This is the one that will kick everything off – a lot of work is going into this, and there’s a certain satisfaction that I’ll be returning to Appleton Tower on the Edinburgh University Campus (which is where the event is now being held). Many many years agao I can remmebr wiating patiently for ID [...]

Now this is the biggie. Last year, as I left Austin for San Francisco, Austin was gearing up for the annual music festival that is SXSW Music. The nearest comparision I can make is this is like the comedy section at the Edinbburgh Festival. Sure there are other worthy shows on, but if you want [...]

Okay it’s a Tarantino strucutre, the end first, the second conference second. I think… Anyway, after the pre-credits sequenece that will be BarCamp Scotland, I’ll be landing in Austin, Texas to cover South by Southwest, starting with SXSW Interactive. I attended this for the first time last year after hearing mutterings of people “doing the [...]

So I’m going to spend this week talking about the plans for the March USA trip and the conferences I’m attending. And like a good story teller, I’ll start at the end. The last gig of the trip is in San Diego, and O’Reilly’s Emerging Technology Conference. This will be the fourth year I’ve attended, [...]