Traveling Geeks

Video: Interview with multiple award winner Spotify at #Europas

This is a re-post from Techcrunch Europe.

As you may well have heard, the big winner at The Europas Awards on Thursday night was Spotify, which won four awards (Best We app, Best New Startup, Best Founder Team and the Grand Prix). Here’s Shakil Khan (the video title is mis-spelt), Spotify’s Consigliere, sharing with writer and author Paul Carr and myself how he felt about winning four awards, including The Europas Grand Prix award:

UK: Cambridge And Professor Stephen Hawking

It’s been a fascinating and exhausting week on the Traveling Geeks tour. The best part has been our visit to Cambridge, the innovation capital of England. I’ve got lots of material to post from our trip, all this week, so please check back regularly.

One highlight of the trip was on Saturday night. My son Matt and I were looking for a place to eat. We just happened to choose one of the favorite spots for Professor Stephen Hawking. It was a huge honor to be in the same room as Britain’s top scientist.

The photo shows his two blond assistants helping him with his high-tech wheelchair.

A Chat with Moshi Monster’s Michael Acton Smith

A chat with Moshi Monster’s Michael Acton Smith at the offices of Accel Partners in London.

Traveling Geeks at eConsultancy

Traveling Geeks at the eConsultancy roundtable in London this week.

Punting on the Cam: Grand finale of Travelling Geeks trip

A great finale for an intense week with the Travelling Geeks in the UK: I streamed video from the Nokia N79 phone I had on loan while I punted on the Cam River with TG organizer JD Lasica and his family in Cambridge, UK:

“Saint Omobono is the future Saint of Business,” Ben Dansie.

“Omobono creates tools, apps and services that help large business build better relationships with customer,” Ben Dansie, Omobono.com.

Ben Dansie, Omobono.com

“I share what we do so we can do it the way folks want to use it – better/together,” Mark Squires, Nokia.

Mark Squires, Global Social Media, Nokia – Cambridge, England

On Nancy Pelosi and Michael Jackson

Phone video interview with founder of Moby Picture

The sound isn’t great, and I didn’t use a tripod so it is a little shaky, but I was streaming video from a Nokia N79 from a balcony overlooking the Thames (in a restaurant in the Globe Theater) when Mathys van Abbe, founder of Mobypicture came along — he had some good things to say about the future of digital storytelling.




DishyMix: Susan Bratton Podcasts & Blogs Executives

Banquet at Soho House Sponsored by Agency.com

Here’s a photo of our dinner with Agency.com, TBWA/London and some of their clients including Nike and Comic Relief. Bloggers beyond the Traveling Geeks included Mike Butcher, editor of TechCrunch and mbites.com as well as other agency heads, including Chris Walker, the newly appointed Managing Director of Agency.com.

Andy Hobsbawm, Chairman of Agency.com and Traveling Geek Susan Bratton, CEO of Personal Life Media

Andy Hobsbawm and I are friends from the TED conferences. He’s been a DishyMix guest and I’ll have him on again soon for you. In addition to Chairman of Agency.com Europe, his newest endeavor is Do The Green Thing. Following his passion, Andy offers ways we can all be proactive in leading a greener life.

An Evening with the A-List Bloggers

Niiiice!