kenekaplan Blogs, Media, video

Boom! Goes the Dynamite on Rocketboom

Breaking into TV or any media for that matter requires…well…a big break. Sometimes the big break is a chance to let the good, bad and ugly out to dry. Lesson here, share your personality…even if it means you’re nervous and can’t read the teleprompter with live cameras gunning at you.

kenekaplan Events, Social Media, Web 2.0

Girls in Tech DevForum 2008 — Video of Panel

Well I’m just another guy in tech — my day job draws me inside Intel and the rest of my life, family and beyond is more an more tech infused every day.

I wasn’t my first choice when hi5’s Adriana Gascoigne asked if Intel could participate in the Girls in Tech DevForum 2008.  Inside Intel there are tons of talented girls in tech…and most everyone I reached out to just couldn’t make it to San Francisco on November 19th.

As fate would have it, I was was fortunate to be on a panel with some talented and good humored rising tech stars who shared their insights with a room full of women entrepenauers and even a group of tech guys, especially the vocal group visiting from across the pond.

I brought my camera (surprise!) and was able to set it up on a tripod then slip in front of the camera to join the other panelist.  I enjoyed how everyone kept their storytelling light and anecodotal with just enought geek speak to keep it real and substantial.

The panel was moderated by Paul Linder, hi5.

The panel featured:

Adriana is a wonderful, classy host.  I’ve seen her host many gatherings — inside clubs as well as conference rooms.

I did get to meet up with the creative team behind the cool VortexMe widgets, which we created for our Intel Insiders social media advisors.

Regrettably I could only stay for the first part of the day — I’m playing Mr. Mom these days — but here’s rest of the agenda that I missed:

  • It’s an OpenSocial Generation; learn more about the platform framework, benefits, and analytics: Raymond Chan, Architect, RockYou
    The Power of the Social Web: Ami Vora, Sandra Liu Huang Product Managers, Facebook
  • DSLs: One of the Hottest Trends in Software: How to Use it For Your Business: Anda Ambrovici, ThoughtWorks
  • Building Applications Based on User Behaviors/Interests: Holly Liu, Product Manager, Watercooler
  • Beyond Maps: The Future of the Geo-Web: Brittany Bohnet, Product Marketing, Google
  • How to Develop, Market and Monetize Widgets: Jeff Whitehead, Gina Satomi, VortexMe, RealTimeMatrix
  • GLAM product launch announcement with Sasha Cagen, Product Engineer, GLAM
  • Cocktail mixer and apps, sponsored by ThoughtWorks
kenekaplan Journalism, Media

100-Year-Young Christian Science Monitor’s Move Online

Here is another great Jennifer Jones’ “Marketing Voices” interview.

John Yemma, the new editor of the Christian Science Monitor (CSM) which is celebrating its 100th year anniversary in 2008, told Marketing Voices’s Jennifer Jones how his publication is blending the roles of the online version with the print version. Although they are shifting most resources to the web, the CSM will have a print version as Yemma believes print has a place in the future of journalism. The CSM is seeking journalists who have a web background in addition to being journalists—quite a talent to find.

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kenekaplan Events, San Francisco

San Francisco’s Imperial Fleet Week

Fleet Week has always been one of my favorite times of the year to be in San Francisco.  Always loved those Friday afternoon fly-bys, seeing those Blue Angels skim skyscrapers and slip beneth the Golden Gate Bridge.

I remember one time shakin’ my groove thing at Golden Gate Park as the Blue Angels screamed overhead along the Ocen Beach coast line — mix of hippy tunes and thunderous military might.

When my boy was just five months old, I stuffed him into the kangaroo pouch and stepped up to Coit Tower.  He was born wide-eyed, and on that day he really did try to train his little eyes on aircraft speeding mightily above us.

But this year was a whole new, Imperial Fleet Week experience! Thanks for my Intel buddy Jeff for sharing this with me, replying to my Fleet Week Twitters.

kenekaplan Events, Intel Insider, Social Media, Web 2.0

Here at InterAct 2008 with My DC Social Media Posse

Here is some great news I got recently from InterAct 2008 — dubbed “interactive media event of the year, merging creativity with technology”:

“You are currently confirmed to speak on the “Grow Your Business Through Social Media” panel, scheduled for Tuesday, September 3o…in the Ronald Reagan International Trade Center Atrium Ballroom at 1300 Pennsylvania Aven NW, Washington DC.”

InterAct2008

I get to join an awesome cast of mostly east coast masters of social media.  In fact, there are two Intel Insiders:  Brian Solis (my West Coast posse) and Somwhat Frank Gruber (East Coast boy at large).

Here’s a look at the panel:

Look for some lots of creative ideas mixed with grounded perspectives for how to help your company leap into this era of “opening up,” “connecting” and “growing together.”

Frankly, I’m fired up to be back in DC…although it’s the first time I’ve been here on a Sunday and downtown and the Mall is DEAD quiet, and so many stories are closed.

I dig the megalomania DC architecture, with one not-so tall, but grandiose building next to another trying to stand more more than its next door neighbor.  The architecture is magnificent, with no building higher than the tip of the robust Capitol building.  DC’s nowhere as awesome as Rome, but the knock off columned monuments and museums make Las Vegas look like a movieset.

I did get to spend time catching up over brunch with a great guy and mentor, Rohit, who’s another creative treasure of DC.

I’m looking forward to meeting Jesse and Jim.  And spending the afternoon with Rohit, Brian and Frank, three guys who I don’t (I’m not the only one who doesnt’) get to see enough.  A big thanks to Leslie Bradshaw for helping me get here.

Follow the InterAct2008 blog to get a flavor what what’s cookin’ in DC this week.

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kenekaplan Events, Intel

Intel Techs Out Esquire’s Hollywood Hills Ultimate Bachelor Pad

Well it makes perfect sense — what the ultimate bachelor party needs are some cool Intel chicks to accompany the cool technologies decking out this year’s sixth annual Esquire Magazine “Signature Space” — a.k.a Esquire House Hollywood Hills.  Intel is teaming up with Lenovo to tech out the place and my work pals Becky and Kiesha will be on the scene, so I’m looking forward to some Twitter, Flickr and Inside Scoop dispatches.  Here’s Kiesha’s first Esquire House 2008 post with details about the designers, celebrities and technologies she’ll be hanging with on the sun-baked, breezy Hollywood Hills.

I’ve been lucky enough to get behind the scenes for the past two Esquire Ultimate Bachelor Pads.  Here are a few photos from Esquire North 2007 in New York.

Here’s a video showing the SWEET Harlem apartment overlooking New York’s Central Park, where I got to meet a San Francisco musical peace-hero, Michael Franti — yes, I have “hypocrisy is the greatest luxury” from Disposable Heroes of Hiphopracy burned on my brain!

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Here a video I shot behind-the-scenes at the making of Esquire North 2007.

And check out the HUGE Esquire House Beverly Hills from 2006:

I’ll try collecting the fun here in StumbleUpon.

If you get to go, share your photos and stories!!

kenekaplan Apple, Education, IDF, Intel, Intel Developer Forum

What Inspires Computer Revolutionary Steve Wozniak

I do miss writing and sharing things here on my blog.  One thing I’d like to test out here is the code I get from TubeMogul, which allowed me to upload to several video sites my video interview with Steve Wozniak (note: the embed code from TubeMogul didn’t work in my WordPress.com blog).

Boz meets Woz is what we called it at the Intel Developer Forum.  Larry Bozman is my mentor, the guy who hired me from KRON-TV to join Intel back in 2000.  Boz keeps me tied to my broadcast roots.  Here he askes Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak what Inspires him.  I shot this just about an our after Steve spoke with NPR “Tech Nation” host Moira Gunn did a live stage chate with Woz in front of thousands of top engineers attending IDF on August 21, 2008.  Steve shared so many stories and so much enthusiasm — wow!  I was alsways a fan, but now I really have a great appreciation for the person known as Woz — he’s lovable, especially when he answers every curious question with his own angle, infused with his own force of enthusiasm and experience.  I’m a sucker a great storyteller!

I shot this video for Intel’s Inspired By Education site, where you can join a great collection of peopel sharing their stories about what inspires them.

I will share more video I shot with Woz and Gunn in later posts, but for now, here are the links followed by an YouTube embed.

BlipTV

Veoh

Viddler

Yahoo! Video

Metacafe

Google Video