Livin’ & Learnin’ Together — People & Technology
Robot RoVAAR at Intel ISEF 2008, originally uploaded by KenEKaplan.
This solar powered robot vehicle was one of the many cool things I saw today roaming the floor at the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair. The RoVAAR, Robotic Vehicle for Automation Application Research is a project by high school senior Brian Michael Cherbak.
I packed my bags on Mother’s Day arrived in Atlanta the next evening to meet up with the Intel International Science and Engineering team.
I’ll be meeting some of the 1,500 high school science students who arrived from over 50 countries to compete for big $ and scholarships. Here are a few stories so far:
Video — Road to Intel ISEF: Wizkids Worldwide Gather
What They’re Saying on the Road to ISEF
Video — First Look at the Action at ISEF
Wired’s GeekDad Coming to ISEF
It’s Tuesday, Day Two…and I’m off to the show. If you have a favorite science project story — past or present — please share it here.
May in the middle on Monterey Bay. I’m no sailor but I couldn’t resist seeing what it was like to pull into the port of Monterey.
I didn’t have the head or stomach for the travel between, but the enormity of the Bay, the swells, gusty winds and countless water surface skimming birds.
Best part was arriving in Monterey, cruising past the barking sea lions, gray water reflecting pink form the setting sun. The pace was teaming with wildlife comfortably in tandem with tourist and hometown conservationists.
Assisi, Italy, originally uploaded by R.o.b.e.r.t.o..
This is a trippy shot I saw today on Flickr. It not only reflects my mood these days — frustrated from working too much and dreaming of being with my family. It also through me back to my wedding day.
My wife and I got married inside the Basilica of San Francesco not long after all of the scafolding was removed following the 1997 Assisi earthquake. See photos of Assisi from that time, including this shot of falling frescos and a homage to Assisi after the earthquake. Here are some of the Fescoes.
We stood next to the brown, ragged robe of San Francesco. What a magical living shrine to love and humanity. Unlike this photo, it was a super sunny, hot day…but cool and refreshing inside beneath the frescoed chiesa.
This photo is pure and moody as the sun goes down and the lights beam on the basilica. Reminds me of the many times we walked down that path. With every step the chiesa grows bigger and more awesome.
I found this inside Ning’s Education Group. Amazing!! There are a few other cool videos in Ning’s Education group, including tutorials on Twitter and this one with Sir Ken Robinson, a mind expanding author who I first heard of from his presentation at the annual event Ted.
“There is an enormous amount of creativity.”
“It’s an extraordinary time, when we really don’t know what’s going to happen next.”
“Everyone has an interest in education.”
di sole e d’azzurro, originally uploaded by tribalbob.
This is not a far drive from where our family stays in Pizzo, Calabria. The yellow cactus fruit, clear blue water and dreamy yachts…I gotta get there and bring my camera!
Getting a Google Alert monitoring your name is essential. Made sense when I heard Intel blog pioneer Josh Bancroft mention it over a year ago. And it proved exceptionally useful and quick this week at the New Comm Forum 2008.
Rohit was hosting a panel on new communications strategies called “The Future of Marketing & Advertising” featuring:
Neil Chase from Federated Media - publishers and networks
David Takheim from Six Apart - platforms and publishing toolsKen Kaplan — me — offering stories from inside Intel
In keeping with the fast and real-time world we’re living in, Rohit encouraged the panalists to keep it raw and share their own insights. On the morning of the event, he sent out this blog post listing questions that could help shape the discussion. About one hour later, Neil and David arrived inside the room ready to go. One of the first things both guys said was: “Thanks for the questions, I just got them in Google Alerts.”
For me, this was the first time I saw Google Alerts work so well, in a timely manner. I’ve used Twitter for quick hook ups before, but this showed the power of blogs, search engines and being tapped into what’s important to “you.”
The panel was well attended with a fully engaged audience asking great, real-work world questions by the likes of Tim Marklein of Weber Shandwick PR and Jennifer McClure, maven of the Society for New Communications Research and the wonderful host of NewComm Forum event. Here’s what Rohit had to say after the panel:
I really enjoyed hearing from Neil and David what’s working and how much hard work is going into to relationship building, making connections and helping more people learn how to use new tools. At Intel, we’re trying a lot of new things thanks for my pal David Veneski teaming up with Federated Media. And Six Apart seems like a part of the Intel family, and continues to try new things, building new services into blogging platforms.
The event pulled together some great people, including Tom Foremski, Shel Israel, Joseph Jaffe , Katie Paine , John Cass (I had the pleasure of meeting — see earlier post), Shel Holtz , Todd Defren , Brian Solis, Geoff Livingston and Giovanni Rodriguez.
The New Comm Forum is an event brimming with good arguments and storytelling that help communication pros see where they are, how they got there and how to move ahead…with a little help from our friends.
Authors & Action Heroes at Web 2.0 Expo, SF08, originally uploaded by KenEKaplan.
There were many highlights from the Web 2.0 Expo:
The best part was getting to hang out with people like Rohit Bhargava and Tim Ferriss. Sure they’re authors (Rohit’s new book “Personality Not Included” and Tim’s 52 week NY Time top seller “Four Hour Work Week“), sure they’re idea guys…but they’re livin’ life and sharing ideas and best known methods with those who care and want to learn.
Web 2.0 Expo is not just about social media and the technologies behind it…it’s about the people and how they’re using the technologies to lead they way. And they way things are going, human behavior and personality is changing for the better as we share more, try more, do more of the things we’re passionate about.
This sponsorship has proven to be a great story to tell how we can aggregate and emphasize blog posts and conversations around topic important to Intel. Sure Intel is blogging and connecting with others in communities, but there are many great conversations out there that are great to collect and watch. And bringing related blog posts and information from Intel experts near this collection helps create the association…and makes it easy for readers to dig deeper, learn more about the topics of interest.
To me, this is a similar example to the widget Tom Foremski created for my team. It features a Podcast player and feeds from Intel blogs, all updated dynamically whenever a new video, audio or text story is published. My Intel team sponsors Tom’s SiliconValleyWatcher site because he covers the topics and talks with many of the people we’re interested in. Plus, we have a long history of working with the trusted journalist turned writer/video blogger on the enterprise scene.
Both the PopURLs and SiliconValleyWatcher sponsorships have helped us visualize new directions we can take — advertising conversations vs. inactive billboard ads. These are steps I believe will suceced if they are mutually beneficial, cost effective and truly add value to audiences enjoying new media.
Tags: siliconvalleywatcher, popurls, intel, social media, aggregating
John Cass and Chris Brogan, originally uploaded by David Alston.
John Cass had some great lunchtime stories up in Sonoma County during my visit to the New Comm Forum on Thursday. He’s got a cool project looking at Fortune 500 companies and their blogging efforts. I’m looking forward to learning more from his work…and his Twitter tips!
Looks like John and Chris Brogan explored some shocking territory at Web 2.0 Expo — check out this review of Web 2.0.
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