So, the summer travel season is upon us... and that means it's time to post our current conference schedule.

Check us out at:

Web 2.0 / iBreakfast. June 14th / NYC www.web2ny.com/

PSRA / T3 PR Conference. June 19h / NYC http://www.prsa.org/networking/sections/technology/2007conference.html

Web Video Summit / June 27th, 28th / San Jose www.webvideosummit.com/index.php

Affiliate Summit / July 8th - 10th / Miami www.affiliatesummit.com/registration.php?affsum~adwords

The AlwaysOn Stanford Summit (July 31-August 2 http://alwayson.goingon.com/configure/customize/8

With more than 50 user generated content sites available on the Web today, what tools are currently being offered and used by consumers for content generation? This special session will give you firsthand presentations from some of the leading companies offering tools in this niche vertical. Learn what tools consumers want, how they manage content today and what the future holds for making consumer-generated content even easier to create, upload, and deliver.

Speakers
* Moderator: Steve Bryant, Associate Editor, eWEEK
* Chris O'Brien, CEO and Co-Founder, Motionbox
* Steve Rosenbaum, CEO and Founder, Magnify.net
* Scott Rhodes, CEO, Veotag
* Matt Sanchez, CEO and Co-Founder, VideoEgg

Can you identify this location:



Ok, how 'bout this one?

This just in from the folks at the UnderTheRadar blog -

Magnify.Net: Channel Your Inner TV Exec.
by Under The Radar on 2007/05/15 2:27 PM
http://www.magnify.net

Magnify.net is a video sharing platform that lets you create 'channels' using video content sourced from all over the web. Find, filter and share videos from your site using embeddable players or from your branded channel hosted by Magnify. Search for videos from all over the web and update your viewers with RSS when you add new content.

Read the whole thing here: http://www.undertheradarblog.com/wp_blog.html?fb_2042860_anch=2463006

shot used with the permission of Brian Solis (Thanks Brian!)

I've been staying at the Palomar, at the corner of 4th and Market. It's a Kimpton Hotel and it's kind of a nice mix of boutique and service. The room has wi-fi (which i now find I basically can't live without) and the staff is chill. I like it here. I also like that priceline found it for 80$ a night. For some reason San Francisco always seems to be able to deliver a 4 star hotel for $80 if you use priceline. It's a bit of a crap shoot - but heck, it saves a ton of money if you're willing to be flexible.

After breakfast with Scott at "The 5th Floor" - which was very nice, it's off to the Valley. The morning was up and down a stretch of road that is familiar to all entrepreneurs in the tech world. Hmm... i wonder where in the world steve is going next? Here's a hint:

ok, that's not much of a hint.



But i can't say a whole lot more.

By the time we were done, we had to hightail it back to the city for the New Tech Meetup. Myles Wei... [More]

The day started with a Venture firm we've been talking to. I'm not going to list them here, because - well - because you just don't. But i will start a bit of a contest. It's called "where in the world is Steve". And when i can - i'll shoot a photo out a window. Of course, nothing too obvious - that would ruin the puzzle. So, here's where i am this morning. Great View! That's a clue enough. Anyway - lunch was with Scott and I and Tod Sacerdoti of Brightroll. There is so much brainpower going into figure out video ads on the web, and Todd is one of the smartest guys i've met. Tod went to both Stanford and Yale (MBA, BA Economcis) - and he's got very analytical take on space. Always good to hear his point of view. After lunch - more Venture folks... no photo here so you'll have to just take a wild guess.

And then an hour with Eric Auchard at Reuters. Eric has been covering tech for more than 12 years - both in NY and SF - s... [More]

I'm in the Bay Area for the week... on a mix of things i can talk about and some things that are under wraps for now. But i'll do my best to blog what i can, and share glimpses into the world of video that is emerging in Silicon Valley.

First stop - Got to hang out with the cool guys at Cuts.com. If you haven't checked out their tools - you should. Cuts.com has some of the most intuitive and engaging on-line editing tools around. And the team is super smart. It's really staggering when you think back to just a few years ago when you need real heavy iron to do what Cuts is now doing in the cloud. Boy, i'm sure glad i sold my Avids back in the day.

Next stop - Mozilla. As you probably know, we're about to launch FireFoxFlicks 2.0 with the kings of the browser jungle. Ok - why do i say that? Well, spend a few hours hanging out at FireFox Central and you'll know. Explorer is now playing catch up to FF, and Safari just doesn't seem to be on the top of Apples list. Fire ... [More]