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The Story of Barcamp Scotland 2008

Cameron — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 18:09:10 +0000

Barcamp Scotland 2008 - (MP3 31.7 mb, 34 minutes 37 second)
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February saw the second Barcamp Scotland to be held, and I was there to find out all the new sites, tools, services and tech that was on offer in Scotland’s capital. Here are some of the highlights…

Paul Farnell (Litmus App, www.litmusapp.com)
Dave Murray-Rust (Mutli Touch Table)
Bonamy Grimes (SkyScanner, www.skyscanner.net
Hugh Hancock (Strange Company, www.strangecompany.org).
Ed Molyneux (Free Agent Central, www.freeagentcentral.co.uk).

[SXSW] The Matador, The Big Interactive Bag and The Black Hollies

Ewan Spence — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 16:13:05 +0000

The SXSW Show - (MP3 21.7 mb, 31 minutes 34 second)
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More of the big bags, as we look deep into the Interactive bag; the challenges and attitudes about the film The Matador, and music from not influenced by the UK Sixties Mop Tops at all, The Black Hollies

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Today’s Guests
The Matador (at the SXSW Film Guide)
CC Chapman, Christian Payne, Phil Campbell, et al open the Interactive Big Bag with me
The Black Hollies (on MySpace)

Tags: SXSW, SXSW 2008,SXSW Film, SXSW Music, SXSW Interactive, The Matador, The Black Hollies.

[SXSW] The Film Big Bag, One Minute to Nine, Sean Hayes

Ewan Spence — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 17:23:00 +0000

The SXSW Show - (MP3 15.6 mb, 22 minutes 41 second)
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A grab bag today, literally, as myself and a few friends dive into the delights of one of the conference big bags; alongside the illuminating documentary One Minute to Nine, and music from Sean Hayes
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Today’s Guests
CC Chapmna, Christian Payne, Phil Campbell, et al
One Minute to Nine (at the SXSW Movie Guide).
Sean Hayes (Sean on MySpace)

Tags: SXSW, SXSW 2008,SXSW Film, SXSW Music, SXSW Interactive, One Minute To Nine, Sean Hayes.

[SXSW] Ian Scahfer, Second Skin, and Ash Grunwald

Ewan Spence — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 19:53:08 +0000

The SXSW Show - (MP3 22.4 mb, 32 minutes 40 second)
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Discussing the Zuckerberg keynote is one of the topics that I take of with Ian Scahfer, while the virtual world’s impact on real people is th focus of the Second Skin documentary. Finally, some live music from Australian upcoming musician Ash Grunwald.

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Today’s Guests
Ian Schafer (www.ianschafer.com)
Second Skin (at the SXSW Movie Guide)
Ash Grundwald (Ash on MySpace)

Tags: SXSW, SXSW 2008,SXSW Film, SXSW Music, SXSW Interactive, Second Skin, Ian Schafer, Ash Grunwald.

[SXSW] Here’s Johnny, Rick Calvert, Nerdcore Rising and MC Frontalot

Ewan Spence — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 19:31:26 +0000

The SXSW Show - (MP3 23.5 mb, 34 minutes 17 second)
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Challenging yourself, not fitting in, making a space in the world for you is the very very loose thread in today’s SXSW show.

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Today’s Guests
Here’s Johnny (at SXSW Movie Guide)
Rick Calvert (Blog World Expo)
Nerdcore Rising (at SXSW Movie Guide)

Tags: SXSW, SXSW 2008,SXSW Film, SXSW Music, SXSW Interactive, Nerdcore Rising, Rick Calvert, Here’s Johnny, Judge Dredd.

[SXSW] Dance of the Dead, dotmobi, We are Wizards, Harry and the Potters

Ewan Spence — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 16:58:29 +0000

The SXSW Show - (MP3 34.6 mb, 37 minutes 46 second)
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A truly magical mix of technology and art today, from the undead stalking prom night, to getting web pages on a mobile phone, through to the Harry Potter fandom experience. It’s all heere, just alohamora on your MP3 player!

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Today’s Guests
Dance of the Dead (at SXSW Film Index)
James Pearce (CTO, dotmobi)
We Are Wizards (at SXSW Film index)
Harry and the Potters (Harry and the Potters on MySpace)

Shuttle (Shuttle on the SXSW Film Directory)
Gavin Starks (www.amee.cc)
Trash Fashion (Trash Fashion on MySpace)

Tags: SXSW, SXSW 2008,SXSW Film, SXSW Music, SXSW Interactive, Dance of the Dead, dotmobi, We Are Wizards,

[SXSW] Shuttle, Gavin Starks, and Trash Fashion

Ewan Spence — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 19:05:28 +0000

The SXSW Show - (MP3 21.3 mb, 31 minutes 1 second)
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Things are never what they seem - and thats very true for today’s show. Shuttle is an absolutely engrossing movie, but does require you to know very little about it when you see it (and that makes the interview tricky); the AMEE project is uncovering the truth of our environment, or at least getting a mass of data; and the discovery of new music - today its Trash Fashion - is always a joy.

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Today’s Guests
Shuttle (Shuttle on the SXSW Film Directory)
Gavin Starks (www.amee.cc)
Trash Fashion (Trash Fashion on MySpace)

Tags: SXSW, SXSW 2008,SXSW Film, SXSW Music, SXSW Interactive, Shuttle, Trash Fashion, AMEEy,

[SXSW] SXSW Baby, Sex Positive, and Koopa

Ewan Spence — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 20:53:50 +0000

The SXSW Show - (MP3 18 mb, 26 minutes 16 seconds)
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And so into the interv iws - although one part preview/one interesting story with Brad Graham from SXSW Baby sits alongside the challenging film Sex Positive, based around the beginnings of the safe sex movement in New York, and the youthful exuberance of the one of the top independent bands from the UK, Koopa!

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Today’s Guests
Brad Graham (SXSW Baby)
Daryl Wein (Sex Positive at SXSW Film Directory)
Koopa (Koopa on MySpace)

Tags: SXSW, SXSW 2008,SXSW Film, SXSW Music, SXSW Interactive, Sex Positive, KOOPA, SXSW Baby,

[SXSW] Listen to the Music, SXSW Music Preview with Brent Grulke

Ewan Spence — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 18:09:39 +0000

The SXSW Show - (MP3 15.5 mb, 22 minutes 34 seconds)
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The final preview of the SXSW Podcast is with Brent Grulke. SXSW Music is the core festival, or at least the oldest, and is regarded as one of the top music festivals in the world - ask any band if they would play here and they’d bite your leg off. Brent Grulke has been involved for many many years, and now is the Musical Director of the festival. What keeps him excited and involved, which bands would want to play, and how do you choose the best of the best to play the showcases?

Today’s Guests
Brent Grulke (SXSW Music)

Tags: SXSW, SXSW 2008, SXSW Music, Ewan Spence, preview.

[SXSW] Raising the Curtain - SXSW Film Preview with Matt Dentler

Ewan Spence — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 21:39:11 +0000

The SXSW Show - (MP3 13.9 mb, 20 minutes 11 seconds)
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Continuing our previews of the trinity that makes up SXSW, today is the turn of SXSW Film Head Honcho, Matt Dentler. Where do the films come from, what does Matt and the team get up to for the rest of the year, how cool is the Alamo, and what would Matt run in a Film Festival for people who have never seen a film? All that and more is in today’s show.

Today’s Guests
Matt Dentler (SXSW Film)

Tags: SXSW, SXSW 2008, SXSW Film, Ewan Spence, preview.

[SXSW] Previewing SXSW Interactive with Hugh Forrest

Ewan Spence — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 04:12:51 +0000

The SXSW Show - (MP3 13.2 mb, 19 minutes 12 seconds)
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After the hints and tips yesterday, the first of three preview shows has me talking to Hugh Forrest, the man behind SXSW Interactive. From loaning the team a Mac many years ago, he’s overseen the youngest but fastest growing part of the SXSW experience. What has he learned, how does the team choose the panels, and will Brian Eno ever do a keynote?

Today’s Guests
Hugh Forrest (SXSW Interactive)

Tags: SXSW, SXSW 2008, SXSW Interactive, Ewan Spence, preview.

[SXSW] Top Tips To Survive SXSW

Ewan Spence — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 22:05:12 +0000

The SXSW Show - (MP3 6.75 mb, 9 minutes 47 seconds)
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Ladies (and Gentlemen), start your engines! SXSW is very very close, and that means it’s time to warm up the podcast muscle for Austin as well. Before the full daily show kicks off, I’ll be previewing the three elements (interactive, film and music) with the organisers of the conference - to start with, a qhistle stop tour of things to do, with some Top Tips on surviving SXSW from those that are setting it up….

Today’s Guests
Hugh Forrest (SXSW Interactive)
Matt Dentler (SXSW Film)
Brent Grulke (SXSW Music)

Tags: SXSW, SXSW 2008,SXSW Film, SXSW Music, SXSW Interactive, Ewan Spence, tips, hints,

The Tech Conference Show - Tech Crunch 40 Recap

Ewan Spence — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 17:24:41 +0000

The Tech Conference Show - (MP3 20.9 mb, 30 minutes 25 seconds)

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Better late than never, this has been kicking around the hard drive since I got back to Edinburgh (which admittedly was only at the start of this week). It’s a recap of all the companies that presented at Tech Crunch 40, with myself and Duncan Reily, both a writer at Tech Crunch and host of On The Pod here at The Podcast Network.

Opening Up The Conference Bag, from The Podcast and New Media Expo

Ewan Spence — Sun, 30 Sep 2007 01:36:01 +0000

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One of the amazing experiences at the Podcast and New Media Expo (PME) is podcasters interviewing and videoing other podcasters about what they do. And yes, I’ve been involved with a few of those as well. I have only recorded one for myself - and that’s the “Lets Go Through The Conference Freebie Bag…” But I’m not doing it alone! Joining me in this endeavour are:

PW Fenton (Digital Flotsam)
CC Chapman (Accident Hash and Managing the Gray)
Duncan Perry (www.podcast.com)
Chris Brogan (Buzz is Temporary and others)
Matthew Ebel (High Orbit Podcast)
Scott Sherman (The Digital Photography Show)
Robin Maiden (Insight Works, The Diva Cast, and new show Dear Zanne)
Dan Patterson (Creepy Sleepy Show)

With music from Matthew Ebel (Lost My Way).

Tech Crunch 40, Monday 17th September

Ewan Spence — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 16:53:33 +0000

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Interviews from the organsiers and companies from the first day of TechCrunch40, the start-up presentation conference in San Francisco’s Palace Hotel.

Jason Calacanis, TechCrunch 40 Organiser.
Exploring the Conference Bag with Connor O’Neil (Louder Voice)
Social Networking and Drinking with Liquor.com
Powerset, a semantic based search engine (www.powerset.com)

TPN’s Tech Conference Show To Cover TechCrunch20

Ewan Spence — Tue, 22 May 2007 19:36:35 +0000

Part of September’s trip to the USA will include bundle of coverage of the TechCrunch20 Conference. with 20 ‘new ideas’ on show, the stated aim of Jason Calacanis and Michael Arrington is to provide the best new business ideas a platform to demo themselves, their products, and vision. The content looks like it will make for a great mix of traditional conferencing, discussion, and roadshow presentation, and for me that can only mean one thing. Time to break open the microphone!

Given that the show is over two days (compared to four days for Etech, 11 days for SXSW or 28 days for the Edinburgh Festival Fringe) it’s going to need a little bit of creative programming to make some compelling audio, but then that shouldn’t be too difficult. Expect the two days of the conference to have a bundle of reportage and colour from the halls, and the days after it to feature in-depth interviews with the 20 presenting companies, the organisers, and anyone else that shows up with an interesting story. A conference with content to rival the Lobby-Con? You never know, it has to happen one day!

Given the interest and downloads the previous Tech Conference Shows have garnered (and the natural buzz around this event) I’ll be offering a number of sponsor packages around the podcasts, so if you or your company is looking to get the message out about a product or service that is attractive to the switched on Web 2.0 crowd, the digital entrepreneurs, or the forward looking futurists, then please get in touch.

[March 07] Etech 2007:John Curlander (Microsoft Maps) and Quinn Norton (Bodyhacking)

Ewan Spence — Tue, 03 Apr 2007 13:17:54 +0000

The Tech Conference Show - (MP3 17.3 mb, 25 minutes 10 seconds)

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The final full show from O’Reilly’s Emerging Technology, going from one of the biggest companies (Microsoft) to a single woman with a bright idea (Quinn Norton’s earth magnet in her finger). If you have any comments, drop me an email at ewanspence@gmail.com.

Today’s Guest From The Emerging Technology Conference 07:
John Curlander (Microsoft Maps)
Quinn Norton (Body Hacking)

Tags: ETech, ETech 07, John Curlander, Quinn Norton, Ewan Spence, Microsoft Maps, Body Hacking.

[March 07] Etech 2007: Chris Messina, Tara Hunt and Sean Bonner

Ewan Spence — Fri, 30 Mar 2007 09:53:04 +0000

The Tech Conference Show - (MP3 16.7 mb, 24 minutes 20 seconds)

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Today’s Guest From The Emerging Technology Conference 07:
Chris Messian and Tara Hunt (The Citizen Agency)
Sean Bonner (Metroblogging)

Tags: ETech, ETech 07, Chris Messina, Tara Hunt, Ewan Spence, Sean Bonner, Metroblogging, Citizen Agency.

[March 07] Etech 2007: Melanie Rieback (RFID), Simon Wardley (Fotango) and Jeff Hawkins (Palm, Numenta)

Ewan Spence — Thu, 29 Mar 2007 02:44:55 +0000

The Tech Conference Show - (MP3 19.2mb, 27 minutes 15 seconds)

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Our second show from O’Reilly’s Emerging Technology Conference 2007 and the good and the bad of the future are here. The dangers of RFID, the progressive carbon offsetting of Java libraries, and the wonder of Heirarchial Brain functions. It’s all here in your daily round up of some of the more interesting talks and speakers from San Diego.

Any stories, leads, or if you want to be in the show, drop me an email at ewanspence@gmail.com, or call me on 917 349 4539. Want to follow what’s going on with me? Twitter: EwanSpence.

Today’s Guest From The Emerging Technology Conference 07:
Melanie Rieback, RFID Guardian (www.rfidguardian.org)
Simon Wardley, Fotango (www.fotango.com and ETech Carbon Offset)
Jeff Hawkins, Numenta (www.numenta.com)

Tags: ETech, ETech 07, Jeff Hawkins, RFID, Ewan Spence, Fotango, Javascript, Carbon Footprint.

[March 07] Etech 2007: Tim O’Reilly, Arthur Benjamin, Coneyt Ozveren and Danny O’Brien.

Ewan Spence — Wed, 28 Mar 2007 06:13:43 +0000

The Tech Conference Show - (MP3 16.5 mb, 24 minutes exactly)

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Into the final leg of the March Conference Tour, with O’Reilly’s Blue Riband Event, the Emerging Technology Conference in San Diego. Our opening show sees Tim O’Reilly talk about the themes of the 2007 Conference, along with a great start up blogsearch company, a mathemagician (just listen…) and a discussion on the ramifications of the Kathy Sierra situation.

Any stories, leads, or if you want to be in the show, drop me an email at ewanspence@gmail.com, or call me on 917 349 4539. Want to follow what’s going on with me? Twitter: EwanSpence.

Today’s Guest From The Emerging Technology Conference 07:
Tim O’Reilly (Etech Conference Site)
Arthur Benjamin (Arthur’s Website)
Cuneyt Ozveren, LeapTag (www.yoriwa.com)
Danny O’Brien (www.eff.org)

Tags: ETech, ETech 07, Tim O’Reilly, Arthur Benjamin, Ewan Spence, Mathemagician, Leap Tag, eff, Danny O’Brien.

[March 07] BlogHer Business: Elise Bauer, Vanessa Fox, and Adam Tinworth

Ewan Spence — Mon, 26 Mar 2007 22:14:13 +0000

The Tech Conference Show - (MP3 16.6 mb, 24 minutes 7 seconds)

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Time now for the second podcast from the BlogHer Business 07 conference, and it’s an iluminating podcast (much like the conference). As always, any stories, leads, or if you want to be in the show, drop me an email at ewanspence@gmail.com, or call me on 917 349 4539. Want to follow what’s going on with me? Twitter: EwanSpence.

Today’s Guest From BlogHer Business:
Elise Bauer (http://www.elise.com/)
Vannessa Fox (Google Webmaster Central)
Adam Tinworth (http://www.onemanandhisblog.com/)

Tags: BlogHer, Elise Bauer, Vanessa Fox, Adam Timworth.

[March 07] BlogHer Business: Elisa Camahort and Lena West

Ewan Spence — Sun, 25 Mar 2007 19:20:28 +0000

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Today’s Guest From BlogHer Business:
Elisa Camahort, BlogHer Organiser (workerbeesblog.blogspot.com)
Lena West, XynoMedia Technology (www.xynomedia.com)

Tags: BlogHer, Elisa Camahort,Lena West.

[March 07] More from BarCamp Austin, with Eric Skiff

Ewan Spence — Fri, 23 Mar 2007 04:35:32 +0000

The Tech Conference Show - (MP3 10.3 mb, 8 minutes 59 seconds)

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Pretty much one from the vaults here, in all the files, USB stick swapping, recording and conferences, Eric just nudged me that there was a second report from BarCamp Austin (the un-conference running alongside SXSW Interactive 2007) with the founder of Wordpress. Given the editing on the first BlogHer Conference show is taking abit of time, this is the perfect opportunity to slot it in this little quickie without it being too out of date :-)

As always, any stories, leads, or if you want to be in the show, drop me an email at ewanspence@gmail.com, or call me on 917 349 4539. Want to follow what’s going on with me? Twitter: EwanSpence.

Today’s Guest From BarCamp Austin:
With Matt Mullenweg - co-founder of Wordpress (http://wordpress.org/).

Tags: BarCamp, BarCamp Austin, SXSW Interactive, Wordpress, SXSW Interactive, Eric Skiff.

[March 07] SXSW: Christian Castle, and Honeycut

Ewan Spence — Tue, 20 Mar 2007 21:40:34 +0000

The Tech Conference Show - (MP3 20.4 mb, 29 minutes 37 seconds)

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I may be up in New York at the moment, but there’s a few more things to clear up from SXSW. Such as the interview with moderator Christian Castle from the Google/YouTube/Arts discussion late last week I mentioned. As always, any stories, leads, or if you want to be in the show, drop me an email at ewanspence@gmail.com, or call me on 917 349 4539. Want to follow what’s going on with me? Twitter: EwanSpence.

Today’s Guest From SXSW:
Discussion from Christian Castle on YouTube, Google, and the mainstream media.
Music from Honeycut.

Tags: SXSW, SXSW 2007,SXSW Movie, SXSW Music, Ewan Spence, Honeycut, Youtube.

[March 07] SXSW: The Portable Film Fest, The Prisoner and The Devil Dared Me To

Ewan Spence — Sat, 17 Mar 2007 21:00:40 +0000

The Tech Conference Show - (MP3 20.9 mb, 30 minutes 25 seconds)

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What a fun day yesterday was. Panels that ranged across music, mobiles, the web, copyright law, Web 2.0 and consumers taking matters into their own hands, some cracking live bands, and a great midnight movie to finish it of. That’s what makes SXSW so special. As always, any stories, leads, or if you want to be in the show, drop me an email at ewanspence@gmail.com, or call me on 917 349 4539. Want to follow what’s going on with me? Twitter: EwanSpence.

Today’s Guest From SXSW:
Get ready for the internet based Portable Film Fest.
Mike Tucker, director of The Prisoner (or How I Planned To Kill Tony Blair).
Chris Stapp and Matt Heath, the team behind The Devil Dared Me To.
We play out with Deja Voodoo, Can’t Do What I Wanna Do.

Tags: SXSW, SXSW 2007,SXSW Movie, SXSW Music, Ewan Spence, The Prisoner, Portable Film Festival, Deja Voodoo, The Devil Dared Me To.

[March 07] SXSW: JamGlue, Ioda Promonet, Deep Focus and The Black Angels

Ewan Spence — Fri, 16 Mar 2007 21:00:56 +0000

The Tech Conference Show - (MP3 24.4 mb, 35 minutes 40 seconds)

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There’s a bundle of stories and thoughts here at SXSW Music, and we’ll get to that in the next few shows. For now, there’s a fascinating interview with Ian Schaffer from Deep Focus (the company behind the Court TV ad/blog campaign to name one), a talk with Corey Dennis from Ioda along with the headline band from their opening day gig), and Casey Muller from Jamglue talking about music communities.

As always, any stories, leads, or if you want to be in the show, drop me an email at ewanspence@gmail.com, or call me on 917 349 4539. Want to follow what’s going on with me? Twitter: EwanSpence.

Today’s Guest From SXSW:
Casey Muller from Jamglue.
Corey Dennis from Ioda Promonet.
Ian Schaffer from Deep Focus.
The Black Angels, performing Bloodhounds on my Trail.

Tags: SXSW, SXSW 2007,SXSW Movie, SXSW Music, Ewan Spence, Jamglue, Ioda, Deep Focus, Court TV, Promonet.

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Panel Thoughts - Can Art Survive Google

Ewan Spence — Fri, 16 Mar 2007 18:09:07 +0000

All I have to say is if this panel had been on Monday or Tuesday, it would have set the blogosphere alight. Folks, this is what we’re up against, and very few Daniels came to see the Lion. I’ll just post my notes from the session for you all to see (exs tags are my comments).

Added on top of this was the fact that the moderator decided on a ‘no questions from the floor’ policy, only taking in questions (which he screened) on little pieces of paper. Any audience interruptions were parried with the skill of David Ogden Stiers acting opposite Raymond Burr.

Basically I pretty much fumed at the back of the panel until the end, when enough was enough. My notes read like this…

Okay with a few mintues to go they want to hit on orphan works. No I’m not taking this any more, I’m going to stand up and dare to ask a question. That a SXSW panel has to come down to going head to head against the moderator to have any debate.

…and I forced my question into the discussion flow. “Can we ask who represents the consumer on this panel?” The answer? “No you can’t ask.” (Eric Rice has a chain of thought blog posts starting at the above link as well). I’m sorry, I;m going to debate strongly that it should be asked. Turns out the audience was on my side and wanted the question answered as well. Result? End of Panel, thank you for coming.

After the session the number of poeple asking for my card was testimony to the most one sided, ill moderated panel at SXSW (or any conference) I have ever been at.

Which didn’t stop me interviewing the moderator (Christian Castle) for the Tech Conference Podcast. That should be up over the weekend.

SXSW Google is Evil

Moderator: Chris Castle Managing Partner, Christian L Castle Attorneys

Marybeth Peters Register of Copyright, Library of Congress, US Copyright Office
Ali Aydar COO, SNOCAP Inc (ex of Napster)
Rebecca Greenberg Natl Dir, Recording Artists’ Coalition
Rick Carnes Pres, Songwriters Guild of America
Jay Faires Pres of Music and Publishing, Lionsgate
Patrick Ross Sr Fellow and VP Comms, The Progress and Freedom Foundation

Who is representing the listener or consumer on this panel?

We have to write down questions on a piece of paper for the moderator?

CC Misconstuing the DMCA by saying ‘Google is permitting clips.’
MP Explanation of DMCA takedown - physical world is different to the digital world - DMCA adds a protection of copyright. Providers wanted more certaintly if they were “merely” hosting . Copyright Extension was traded with the value of DMCA
AA ‘Is youtube making a copy?’ YT accepts the content, which is then transcoded, thus creating NEW content, and thus direct copy.
PR ergo not covered by DMCA. Copyright intent was an opt-in process.
RG Are there peopel wanting to be exploited by Google/YouTube. Professional (living) artists want to be created. THis removes the artist choice. If google has cash, why can’t they police?
RC And how do we ‘police’ the other myriad sites. “People die of exposure too.” And they’re doing adverts, so they are selling, where’s my portion?
MP The solution is an accoustic fingerprint (after all, they filter porn - but isn’t this a user generation). So if they can do this, are they shaking us down.
CC google’s answer is to give you cut of the revenue after negotiation.
PR the copyright owner should negotiate adverting themselves, not rely on GOogle. ie Comedy Central want it on their site.
RC living on one song for many many years (exs COPYRIGHT is NOT infinite) They can;t search for ‘circle c’
MP we turned down google to digitise the works of library of congress
CC are we surprised that google are wanting to change the law (exs: this comes from the panel arguing against the DMCA)
MP We should do this in the confines of the law (exs ahem DMCA)
CC Why should we spend our creative time searing google
RC I’m a servant - a servant of google. Away from the manufacturing and the industry
CC Is there a massive social cost to thinking Goggle’s DMCA lookout is correct? Takes $10 per takedonw per instance ‘it is in their commerical interest to not filter’
Audience: ANd he trys to remind us all written questions only afte the audience jump to correct re CBS YT deal

Questions
Q. Thread of Did you invite google. Nobody asked to appear from Google. Picking on a google employee in the audience.
Q. What is the EU doing on this issue? MP there is no EU takedown regieme, trying to argue fiar use in the UK (exs which doesn not exist)
Q. Why is it okay for Radio, and not Google (RC: I signed to ASCAP and get paid). Also US is chasing a PRS deal in america.

(from IRC)
[11:58] So to summarize: panel with no official backchannel, no consumer representation and roadblocks placed in the way of open debate?
[11:58] yes
[11:58] welcome to the music biz

[March 07] SXSW: Hugh Forrest, Black Sheep and Dirty Country

Ewan Spence — Thu, 15 Mar 2007 21:00:31 +0000

The Tech Conference Show - (MP3 22.2 mb, 32 minutes 20 seconds)

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Mostly movies today, but with the musical biopic of Larry Pierce, you’ve got some melodies to join in with at the very end of the show. before that though, 40,000 zombie sheep attack the farm in the New Zealand comedy horror agricultre spectacle that will rival Shaun of the Dead this year, and the chaos of getting every music registrant a wristband.

As always, any stories, leads, or if you want to be in the show, drop me an email at ewanspence@gmail.com, or call me on 917 349 4539. Want to follow what’s going on with me? Twitter: EwanSpence.

Today’s Guest From SXSW:
Hugh Forrest, SXSW Coordinator talking about registering all the music fans and more.
Jonathan King, writer and director of Black Sheep.
Nick Prueher and Joe Pickett, directors of Dirty Country.
Larry Pierce sings “I Think About You Every Time…”

Tags: SXSW, SXSW 2007,SXSW Movie, SXSW Music, Ewan Spence, Black Sheep, Dirty Country.

[March 07] BarCamp Austin, with Eric Skiff

Ewan Spence — Wed, 14 Mar 2007 09:24:38 +0000

The Tech Conference Show - (MP3 18.6 mb, 16 minutes 15 seconds)

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Running alongside SXSW Interactive was BarCamp Austin, an un-conference that proved highly successful. TPN podcaster Eric Skiff was in attendance, and he’s put together a short show today from BarCamp for you all.

As always, any stories, leads, or if you want to be in the show, drop me an email at ewanspence@gmail.com, or call me on 917 349 4539. Want to follow what’s going on with me? Twitter: EwanSpence.

Today’s Guest From BarCamp Austin:
Mike Hudack - Blip.tv
Brian Oberkirch - Small Good Thing Consulting

Tags: BarCamp, BarCamp Austin, SXSW Interactive, Eric Skiff.

[March 07] SXSW: AOL, The Couriers of Ruin, OPLC, and Undead or Alive

Ewan Spence — Tue, 13 Mar 2007 21:00:09 +0000

The Tech Conference Show - (MP3 17.6 mb, 25 minutes 40 seconds)

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A burst of short thoughts from the floor of the trade show to start today’s show, from opening up systems (OpenID) at AOL, to new storytelling methods and ideas, to the impressive One Laptop Per Child program. And for SXSW Movie, when you have people who love movies as much as Chris Kattan and Glasgow Phillips (from Undead or Alive) you can’t help but chat about the resurgence of the Zombie, The Transformers Movie, Pirates of the Caribbean and debate the merits of The Swarm.

As always, any stories, leads, or if you want to be in the show, drop me an email at ewanspence@gmail.com, or call me on 917 349 4539. Want to follow what’s going on with me? Twitter: EwanSpence.

Today’s Guest From SXSW:
Owen Walsh from AOL on AOL’s OpenID Plans
New forms of storytelling from The Couriers of Ruin (www.thespyronsconcept.com)
I get my hands on an OLPC Computer.
The aforementioned Glasgow and Kris from Undead or Alive.

Tags: SXSW, SXSW 2007,SXSW Movie, SXSW Interactive, Ewan Spence, openID, AOL, Undead Or Alive, OLPC.

[March 07] SXSW: Twisted, Broadtexter, Twitter and the Tenth Web Awards

Ewan Spence — Mon, 12 Mar 2007 22:00:02 +0000

The Tech Conference Show - (MP3 19.2 mb, 27 minutes 55 seconds)

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Last night’s Web Awards brought pretty much every Interactive badge holder to the Hilton Hotel Ballroom for the annual rewarding of the newest and latest sites in the internet. Stay tuned to the end of the show for some of the more notable winner’s names, but before then I caht to two nominees and the man behind the awards. Of course SXSW isn’t just that, so Twisted (a balloonamentary) tell me more about the delights of balloon modelling and documentary filmmaking.

As always, any stories, leads, or if you want to be in the show, drop me an email at ewanspence@gmail.com, or call me on 917 349 4539. Want to follow what’s going on with me? Twitter: EwanSpence.

Today’s Guest From SXSW:
Twisted - A Balloon Twisting Documentary.
Broadtexter - SMS Groups for Music Bands and Fans.
Evan Williams, Twitter - If you’re not on Twitter, you’re !2.0.
Shawn O’Keefe - The Tenth Web Awards

Tags: SXSW, SXSW 2007,SXSW Movie, SXSW Interactive, Ewan Spence, Twitter, Broadtexter, Twisted, Web Awards.

[March 07] SXSW: The Dorkbot, Make, Austin Robot Group Party

Ewan Spence — Sun, 11 Mar 2007 21:39:14 +0000

The Tech Conference Show - (MP3 17.2 mb, 25 minutes 7 seconds)

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Everyone tells you the fun stuff at these Conferences happens in the evening, and that’s even more the truth at SXSW. Austin is awash with events, parties, and Web 2.0 bar tabs being run down. One of the incredibly interactive events was the joint Make / Austin Robot Group / Dorkbot event that ran last night. WHat was it like? Well, I thought I’d try to capture the event for you in today’s podcast.

As always, any stories, leads, or if you want to be in the show, drop me an email at ewanspence@gmail.com, or call me on 917 349 4539.

Today’s Guest From SXSW:
The Dorkbot, Make and Austin Robot Group Fair with…
A self navigating robot, Metal Bras and Lingere, Egg Drawing, Animatronic DekaTalk, Experimental Arachnid Robot, Robo Spin Art, Theraping Guitars and The Bio Mechanicals; Plus I talk to Joi Ito (joi.ito.com), Elisa Camahort (BlogHer) and Dale Dougherty (Make Magazine).

Tags: SXSW, SXSW 2007,SXSW Movie, SXSW Interactive, Ewan Spence, Make, Podcast Pickle, DorkbotLife, Austin Robot Group.

[March 07] SXSW: Gaia, Podcast Pickle, The Electric Sheep Co, and What Would Jesus Buy.

Ewan Spence — Sat, 10 Mar 2007 22:51:59 +0000

The Tech Conference Show - (MP3 18.0 mb, 26 minutes 20 seconds)

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SXSW continues, today was the first fully programmed day of panels on the Interactive and Film festivals, with the midnight movies and a number of films coming out as well. Getting round everything is not possible, so everyone is making priority decisions. That’s the same process i the podcast - I’m not going to get 15,000 people through the podcast - but I am aiming for a good representative feel to the festival.

As always, any stories, leads, or if you want to be in the show, drop me an email at ewanspence@gmail.com, or call me on 917 349 4539.

Today’s Guest From SXSW:
Jakob Heuser, Gaia.
Gary Leland, Podcast Pickle.
Rev Billy, What Would Jesus Buy?
Jerry Paffendorf, The Electric Sheep Company.

Tags: SXSW, SXSW 2007,SXSW Movie, SXSW Interactive, Ewan Spence, Gaia, Podcast Pickle, Second Life, Electric Sheep Company.

TPN Tech Conf Also Available at SXSWBaby

Ewan Spence — Sat, 10 Mar 2007 04:43:44 +0000

One of the biggest ‘unofficial’ blogs at SXSW is that of SXSW Baby, and it’s a great resource. And it’s now even better! With the addition of a Podcast Section, powered by The Podcast Network, and a dedicated Flash Player on the website sidebar giving one click access to the TPN Shows (Just hit play!) I want to say hello to all the new readers here, and a big thanks to Brad and Kathryn at the Baby for setting this up.

[March 07] SXSW: Laughing Squid, Cat Dancers, and Ain’t It Cool

Ewan Spence — Sat, 10 Mar 2007 00:18:10 +0000

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SXSW gets under way, and there are people everywere. More notes later, as I’ve got to head out for the ’social drinks’ that provide the most results, but for now, here’s toays mix of fun from Austin.

Today’s Guest From SXSW:
Scott Beale, Laughing Squid.
Harris Fishman, (Cat Dancers on MySpace).
Harry Knowles, Ain’t It Cool.

Tags: Harry Knowles, SXSW, SXSW 2007,SXSW Movie, SXSW Interactive, Ewan Spence.

[March 07] ScotEduPedia and SXSW Preview

Ewan Spence — Thu, 08 Mar 2007 13:00:51 +0000

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Edinburgh rapidly departs behind me as I fly over the Atlantic, there’s one last little interview from BarCamp Scotland, about the official launch (on Friday 9th March) of Scotedupedia, the wikipedia for Scottish Education. Ewan McIntosh explains more in the first part of today’s show.

And as bonnie Scotland dissappears, over the horizon comes America and Austin. SXSW also starts on Friday 9th, but to9 get you all ready, I caught up with Hugh Forrest, who helps run SXSW Interactive, to find out a bit more about the history of SXSW, the roots of the Interactive show, and some of the fun and high jinks attendees can expect over the next 10 days…

BarCamp Scotland and SXSW (Interactive):

Ewan McIntosh, ScotEduPedia.
Hugh Forrest, SXSW Interactive.

Tags: BarCamp, BarCamp Scotland, Ewan McIntosh, Hugh Forrest, SXSW, SXSW 2007, SXSW Interactive, Ewan Spence.

Call Me While I’m In The USA On…

Ewan Spence — Wed, 07 Mar 2007 20:21:01 +0000

[Update: Note the number has changed from the initial post] For those of you looking to get in touch with me during the mad March of going round all the US conferences, my mobile (sorry, cell) number while I am stateside will be 917 349 4539. Don’t call it till lunchtime-ish this Friday though, as it will still be in transit!

[March 07] BarCamp Scotland; FreeAgent Central; Podcasting; Final Thoughts

Ewan Spence — Wed, 07 Mar 2007 19:51:45 +0000

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More from BarCamp Scotland today. With such a short event (four hours in the venue, around three hours of eventually programmed material) there wasn’t a huge amount of time to grab people, find the stories, take part myself, do some mingling, and generally capture the atmosphere. But the two Tech Conference shows, hopefully, capture the essence of the event. And act as a warm-up for the rest of the month.

So here we have the core BarCamp ideas - first of all was Ed Molyneux, who just had “something nice to show people” and gatherred everyone to a table. I dropped teh microphone in the middle to capture his impromptu demo. Secondly, some young podcast upstart called Ewan Spence (ahem… - Cameron) took to the main hall to present some ideas and thoughts on podcasting.

To wrap it all up, I talked to organiser Ewan McIntosh on the event, how it went, and what plans there are for BarCamp Scotland 2…

BarCamp Scotland:
Ed Molyneux, Free Agent Central.
Ewan Spence, Podcasting Overview.
Ewan McIntosh, Closing Remarks.

Tags: BarCamp, BarCamp Scotland, Ewan McIntosh, Ed Molyneux, Free Agent Central, Ruby on Rails, Ewan Spence.