Sriram Krishnan™ Live

Just got back after a tiring day. Had two presentations, one at company and one at Podcamp Europe. I was slightly nervous before my Podcamp presentation because I didn’t know how an unconference crowd would react to my presentation about media landscapes in Singapore but fortunately it went okay. I wish I had spoken more about the region in general but that would require more time. Unfortunately, I couldn’t link Justin over via video/audio feeds because the wireless connection wasn’t that good. We had to switch between couple of networks off and on. What a bummer! It would have been so cool to have him co-talk and co-comment on several points and questions that were brought up. The venue was also quite noisy!

Also had the opportunity to catch up with some friends. I stayed on till the after-party at Nalen with Ruiwen, Brenda, Gitta, Lotta, Fredrik and Mattias. Martin and Anton from Primelabs were there too. The after-party was excellent. Free flow of food, alcohol and live music. =) Couldn’t have asked for a better night could I?

Lotta, Gitta and Anton liveblogged during the event. Ruiwen came in slightly late and also blogged a bit about it. Follow the Lotta’s Flickr stream here.

I wrote about Spock not too long ago and ever since that post, I never really got back to using it. The initial hype died down and ultimately, it never had anything cool or awesome enough for me to stick to it. Even for people searches, I use linkedin or google, still.

Now there is another search engine called Powerset. This search engine allows users “to write their queries in natural language“. Whatever that means, it doesn’t mean a whole lot to me. These sort of search engines will only be used for very specific queries which one might run through google, technorati, wikipedia etc first before anything else. Also, how often do we have very specific queries? Even if we do, will we remember a Powerset or a Spock?

“A man’s worth is no greater than the worth of his ambitions.” – Marcus Aurelius Antoninus, former Roman Emperor.

Hey hey. I will be presenting at Podcamp Europe tomorrow afternoon on Social and Media landscapes in Singapore. I initially wanted to speak about the landscape in the region in general but due to time constraints, I only focused on Singapore.

Guess what! The two backchannels for the conference are up and running. Catch up with the latest at the onelinr and jaiku channels for the event.

See you there! It’s going to be lots of fun.

Now this is taking it too far! This is certainly one of the strangest iPod accessories ever created. Click here for more.

Niklas Zennstroem spoke about the role of disruptive technologies in the world of communication today.

For me, a disruptive technology is only worthwhile if it gives people something they didn’t have or couldn’t do before…

…My instincts tell me that sharing knowledge is a catalyst behind adoption of a new technology