A busy day yesterday. It started with a press event at Southbank (IBM’s London location), where I met with a few of the (great many) IBMers who have an interest in Virtual Worlds. This notably includes Irving Wladawsky-Berger, who was there to spearhead the meetings with various press agencies. Update: this already yielded one story, […]
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BBC White City
Yesterday I got my first chance to visit the BBC Media Village at White City, a short walk from Television Center on Wood Lane. I had an amusing phone call with the client exec just before I left home to get the train. He let me know it was to be a relaxed meeting, and […]
Wimbledon – hopsitality and Henman
Yesterday was something a bit different for me. I’d never been to Wimbledon, and I’d never taken part in a hospitality event before either. When I arrived (a short walk from Southfields) Ricky kindly gave me a tour, including the amazing setup downstairs where all the things I’d read about on the Wimbleblog happen. I […]
Software Group Technical Conference – Raleigh
A big conference in Raleigh (North Carolina) starts today. I got in yesterday and will be back in the UK on Thursday morning. The flight out was OK. AA seem to be skimping on the food and entertainment budget but I had a book so I was happy. The hotel (the Sheraton Imperial) is great […]
San Francisco, Day 2
I awake to a dark and foggy morning. There is a false horizon, I can see only 4 blocks in any direction. My head feels a lot like the weather. Misty. Opaque. I was up until 11 last night drinking with some new friends. I reflect on how quickly one is able to make friends […]
San Francisco, Day 1
I love my job. I’m sitting in a 25th floor room in the Hilton, San Francisco, looking out across the city. Magnificent. I vow to ride up to the top floor later. From the 46th floor I will be able to see more than just this glimpse of the Golden Gate Bridge. I arrived yesterday […]
Machine Rooms
I work for a very large IT company. In dark, underground rooms beneath the ground, we have machine rooms. Different rooms contain computers for different purposes. One area might contain a few hundred web servers. Another room has machines used for internal purposes, like software development or testing. We don’t call it a server room […]