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DEMOfall 2010: A Chat With Primal About “Thought Network” Publishing

September 15, 2010 / / 0 Comments

Primal-PeterSweeney+DerrickCho I heard last week about a company that was returning to DEMO to introduce something new.  I'd seen Primal at DEMO '09 in Palm Desert (they were called Primal Fusion then), so I was interested in getting an update. The company introduced on stage today a product called "Primal Pages for Publishers," based on a very interesting semantic technology they call "Thought Networking."  When you're a blogger or a writer, you pay attention to this stuff, a big part of the promise of Web 3.0.  Primal-logo With Primal, you build a topic, kind of a dynamic outline of sorts, and it essentially fills it in as you go along. As Peter Sweeney, founder & co-president says, "publishing gets easier."  Hey, that future can't come too soon for me!  With Peter in the photo is Derrick Cho, director of sales & marketing.

 

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DEMOfall 2010: A Chat With SocialSmack About a New Way to Engage with Brands

September 15, 2010 / / 0 Comments

SocialSmack-MattCurtin Get ready to hear the phrase "Props and Drops" a lot, at least if SocialSmack has anything to do with it.  I heard last week these guys would be here at DEMOfall, and I knew I'd have to interview them.  SocialSmack-logo This startup, based in Austin, TX, is all about giving consumers a better way to express themselves about the brands they interact with on a daily basis.  I had a great chat with Matt Curtin, founder and CEO.

• Download or listen to Graeme's interview with SocialSmack about a new way to engage with brands… (MP3)"

 

DEMOfall 2010: A Chat With Rocky Mountain Ventures About Their Mobile Scanner

September 15, 2010 / / 0 Comments

DEMOfallReception-250w  At the opening reception Monday evening, I ran into the folks from Rocky Mountain Ventures, and learned about the new product they would introduce the next day: the CaptureID Mobile Scanner. This company, based in Fort Collins, CO, is headed by a long-time HP engineer and inventor, Gordon Nutall.  And I also spoke with Ranjit Singh, COO, who’s a former Xerox executive. The beginning of my interview got cut off (duh, I missed hitting the on button in the glare of the sun!), so we join it in progress.

In the photo I took of the company’s on-stage pitch on Tuesday, that’s Gordon Nutall on the right, and marketing manager Lisa Milner on the left.  RockyMtVentures-OnStage In the interview, Gordon and Ranjit also refer to the company’s previous consumer-market product, the FlipPal portable scanner. The new CaptureID product being introduced at DEMOfall takes the company into a new direction: B2B and professional markets.

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A Chat with Fliptop – DEMOspring10 Presenter

March 24, 2010 / / 0 Comments

Fliptop My last chance for an interview on the Pavilion floor at DEMO on Tuesday, before the final General Session was to begin, was to grab some time with the guys at Fliptop, a company that had introduced two new products in the Social & Media Technologies category on Monday. Take a listen as I interview CEO and founder Doug Camplejohn as he talks about "Fliptop for Publishers" and the "Fliptop Browser Button." (In the photo, that's Dan Chiao on the left, Director of Engineering, and John Haden, Account Manager, in the middle — a fellow Surfrider Foundation member!  CEO Doug Camplejohn is in the background, being interviewed by my friend Amanda Coolong.)

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A Chat with Infusionsoft – DEMOspring10 Presenter

March 24, 2010 / / 0 Comments

InfusionSoft As the extended lunch session on the Pavilion floor at DEMO wound down on Tuesday, I had the opportunity to get some time with two of the cofounders of Infusionsoft, a company I had just seen present in the Enterprise Technologies category. This company was introducing its new "Email Marketing 2.0" platform, which sure caught my attention.  I interviewed the cofounder and CEO, Clate Mask (right), and cofounder and VP-Customer Experience, Scott Martineau.

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