In addition to what I do here at b5media, I’m also one of the Intruders.tv Canada.  While at DEMO I recorded several interviews and they are all ready to go up now.  The first of the 10 is xtranormal!
Interview with DEMOgod winners xtranormal

The remainder of the videos are going to go up over the rest of the week.  Just keep an eye there, I’m not going to post every video here, just my favourites.

I’m home now.  The cold that started to tighten its grip on my head Wednesday is slowly abating.  Something about sleeping for fourteen hours helps.
During the DEMOgod awards dinner I was sitting with Don Dodge and Brian Solis, we had a great conversation (who knew that we are all Patriots fans!).
Regardless I had been wanting to meet Don in person the whole time.  It was awesome to finally get the chance.  Getting to put a real person together with their words is always something that just adds richness to what you’re reading.
Don told Brian and I about the Flight of …read more

Fresh from the DEMO 2008 dinner I am excited to let everyone know that Montreal-based xtranormal won a coveted DEMOgod award tonight.
Of course nine other companies won as well, but before I let you know about them, let me refresh your memory about xtranormal.
They make a very cool and simple 3D animation tool that you can use online to make short, or long, segments that include scenes, dialog, and even actions.
Very proud of all the Canadians who were at DEMO and special congrats to xtranormal.
Great, great job.

Oh, the other winners?
People’s choice was: atlaspost.com www.atlaspost.com
The other winners were:

BitGravity, Inc. www.bitgravity.com
Ecrio, Inc. …read more

The fun kicks off at 2 PM … see you there!

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Less chatter, but still live …

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Day 1 of DEMO is in the can and … wow what a day of contrasts.  There were some awesome demos–apps or services you start to try before the six minutes are up–and those you just have a WTF moment.
There were a couple presentations that didn’t go as well as planned (including a softly uttered f-bomb) and others that were polished and flawless.  That is, of course, the way it is at conferences.  However DEMO is different.  Selected companies have to pay $19,000 to be here and present for 6, yes 6, minutes.  That’s a ton of pressure.  Most presentations …read more

For at least a little while I’m going to hang out in the press room and watch the streaming video.  Yeah I won’t get as many pictures, but I have a hard wire connection.

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It should be starting soon watch this space …

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Why?  Because I don’t want to test CoverItLive for the first time in a session!

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Wow, what a journey to get here.  Now, I didn’t have the roller coaster flight in that the folks from San Fran did (I’ve been hearing stories all night), but I had my own struggles.
Regardless the DEMO08 mixer was tonight and it was great re-connecting with my usual peeps here.
Tomorrow the real fun begins.  Okay I have my badge and bag, but tomorrow I start blogging in earnest.  In fact, I’ll be giving CoverItLive a real-world test.  Why? Because I heard from Keith today that after the post is “done”, it can be transferred to your blog!
Now that rocks.  Rafe …read more