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My Live Blog: Defrag 2010

November 16, 2010 / / 0 Comments

Defrag-StageSign I'm in Denver for my fourth consecutive Defrag conference, which is every one since it started in 2007.  This time, it's actually in Broomfield, CO, a suburb, at a nice place called the OMNI Interlocken Resort. I'm starting the live blog on Tuesday evening, as we're gathering in the hotel lobby to go to some sponsored dinners. (I'm headed to Boulder with Gist.)  The conference fires up in the morning, when my live-blogging will begin in earnest.  Check out the agenda.  In the meantime, I have my twitter stream appearing in the live blog, and that of the conference organizer (@defrag), Eric Norlin.  I also have it set up so that any tweets with the hashtag #defragcon will appear in the live blog window, at least for now. (I'll probably shut that off starting in the morning, or it would get to be too much.)  [UPDATE: Decided on the morning of day one to leave it all in! Makes for a more interesting live-blog, and archiving the whole conversation, in proper chronologial order, is pretty cool for anyone who may want to refer back. There were so many *great* Twitter exchanges going on during the event!  I know I made a whole bunch of new Twitter friends… 🙂 ]

I'm looking forward to a great conference!  When the event is completed, I'll archive this live-blog, which switches it around to proper chronological order. And the link for this blog post will remain pemanent for the live-blog archive. That's the big advantage for me to document a conference with this live-blogging tool, compared to just tweeting the event. (Have you tried going back to get an archive of your tweetstream for a certain day or event?  Good luck.) Plus the fact that I can do posts longer than 140 characters. Hope you like it!

DEMOfall 2010: A Chat With GoToCamera About Making WebCams Simple (Finally!)

September 18, 2010 / / 0 Comments

VarunArora+LiYi_GoToCamera Can you set up a security web cam in 30 seconds? You can now. My last interview at this DEMOfall was one I vowed to do the moment I saw this company's pitch on stage. This was music to my ears. I love it when a startup takes on a previously complex, daunting technical task for consumers, and just makes it dead simple. Let me tell you about GoToCamera, from Pechora Technologies in Singapore. These guys homed in on one of those nasty problems, setting up a web cam, and developed what appears to be an elegant, low-cost solution that consumers (and businesses) will happily pay for. GoToCamera-logoSurveys show people want the security of monitoring their homes, businesses, children, or their yards or vacation homes — but few can set it up themselves, or afford expensive security monitoring services. And get this: GoToCamera's basic service (one cam) is actually free! GoToCamera does't sell cams — it lets you use any you have lying around, in your existing computers or laptops, maybe old ones you aren't even using anymore. By running their software, that cam can start recording video as soon as it detects motion. Or, you use any of the newer, inexpensive USB cams on the market (Logitech or many others) for as little as $25, and you're in business. The secret, of course, is in the software. This is a startup that could hit a home run. Time will tell, but they have a ready market out there, a smart team, a well-designed solution, a great looking web site, and investors who have seed-funded them. Now, it's off to the races!  I can't wait to sign up myself (they even have a special discount code: "DEMO2010"). In the photo: Varun Arora, left, CEO and cofounder, and Li Yi, CTO and cofounder.

• Download or listen to Graeme's interview with GoToCamera about making webcams simple (finally!)… (MP3)"

DEMOfall 2010: A Chat With Sococo About Its “Team Space” Virtual Collaboration Environment

September 17, 2010 / / 0 Comments

DavidVanWie-Sococo Okay, all you virtual-worlds people: you won't be able to contain yourselves once you get a look at Sococo. But even those of you who aren't will be highly intrigued — especially if you work "virtually" and really feel disconnected with your dispersed work team. It lets all of you interact in a rich, virtualized environment as if you were face-to-face.  I talked with David Van Wie, CEO and founder, about this always-on group communications service for distributed teams.  Sococo-logo It provides an intuitive, spatial layout, letting you see office interactions as they occur, and initiate ad-hoc meetings easily. It integrates IM and voice, and has a unique "Multi-Screenshare" technology.

• Download or listen to Graeme's interview with Sococo about its Team Space virtual collaboration environment… (MP3)"

DEMOfall 2010: A Chat With MobiCart About a Free & Simple Way for Retailers to Create a Mobile Ecommerce Shop

September 17, 2010 / / 2 Comments

MobiCart-WladimirBaranoff-Rossine DEMO always attracts a good number of non-U.S. based startups to announce on its stage, and this one traveled all the way from the UK to tell us about its tool for enabling retailers to sell their wares on mobile devices — first for the iPhone, with support for other platforms coming soon.  The key word here is free, folks. Do you remember the days when creating a mobile app actually cost companies money?  On stage, MobiCart touted its first customer, a regional airline in the UK called FlyBe.com, which essentially put its entire in-flight magazine on an app — meaning its advertisers, who used to just sell their products via the print pages of the airline's magazine, now have another way to take orders. MobiCart-logo The CEO and founder, Wladimir Baranoff-Rossine, tells us about it in this little two-part chat, including how the heck he might even make money with this venture.

• Download or listen to Part 1 of Graeme's interview with MobiCart about a free & simple way for retailers to create a mobile ecommerce shop… (MP3)"

(sorry for the abrupt cut-off…ran out of battery! click below for the rest)

• Download or listen to Part 2 of Graeme's interview with MobiCart… (MP3)"

 

DEMOfall 2010: A Chat With VoiceBase About Its Voice Storage, Search, and Sharing Platform

September 16, 2010 / / 0 Comments

WalterBachtiger+SpencerLord-VoiceBase Speaking of DEMOgod Award winners, this was another — though we didn't know that till an hour or so after I stopped to interview CEO and founder Walter Bachtiger. (That's him on the left, with Spencer Lord, Chief Voice Officer/CTO.) This was one of my favorite demos on stage earlier in the day, because I could see what a great productivity tool it would be for bloggers, writers, and researchers (just to name a few). I wanted to be sure to find out more, and see a more detailed demo up close. VoiceBase-logo VoiceBase transcribes voice files (audio now, video coming soon) that you upload to their site. It then posts those transcripts to the site, and enables you to then search within those files for keywords you specify. It also let you share those files on social sites. I can't wait to use it myself — in fact, I'll start by uploading these DEMOfall audio interviews of mine!

• Download or listen to Graeme's interview with VoiceBase about its Voice Storage, Search, and Sharing Platform… (MP3)"

 

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