Month: March 2007

Rub The Felt: Looking Back At ETech 2007

Post author By Dan Dickinson
Post date March 30, 2007
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I’ve just spent the week in San Diego at O’Reilly’s Emerging Technology Conference – aka ETech 2007. The theme was the old Arthur C. Clarke quote, “Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.”

I came out to San Diego for two reasons. The first was intentional: my job has an underlying requirement that I be aware of what’s going on in the tech world, and I can’t think of a conference more targeted at that line of thinking than ETech. The second was unintentional: in the time since I booked my conference registration, I have burned out very hard on a serious personal project, and I grew to look forward to this time as a chance to reboot myself in terms of technological interests.

In both respects, I believe it was a success.

Tags conference, etech, oreilly, technology

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This Is What You’re Doing Friday Night

Post author By Dan Dickinson
Post date March 27, 2007
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Bootie – the “Best Mashup Party In The USA” (as per Complex Magazine) – is coming to NYC for a second go-round. I didn’t even know they had been here the first time – but now I do!

And what’s more, the man they call [PARTY BEN](http://partyben.com/) is guest DJing.

Need more info? [Here you go.](http://www.bootienyc.com/) Make sure you RSVP for the discount.

Thanks to [A+D](http://www.rebeldjs.com/) for giving me the heads up. You folks are too nice. (And I’m going to be rocking out to [Beethoven’s Fifth Gold Digger](http://www.rebeldjs.com/AplusD_BeethovensFifthGoldDigger.mp3) for the next month.)