeWeb in Paris earlier this month, I interviewed Worldeka’s Sophie Cox who talks to us about how charities and communities can use their service to extend their conversations, their voice and their brand.

Le Digital Photo Frame #tg09

Monday, 4 January, 2010

Parrot’s designer digital photo frame – a closer look at it as demoed by Parrot’s CEO at their offices in Paris in December.