About Us
Traveling Geeks is a consortium of entrepreneurs, thought leaders, authors, journalists, bloggers, technology innovators and influencers who travel to countries to share and learn from peers, governments, corporations, and the general public to educate, share, evaluate, and promote new, innovative technologies. The initiative was founded by Renee Blodgett and Jeff Saperstein in 2008.
Trips are funded by sponsorships from corporations, organizations and governments. The first tour was sponsored by the Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs, a trip that successfully marked the proof of concept that could expand to other countries around the world.
Read MoreBackstage Pass- Olivier Ezratty
This is a Backstage Pass interview of Olivier Ezratty, conducted at LeWeb, in December, 2009.
Olivier blogs at Opinions Libres. His photos appear in the Flickr group for the Traveling Geeks. He along with Eliane Fiolet (who was a co-organizer of the Paris trip) was one of our local navigators.
[The photo at left is by Rodrigo Sepulveda-Schulz (CC)by-nc-sa, one of the Traveling Geeks Paris geeks. Yes, that’s the lens on Olivier’s camera.]
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Backstage Pass- Matthew Buckland
This is a Backstage Pass interview of Matthew Buckland, conducted at LeWeb, in December, 2009.
Matthew, who hails from South Africa, writes at MatthewBuckland.com. His favorite color is (still) red.
[The photo at left was provided by Matt Buckland.]
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Backstage Pass- Renee Blodgett
This is a Backstage Pass interview of Renee Blodgett, Co-Founder of Traveling Geeks and organizer of the trip to Paris for LeWeb, in December, 2009.
Renee writes at DownTheAvenue. My favorite comment about Renee is that she uses email as if it were IM. It’s true! No end of energy.
[Photo at left is by Beth Blecherman.]
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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…] (Continue reading this entry…)
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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