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DEMO 09 – Interview With DEMO Presenter Gwabbit

March 2, 2009 / / 1 Comment

Graeme Thickins of Tech~Surf~Blog interviews Todd Miller, CEO of Technicopia, about its product called “Gwabbit” at the DEMO ’09 conference, which was held March 1-3, 2009, in Palm Desert, CA.

I thought one of the most effective on-stage demos today was one from Technicopia, for a product called “Gwabbit.”  It got some of the best reaction from the audience, as in noticable oohs and ahhs.  It lets you grab contact info that appears anywhere in email messages, instantly — and quickly get that data into your Outlook contacts, with just a click. Pretty cool. In this interview, the founder and CEO, Todd Miller, tells me the story of how it all came about.

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DEMO 09 – Interview With DEMO Presenter Ensembli

March 2, 2009 / / 0 Comments

Graeme Thickins of Tech~Surf~Blog interviews Mike Wheatley, CEO, and Ian Pringle, CTO, of Ensembli at the DEMO ’09 conference, which was held March 1-3, 2009, in Palm Desert, CA.
I stopped at the station where a UK company was showing off its new technology to do web search using “relevance analysis.” As they like to say, search engines, feed readers, and aggregators can’t sense who you are and what interests you, and they certainly don’t anticipate what will excite you. Instead, they overwhelm you. CEO Mike Wheatley (pictured) and CTO Ian Pringle tell me more about what Ensembli is doing to make web search better.
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DEMO 09 – Interview With Christine Herron, First Round Capital

March 2, 2009 / / 1 Comment

Graeme Thickins of Tech~Surf~Blog interviews Christine Herron, principal, First Round Capital, at the DEMO ’09 conference, which was held March 1-3, 2009, in Palm Desert, CA.

Christine Herron has been active in the VC industry for several years, and is now with the very well respected and active seed-stage firm First Round Capital. I chatted with her on the Pavilion showfloor here at DEMO, just as the lunch hour was approaching. We talked about her take on early-stage investing, some of her firm’s recent investments, and the panel she was about to participate in at DEMO this afternoon.

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DEMO 09 – Opening Reception, Interview 7: Sobees

March 2, 2009 / / 0 Comments

Graeme Thickins of Tech~Surf~Blog interviews Francois Bochatay, CEO, and Nicholas Helke, chief communications officer, of deskNET about their “Sobees” social desktop aggregator at the DEMO ’09 conference, which was held March 1-3, 2009, in Palm Desert, CA.

I went on the lookout for more presenting company teams, and struck up a chat with two fellows who’d come at the way from Switzerland. Their company, deskNET SA, is introducing Sobees, which is a social desktop aggregator. I spoke with Nicholas Helke, chief communications officer (shown at left), and Francois Bochatay, CEO.
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DEMO 09 – Opening Reception, Interview 6: Gazaro

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Graeme Thickins of Tech~Surf~Blog interviews Sam Zaid, CEO, and Dominic Plouffe, VP-R&D, of Gazaro at the DEMO ’09 conference, which was held March 1-3, 2009, in Palm Desert, CA.
One of the presenting companies I ran into as the party started to wind down was Gazaro, based in Ottawa, Canada. I talked with Sam Zaid, CEO (pictured at right), and Dominic Plouffe, VP of R&D.
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