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Category: On Tour

Lessons from FOO Camp ’07

Posted on July 3, 2007 in On Tour, Teaching/Trainingby Scott Berkun

(Photo by Nobihaya) No matter what my expectations are for O’Reilly’s annual FOO camp, an intense social/geek/intellectual weekend run…

Interview on The Well: your questions wanted

Posted on June 27, 2007 in Innovation, On Tourby Scott Berkun

This week I’m being interviewed on The Well by Scott Underwood of IDEO and other Well members about The…

Today: Radio tour!

Posted on June 6, 2007 in On Tourby Scott Berkun

The next two weeks I’ll be on various radio stations talking about the Myths of Innovation. Some of these…

Bay area book tour: report

Posted on May 21, 2007 in Myths of Innovation, On Tourby Scott Berkun

Time: 3 days Lectures: 8 Hotel rooms: 3 Total audience: ~360 Places visited: E-bay, Apple, Google, MobiTV, Book Passages,…

More tour dates: Vancouver, Boston & Seattle

Posted on May 21, 2007 in Myths of Innovation, On Tourby Scott Berkun

A few more chances to see me speak about the new book, The myths of Innovation. Thurs May 24th,…

Book launch a big success

Posted on May 11, 2007 in On Tourby Scott Berkun

With thanks to everyone at the McLeod residence, the book release party went fabulously well. All the food was…

Myths of Innovation, SF May tour dates (updated again)

Posted on May 11, 2007 in On Tourby Scott Berkun

Ray Ortigas at MobiTV has stepped up and I’ve got one more stop on the tour. Here we go!…

Reminder: Book launch party TONIGHT

Posted on May 10, 2007 in On Tourby Scott Berkun

Last reminder for tonight’s shindig at the McLeod Residence in Seattle. There will be some free food, a supply…

The Moscow report: part 2

Posted on May 9, 2007 in On Tourby Scott Berkun

After 5 days in Moscow I can say this: it’s the most complex and fascinating trip I’ve had since…

Video: 10 minutes on the myths of innovation

Posted on May 7, 2007 in On Tourby Scott Berkun

The fine folks at Amazon.com have posted a video excerpt from a recent talk I did at their headquarters…

(Seattle) Book release party, Thurs May 10th

Posted on May 1, 2007 in On Tourby Scott Berkun

When a book is first off the presses it’s time for celebration – So to kick off the the…

The Moscow report – part 1

Posted on April 28, 2007 in On Tour, Uncategorizedby Scott Berkun

It’s only been a few days but I’ve been blown away by Moscow – Yes, I did see much…

Speaking in Vancouver, BC, Thurs May 24th

Posted on April 28, 2007 in On Tourby Scott Berkun

The Myths of Innovation book tour will hit Vancouver BC next month, thanks to the Vancouver user experience group.…

the innovation book, sighting at e-tech

Posted on April 10, 2007 in On Tourby Scott Berkun

The publishing and software worlds have much in common – nothing like a conference to get things in gear.…

Report from e-tech 2007

Posted on April 3, 2007 in Innovation, On Tourby Scott Berkun

The theme at etech was technology as magic, and many sessions took it head on. Seth Raphael‘s talk on…

Bay area/Seattle book tour: venues wanted!

Posted on March 12, 2007 in On Tourby Scott Berkun

The Myths of innovation book is wrapping up fast and it’s time to put together another crazy kick-ass no-frills…

Speaking in Moscow, April 25th

Posted on March 7, 2007 in Management, On Tourby Scott Berkun

The fine folks at Moscow’s IT-Online have invited me to teach a one day seminar on management April 25th…

Upcoming travel: MX, e-tech, GEL

Posted on January 8, 2007 in On Tour, Travelby Scott Berkun

A few dates over the next few months: Jan 19th, Amazon developers conference, Seattle Feb 12/13 Adaptive Path’s MX…

IDEA 2006 Conference: summary

Posted on October 25, 2006 in On Tour, Teaching/Trainingby Scott Berkun

I’m finally figuring out that small conferences are better in almost every respect than large ones. You can easily…

Liveblogging the IDEA2006 conference

Posted on October 23, 2006 in architecture (real), design, On Tour, Web 2.0 / social softwareby Scott Berkun

Rather than torture y’all with my first foray into liveblogging, I’m writing live comments, insights, and brlliant notes on…

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