Traveling Geeks

How Worldeka Brings Together Charities & Brands Online #tg09

In the press and blogger lounge at LeWeb in Paris earlier this month, I interviewed Worldeka’s Sophie Cox who talks to us about how charities and communities can use their service to extend their conversations, their voice and their brand.

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Parrot’s Remote Controlled Helicopter Takes Augmented Reality to the Next Dimension

In December, I visited Parrot‘s development labs in Paris to check out the company’s newest project. While Parrot is mostly known for its Bluetooth headsets and speaker systems, the company’s newest project combines augmented reality with a remote-controlled helicopter. This helicopter – the AR.Drone – features four rotors that keep it stable and a front-mounted camera that is linked to an iPhone or iPod touch. The rig is controlled via an iPhone or iPod touch and the device’s screen can show an augmented view of what the helicopter’s camera sees. [Video and details…] (more…)

Backstage Pass- Tom Foremski

This is a Backstage Pass interview of Tom Foremski, from Traveling Geeks at LeWeb in Paris, December, 2009.

Tom writes at Silicon Valley Watcher. Tom is a veteran Traveling Geek and can reflect on past experiences as well as the Paris trip. He’s also an experienced and professional journalist.

[Photo at left is by JD Lasica, from the London 2009 trip.]

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Backstage Pass- Amanda Coolong

This is the first of my Backstage Pass interviews from Traveling Geeks at LeWeb in Paris, December, 2009.

Amanda writes at TechZulu and is happy to strike up a yoga pose almost anywhere (not in this video, but in the Traveling Geeks Flickr photos).

[Photo at left is by Rodrigo Sepulveda-Schulz (CC)by-nc-sa.]

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Le Digital Photo Frame #tg09

Parrot’s designer digital photo frame – a closer look at it as demoed by Parrot’s CEO at their offices in Paris in December.

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Backstage Pass- Sky interviews the geeks

It’s time to pick up your backstage pass for the Traveling Geeks tour. As the “geeks’ geek” I have the enjoyable task of herding the last few animals into the barn before the tour actually takes place. This means (primarily) that I’m handed the web site a couple of weeks before we take off and I make a ton of last-minute additions and adjustments—and have to debug various processes, sometimes over and over. For the Paris trip there were some new and interesting twists because of changes taking place in the social media scene. So let’s go behind the scenes with my recollections and introduction:

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Think Orange is all Phones? Think Again #tg09

The Traveling Geeks learn about Orange’s latest developments – Lionel Fumado and Stephanie Hospital tell us more.

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Music on the Streets of Montmartre

Even though its only 33 degrees, music warms the heart and soul on a cold December day on the streets of Montmartre.

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Behind the Scenes with Pearltrees

MobileGlobe’s Yoann Valensi on Cheap Calls

MobileGlobe’s CEO Yoann Valensi hosted Traveling Geeks for a dinner last week in Paris in the Marais. His mission is to make mobile calls cheap and easy from anywhere in the world. Listen to why you should care. [Click (more…) for the video] (more…)