During the breakfast with Jason Calacanis, I had the opportunity to quickly interview Jason and I asked him 5 quick questions.
Again, we were streaming this and recording this on Jason’s UStream Account.
Jason gave incredible answers that were really informative, and with so much experience and knowledge.
Here is – Josh Anstey 5 Questions, asking Jason Calacanis
As I have mentioned, this morning I attended a bloggers breakfast with Jason Calacanis. @jasoncalacanis
Jason brought out his Mac Book Air, and we were streaming live on his
We had a great discussion which was lots of fun. There were fortunes of people watching live at the time and chatting in the chat room too. Let me know what you think.
Here it is:
http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/428395
As mentioned in my previous post, CeBIT Day 1, I met Jason Calacanis and Tyler Crowley at CeBIT and they invited me to their hotel for a bloggers breakfast.
It was incredible to be invited to the breakfast.
The breakfast was a very casual event where we just chilled, socialized, networked and learned about each other. Jason was also streaming live on his UStream. We took some great videos and I will post those up in separate posts.
Some of the people at the breakfast included:
I arrived nice and early, and spent most of the morning at the breakfast. It was a really great experience, with so much knowledge sharing and lots of fun.
As you can see, most people are very active on twitter. Remember to follow me too. @JoshAnstey
I was lucky to be asked to speak at the ACS@Skills Alley at CeBIT
My presentation was about being an entrepreneur, and how to get started as an entrepreneur. I covered a variety of areas from the startup roadmap, to social media and networking and personal branding.
The talk was really great and I really enjoyed passing on the knowledge. The audience response was great and there were some really great questions and discussions after the event.
If you would like me to speak at your event, please click the speaking page and contact me.
Yesterday was the first day of CeBIT Australia 2008.
I spent most of the day walking around checking out the show and the many businesses exhibiting. It was quite interesting and it is always good to see the new technology.
I have to be honest, I didn’t find too much of the technology that new or innovative. This is probably because we have so much access to the latest innovation via the web, but still it would have been good to see some more innovation. Hopefully we will see more next year.
I went to a talk about Social Networking, and how to use this for customer relationship management. This was really interesting, and beneficial. It’s amazing how social networking has developed. I also met up with two of my twitter buddies, @Alegrya & @RichardGiles.
I was hanging out in the ‘bloggerzone’, and met Jason Calacanis and Tyler Crowley from Mahalo. See below for a bio.
It was so great to meet Jason & Tyler. We had a good chat about the web, Australia’s IT industry and a few other topics of interest. They then invited me to have breakfast with them the following morning. I will discuss this in the next post.
Overall, the first day of CeBIT was interesting, and the highlight was definitely meeting Jason Calacanis & Tyler Crowley.
Jason Calacanis Bio:
Jason Calacanis is an internet entrepreneur and blogger. He is now the CEO of Mahalo and is one of the leaders in the internet world. He founded Weblogs inc. which was then bought by AOL, and was later appointed the General Manager of Netscape. Other ventures of Jason include Sequoia Capital which has been a driving force behind so many of the tech and web businesses we know so well today. Jason has also co-founded TechCrunch40, which was later changed to TechCrunch50 with Michael Arrington from TechCrunch. Jason is definitely one of the web world leaders.
Jason Calacanis in Wikipedia
On Tuesday 20th May till Thursday 22nd May, CeBIT Australia will be held at the Sydney Convention and Exhition Center.
CeBIT Australia is Australasias leading Information & Communications Technology (ICT) event for the business marketplace and covers all areas of IT including software & services, hardware, VOPI, IP Comms. The event is targeted at C-level executives, and other IT professionals. CeBIT Australia is a combination of a trade show and a conference.
In 2007, over the 3 day event, there were 33041 visitors and it has been growing each year.
I have been asked to speak at the Australian Computer Society (ACS) Skills Alley - branded ACS@Skills Alley at CeBIT 2008.
I am really looking forward to my presentation. My presentation is titled “Be an Entrepreneur”.
I will be presenting about entrepreneurs, how to bring out the entrepreneur inside you, and the roadmap to starting a business. I will also be covering the best way to use social media and web 2.0 to network, increase your personal branding and develop your business or start-up.
The talk is going to be great and I hope the attendees will gain a lot and learn valuable information.
If you are in Sydney, or will be attending CeBIT, get in touch with me and please come along to the talk. It would be great to meet you.
The details for the presentation are:
Be An Entrepreneur - Josh Anstey
Wednesday 21st May 2008
2:00pm - 3:00pm
Mezzanine Level, Hall 4
Sydney Convention and Exhition Center
CeBIT Australia
If you have any questions about it, feel free to reply to this post, send me an email or send me a message on Twitter. @JoshAnstey
I look forward to hearing your feedback, and meeting you at the pre
TechCrunch is one of the most important resources for Entrepreneurs. If you have not heard of TechCrunch or do not follow TechCrunch, I strongly suggest that you start now. It is a great way to find out what is happening in the Entrepreneurial world, and especially the latest news in the world of web 2.0.
TechCrunch was founded by Michael Arrignton, who is one of the most influential bloggers on the web.
I read today on TechCrunch that Duncan Riley, a popular and great contributor to TechCrunch will be moving on. As Michael Arrignton put it, ‘We lost a Blogging Giant today - Duncan Riley moves on’.
Duncan Riley is also one of the most influential bloggers on the web, and he is moving onto his own venture called The Inquisitr, which I am sure will be very interesting and a great success.
I listed to a podcast on The Blog Herald with an exclusive interview with Duncan Riley about the move. It is really interesting, and I reccomend that you listen to it. He talks about the decision to move, the experience at TechCrunch, and what the future holds.
Good luck to Duncan. We look forward to seeing The Inquisitr grow.
Entrepreneurs, make sure you are following TechCrunch and The Inquisitr.
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I have just watched the Adobe Cards animation and it is incredible. I got the link from Anthony Milner. The animation really shows the power of Adobe’s CS3.
From a marketing perspective, I think it has taken the web animation world to a new level.
I am excited about what the future for web animation holds.
Watch the Adobe Cards animation, and let me know what you thought of it.
Today I was a guest blogger on LiveCrunch. Here is the article that I guest blogged.
As consumers of the technological age, we are always striving to get access to information when we want it, where we want it, on the device of our choice, and quicker than ever before.
As a result, this has seen the invention of web enabled mobile phones, allowing us full access to our emails and the internet. Well known examples include the BlackBerry and the iPhone.
I came across this article on ReadWriteWeb called, “Is the Mobile Web Dead? Some Mobile Entrepreneurs Say Yes”, and as an entrepreneur I was really surprised to read such a title.
After reading the article, comments and the original post that it linked in more depth (‘The end of Mowser’, by Russel Beattie), I came to understand that Russel believes the current state of mobile applications no longer has the traffic.
The introduction of the iPhone has lifted the already high expectations of users, and as consumers, we now require a clean friendly mobile web experience, that is emulates the web experience we have on our PC’s and notebooks.
This is a very interesting idea and the idea that we are always striving to get more out of our devices is great.
So, is the mobile web dead? I don’t think so. I think it has only just taken off, and we are going to see some exciting things to come.
There are two important lessons to learn from this article:
1. Don’t believe the first thing you read in an article. Make sure you read the comments, and make sure you follow through other links in the articles to read more
2. The future of the mobile web is approaching, so if you have an idea, be entrepreneurial and give it a go!
Related posts:
I would like to thank Majo from LiveCrunch for giving me this opportunity to write a guest blogging post.
Click here to read the post on LiveCrunch.
I read an article today on the Ninemsn Money Website called, ‘Are you addicted to your Blackberry?’
The article definitely criticises society’s addiction to what has been termed a ‘CrackBerry’. It lists the many ways that the BlackBerry addiction has ‘interfered’ and changed our lives.
The BlackBerry is just one of the many pieces of technology that we are now fortunate enough to have that enhance our ‘Connected’ lives. They have allowed us to take that step forward in being always connected.
Now don’t get me wrong, I agree that if it gets to the stage that you are interrupting social arrangements, meals and discussions to respond to your email, or any of the other definitions of why you would be addicted in the article, then you have taken it a bit far.
But look at the benefits. Productivity has increased allowing business to be conducted away from the office, people can find information on the go, search for directions when they are lost, and are freer if anything to go out, because they don’t have to sit at their computer all day waiting for that one email that requires an immediate response.
I think rather than criticizing the huge amount of people that are using BlackBerry’s and the amount of time spent on them, we should be encouraging people to embrace the technology. All too often we hear of people complain that Generation Y and young children spend too much time sitting in front of the computer. Enabling mobile devices with internet connection removes this desire to sit in front of the computer all day long. It encourages people to leave the screen and head outside, go for a walk and socialise with others.
The article is very interesting, and has lots of information for both points of view, but I think we all know that the technology is here to stay and will continue to improve.
So if you are addicted to your BlackBerry, make sure you try control it in some ways and set your self some rules or boundaries such as:
• Don’t respond to emails during conversations with people or at meals unless it is necessary or urgent
• Draw a line between what is family & friends time and what is BlackBerry time
• Every once and a while, leave it at home when you go out.
Remember, if you didn’t have it people would have to wait for you to get home to your computer to respond to an email, so just because you have a BlackBerry, doesn’t mean you have to get to that email straight away.
I am 100% in favour of BlackBerry’s and think they are a really great invention. But like anything else, remember to use them in moderation.
If you have a BlackBerry, let us know your thoughts on this. It would be great to hear your opinion on whether or not you are addicted to your BlackBerry.
Related post: iPhone or BlackBerry?
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