Simon Grice

Bonnie Scotland

I'm at the 3i - iSight Conference in Edinburgh.

Brent Hoberman from Lastminute.COM just spoke about his experiences building lastminute.com and his next venture...

Also up now is Adam Seifer from Fotolog.

• Posted by simong on 22/05/2006.
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my mashup* Presentation

• Posted by simong on 11/05/2006.
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mashup* May

Thanks to everyone who made the 2nd mashup* possible. I thought the evening was interesting, lively and valuable. Particular thanks to Ray Anderson, Tom Bureau, Jamie Kantrowitz, Marc Canter and Tony Hallet for sitting on the panel.

There are some photos and a feedback form available on the mashup* website.

If you have any specific ideas for themes, speakers, panel members or event style please contact me. We'll post details of the next event (provisional date is the 29th June) on the mashup* site next week.

• Posted by simong on 04/05/2006.
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mashup* May - tonights the night...

I'm looking forward to tonight. It's the 2nd mashup* Event that we're proud to be sponsors of. There are over 175 senior professional executives from the media, telecoms, communications and publishing industries so we should certainly have a lively debate.

Mark Sait who officially joined Midentity today as our COO will be with Luke Brynley-Jones, Roger Craven and I to join the debate.

• Posted by simong on 02/05/2006.
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etribes launches etribes Life - have you got a LifeSite yet?

etribes Limited (a company I co-founded) today announced the general availability of etribes Life, it's Personal Publishing (blogging) platform.

A PDF of the etribes Life Press Release is available here. 

Right now etribes isn't disclosing user figures but they're already impressive given it has not yet been launched. The power of an individuals social network is not to be underestimated.

When you sign up (it's free for the base version called... etribes Life Base) you'll be asked to create your own personal URL - mine is etribes.com/simong - that's called a LifeSite. So my LifeSite is etribes.com/simong 

Here is my prediction for 2006 - by the end of 2006 75% of professionals in the UK will have their own personal website. Not having one will be a little bit like not having a buiness card. People will expect to be able to find out more about you and your company via your own personal website - in fact to be more specific - people will expect you to have a professional looking, non-advertising supported personal website that reflects your core values as an individual.

It's important to understand something here. Your personal website should not be *directly* connected with the company you currently work for. Why? Because life changes and you may not be always working for the same company but you'll always be you. Well - most people will ;)

I will always be at: etribes.com/simong - and because I'm a Subscriber (£24/annum) that is guaranteed. For me - that is a small price to pay for knowing that I'll always be at etribes.com/simong and that it will always be advert free.

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busy...

It's been a *very* busy few months since my last post.

In a snapshot:

mashup* on the 8th February was a great success. mashup* May is on the 2nd May - there are already 85 senior executives from the mobile, telco, VOIP, Internet, search, PC and media sectors registered and confirmed to attend so it looks like it will be a good evening. Sign up at www.etribes.com/mashup/register

Some photos of the mashup* February are available at: www.etribes.com/mashup/february 

Midentity announced our Distribution deal with 118118 in the UK - see www.118118.com for how we are working together (look out for the etribes logos...).

I attended the 6th Annual European Directory Marketplace Conference in Rome, Italy. I learnt a lot about where the Directory business is going and soon will have some news in relation to that.

Midentity was a showcase company at the Innovation & Growth Forum in late February. We received a great deal of interest from potential partners, investors and corporate customers - watch this space...

Midentity has now got a new name for it's retail services - etribes Contacts.

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mashup*

It's been a busy few months. Midentity announced a recent fundraising round (£1million) and will soon announce details of some major Distribution Partners. I've also been active in helping organise mashup*.

There are over 125 senior executives registered and with a great Panel line up and Speaker (Sam Sethi from MSN) we're looking forward to what should be an excellent evening with good Networking opportunities in The Vaults following the main Panel and Speaker session.

MSN, LogicaCMG, etribes, Midentity and media sponsors silicon.com have kindly contributed their resources and we've also had to move venues to the larger Royal Society of Arts (RSA) building in central London. If you haven't already registered please do so soon at www.etribes.com/mashup.

• Posted by simong on 30/01/2006.
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are blogs personal digital identities?

That's what I'll be trying to figure out over the next 48 hours at Les Blogs in Paris.

There are a huge number (350) of people here and the conversations are already flowing around how blogs are changing marketing, PR, customer communications and of course the representation of 'identity' on the Internet.

Dave Siftry (CEO of Technorati) has just been saying how hard it is to; run a company, a family *and* keep a blog fresh.

I agree... 

• Posted by simong on 05/12/2005.
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Les Blogs

At Les Blogs I'll be seeking to understand just how important PDID is to the emerging 'personal publishing' sector and to understand their challenges in adopting 'it'.

Identity isn't something talked about a lot at 'blogging' conferences - I think that is starting to change as 'blogging' providers come to understand the benefits of using PDID to 'PDID enable' their services.

• Posted by simong on 28/11/2005.
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European Directory Marketplace Conference

 

I'm excited:

a) because I think the DQ market is set for radical change during the next few years and Midentity's products and services are designed to enable forward looking DQ providers to benefit from these changes.

I'm looking forward to meeting and speaking with the European and US leaders in the space to understand what they see as their primary challenges and how we can work together to help them address them.

b) because I've never been to Rome and my wife loves the city

• Posted by simong on 28/11/2005.
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