I've been writing a lot more posts for Examiner.com as the San Jose Gadget Examiner.
Here are a few of them:
Garmin's new GPS handhelds posted May 7
Kindle DX launch posted May 6
Selling technology to women fraught with peril posted May 16
Launch of Voyager Pro Bluetooth from Plantronics posted April 27
You can read all of my Examiner posts on my home page.
Sunday, June 7, 2009
Saturday, April 25, 2009
Robert reporting from the RSA Conference
I just completed a freelance assignment covering the RSA Conference 2009 for RSA.
I wrote 17 stories that were posted on the conference Web site during the week long event April 20-24. I interviewed keynoters and wrote stories on several of the breakout sessions. Here are just a few:
"Lax security can invite lawsuits" is about a panel discussion, moderated by CNN Legal Analyst Jeffrey Toobin, about legal issues related to e-discovery and company liability for data breaches.
"Innovation Sandbox winner announced" is about a competition among early-stage tech security companies who presented their innovations and business plans to a panel of judges.
"Social networks present new risks for malware, ID theft, etc." is about how people let down their guard when visiting "friends" on Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, etc.
"Tackling Cyber Security Challenges Today" was a very interesting panel about how the U.S. government, including the National Security Agency, Department of Defense and Department of Homeland Security, are trying to protect cyberspace from attack.
"The 'MythBusters' stars next challenge: Is code unhackable?" Is about the Discovery Channel show whose co-hosts gave a keynote on the last day of RSA Conference 2009.
I wrote 17 stories that were posted on the conference Web site during the week long event April 20-24. I interviewed keynoters and wrote stories on several of the breakout sessions. Here are just a few:
"Lax security can invite lawsuits" is about a panel discussion, moderated by CNN Legal Analyst Jeffrey Toobin, about legal issues related to e-discovery and company liability for data breaches.
"Innovation Sandbox winner announced" is about a competition among early-stage tech security companies who presented their innovations and business plans to a panel of judges.
"Social networks present new risks for malware, ID theft, etc." is about how people let down their guard when visiting "friends" on Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, etc.
"Tackling Cyber Security Challenges Today" was a very interesting panel about how the U.S. government, including the National Security Agency, Department of Defense and Department of Homeland Security, are trying to protect cyberspace from attack.
"The 'MythBusters' stars next challenge: Is code unhackable?" Is about the Discovery Channel show whose co-hosts gave a keynote on the last day of RSA Conference 2009.
More Examiner posts
I've added a few more posts to Examiner.com, which I hope you'l appreciate.
I had a lot of fun writing about my exasperating experience with Facebook, which I chronicled in the post "Facebook's Catch-22 Rule."
This post is from my coverage of the Embedded Systems Conference about wireless mesh networks: "Wireless networks can help around the house."
Another ESC story about tear-downs, where engineers take apart a product to show you how it works -- or in this case, didn't work: "Nintendo's 'Virtual Boy' undergoes autopsy at ESC."
This was a fun story from ESC about a computer that mounts on a shopping cart handle and organizes your shopping trip. "Now you'll have no excuse to forget the milk."
I had a lot of fun writing about my exasperating experience with Facebook, which I chronicled in the post "Facebook's Catch-22 Rule."
This post is from my coverage of the Embedded Systems Conference about wireless mesh networks: "Wireless networks can help around the house."
Another ESC story about tear-downs, where engineers take apart a product to show you how it works -- or in this case, didn't work: "Nintendo's 'Virtual Boy' undergoes autopsy at ESC."
This was a fun story from ESC about a computer that mounts on a shopping cart handle and organizes your shopping trip. "Now you'll have no excuse to forget the milk."
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
New Examiner post
I posted another blog item on Examiner.com about a new Bluetooth headset product coming from Plantronics.
If you go to this page and bookmark it, you will see all my Examiner posts on one page as I make them.
If you go to this page and bookmark it, you will see all my Examiner posts on one page as I make them.
Monday, April 6, 2009
My new role as an "Examiner"
I finally started posting articles in the last week for Examiner.com, the blogging site for the San Francisco Examiner newspaper. The paper has recruited an army of several hundred bloggers, mostly in the Bay Area but also in some other U.S. cities, to write about everything under the sun. We make a pittance, but it could result in some valuable exposure and help build a porfolio of articles.
Here are the first four articles I wrote:
Plantronics takes 'one giant leap' for managing multimedia audio
Savi Office introduction. March 31
Now you'll have no excuse to forget the milk
Shopping cart-mounted computer. March 31
Nintendo's 'Virtual Boy' undergoes autopsy at ESC
Failed product, April 1
Wireless networks can help around the house
Mesh networks, April 6
Be sure to click on the link "Add Robert to Favorite Examiners" and come back often.
Here are the first four articles I wrote:
Plantronics takes 'one giant leap' for managing multimedia audio
Savi Office introduction. March 31
Now you'll have no excuse to forget the milk
Shopping cart-mounted computer. March 31
Nintendo's 'Virtual Boy' undergoes autopsy at ESC
Failed product, April 1
Wireless networks can help around the house
Mesh networks, April 6
Be sure to click on the link "Add Robert to Favorite Examiners" and come back often.
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
Venture Capital Forecast 2009
I learned about the state of the venture capital industry at another Churchill Club forum, this one in Palo Alto. It featured three VCs and an angel investor Reid Hoffman, CEO of LinkedIn. The story I posted on Suite101.com is titled "Top 20 VC Firms Should be Okay."
Friday, March 13, 2009
Future of Newspapers
I accepted a recent invitation to attend a meeting of the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA), Silicon Valley Chapter. The program, held at Microsoft's campus in Mountain View, featured two technology reporters and an editor from the San Francisco bureau of The New York Times. They spoke about how they work with PR people, like the 50 or so at the event and how they are adapting to the new media landscape of distributing news online, on blogs and even via Twitter. I wrote about the event for Suite101.com in an article titled: "Newspapers Have to Adapt or Die."
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