Below is the complete 53 minute video of WIRED's Chris Anderson, speaking in Chicago at the WIRED NextFest. A unique opportunity to hear Chris' thinking behind the new book, which he is in the midst of writing, 'Free'.
Note: I was sitting in the front row holding a camera. Chris is a terrific presenter, but paces. You'll notice my arm give out here and there as I keep up with him.
Thank you to the city of Chicago and World Business Chicago for helping bring NextFest to Millennium Park.
Make the time and watch this video - you'll rethink your current business models.
If you've been to a Chicago event and approached by a man who demands your business card, there is a good chance that this gentleman is Ron May.
Famous for the May Report, Chicago's early version of Valleywag, Ron's seen start ups and buy outs - and always there with his tape recorder to capture it all. I've gotten to know Ron well over the years and decided to put together this montage of his recent appearance at last week's Tech Cocktail conference. I, along with another gal weren't too impressed with Ron's lewd comments at the mixer later that night. Ron's since formally apologized via his May Report, but that doesn't give anyone the excuse to mention the size of a woman's breast at various stages of a day.
Ron asked Gary Vaynerchuk a few questions, and in eloquent @GaryVee fashion, Gary taught Ron a lesson or two about marketing. This, in turn, converted Ron into a Gary fan...and convincing Ron to be a fan of anyone is difficult:).
At the evening event, Ron told me 'You're a tough cookie.' I suppose so. I sense a hint of Don Rickles in Ron...the way he makes fun of folks is reminiscent of old vaudevillian shtick. I see it, I get it.
By the way, there's nothing wrong with giving people the chance to pronounce your name correctly, at least one time, before they continue talking to you:) If the bottom video doesn't load, use this link
Here is the full length video of Gary Vaynerchuk's keynote. I didn't capture the complete Q&A session after his talk, but the 17 minutes or so is definitely WORTH the watch.
You'll see Gary laugh and point at the camera around 7 minutes.I was in a panel on knowing your audience earlier in the day and compared men to women. By the way, if anyone has video or pictures of our panel, let me know!
It was one of those unique moments. I exited the train at Chicago's red line Roosevelt stop. Up the stairs I went and I noticed the 'Bringing the Thunder' GaryVee wristband. If you don't know who Gary Vaynerchuk is and you think you know social media, think twice. Spend some time watching some of Gary's videos, then take a peak at my clip below. Amazes me that one symbol of a wrist band can bring two strangers to talking in the middle of a subway station in Chicago.
I caught up with AJright after the Internet Superstar taping. You can tell from the video, he's pretty excited to start his gig at Revision 3 this summer. Congrats, AJ! I also met Aubrey Sabala from DIGG. Another great woman in the tech/Web 2.0 space that I could talk to all day.
I met Robert Scoble at CES and he's as talkative in person as he is online. I like him. We had a fun chat and he streamed it live on the 'net with his Nokia N95. I covered the conference for NBC5 Chicago, along with Gals' Guide. My friends from Google and AlphaZeta were interviewed as well.
Funny about this clip? Scoble didn't know Chicago had a Google office. This tells me that many a person don't know about Google's home in the Midwest. I hope that changes.
