It was great to connect with the folk at Harris Media LLC in Austin.  Harris Media LLC is the on of America’s leading digital public affairs firms. I connected with CEO/President Vincent Harris a few weeks ago in Washington DC.  Vincent has worked on the digital side of three Presidential races, having run all online […]

My few weeks here in Oklahoma are coming to an end. It’s been a real privilege to work for and get to know candidate for the Republican nomination for the U.S. Senate T.W. Shannon. Incumbent Senator Dr Tom Coburn is retiring at the end of the year, and this primary is certainly a close contest. […]

The Wildrose Party, named after the provincial flower, is a conservative party in Alberta, Canada. They are a grassroots movement advocating for smaller government, fiscal restraint, electoral reform and jobs creation. I spent two days with previous Calgary-Bow candidate Tim Dyck where we door-knocked (yes, in the snow), mailed newsletters, met campaign managers and talked […]

Today I met with Preston Manning & Mike Martin from the Manning Centre of Building Democracy. Centre creator, Preston ‘living legend’ Manning PC CC AOE is son of Alberta’s 8th premier and also founder of the Canadian Reform Party (now Conservative Party). Preston’s chief policy advisor was University of Calgary student, Stephen Harper, who is […]

Trading sun for snow I’m leaving San Francisco, California for Calgary in Canada! Calgary is a very QLD-like western town in the Alberta province most famous for its natural resources, beef and Calgary Stampede (touted as the worlds largest rodeo). It is also the birthplace of Canadian Conservative PM, Steven Harper and the Conservative WildRose […]

Meeting with Sidney Maestre, Xero Developer Relationship Manager in upper San Francisco. Xero is a new cloud based payroll system for small to medium business. Our staff management startup, Tanda is an add on solution for Xero Australia and it was great to catch up with Sid to talk about the US developer roadmap and […]

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This afternoon I was lucky enough to have a conversation with Tanya Wilkins who is the investment director for the Australian Trade Commission in San Francisco. Tanya has a particular focus on the technology sector and talked in detail about the Bay Area ecosystem. She was interested about our startup, Tanda and give insightful advice […]

Today I talked with Viki Forrest, CEO of Anza technology Network. Viki has spent the past decade working with hundreds of companies exploring business opportunities in the US market. There are more than 6,000 industry professionals who make up the ANZA Technology Network that work with Viki to make valuable connections. ANZA clients ad partners […]

“Well Being and Productivity in a Globally Interconnected World” Talks by academics and industry professionals covered how we’re coming closer to the vision of the personal infosphere. Research themes addressed how these new capabilities contribute to well-being and productivity. There was a particular emphasis on sensors, security and self-tracking initiatives.