Jeffrey Veen

Speaking of interesting events, my colleague Peter is helping to organize Idea 2006 at the amazing Seattle Public Library on...

This post was written on  23 Aug 2006 and has 1 comments

Industry events like conferences and workshops are a good bellwether for the economy. Things are getting a little crazy again...

This post was written on  20 Aug 2006 and has 13 comments

I may not work there day-to-day any longer, but I'm still managing plenty of intellectual collaboration with my friends at...

This post was written on  27 Jun 2006 and has 3 comments

I'm heading to London for a few days to do a session on web applications at the @Media 2006 conference...

This post was written on  12 Jun 2006 and has 22 comments

It's March, and that means conference season. I've been on the road for a while now, first at Search Engine...

This post was written on  10 Mar 2006 and has 8 comments

Last week I spoke at Web Essentials '05, an invigorating conference in Sydney, Australia. The folks attending were so engaged...

This post was written on   3 Oct 2005 and has 30 comments

I took what felt like a four-day flight from the US to Australia this weekend. Somewhere over the vast...

This post was written on  25 Sep 2005 and has 6 comments

I haven't been traveling much in the last 9 months -- rare for my usually hectic schedule. Instead, I've been...

This post was written on   3 Aug 2005 and has 14 comments

Sitting at the gate in some city I don't quite remember, I looked up at the counter just as the...

This post was written on  28 Jun 2005 and has 4 comments

About 30 minutes into a recent cross-country flight, a harried flight attendant gets on the PA and announces: Ladies and...

This post was written on  14 Jun 2005 and has 11 comments

There's a great post at HotelChatter about which hotels offer the best Wifi service in the industry. And while I'm...

This post was written on   3 Nov 2004 and has 0 comments

I'm heading of to a particularly interesting workshop series, though Merlin will have nothing to do with it, and Mike...

This post was written on  31 Aug 2004 and has 2 comments

Just got into Amsterdam for the Adaptive Path workshop we're having here this week. Looking over the attendee list is...

This post was written on  21 Jun 2004 and has 6 comments

Heading down I35 in a taxi on the way to Kansas City, approximately 90mph. Cab Driver: So... What brings you...

This post was written on  18 May 2004 and has 6 comments

Driving the Turquoise Trail from Santa Fe to Albuquerque, I stopped in Madrid (pronounced MAY-dreed MAH-drid) for coffee at the...

This post was written on  17 Apr 2004 and has 1 comments

I'm off to Spring Break for Web People to see friends, fill my head with ideas, and fill my belly...

This post was written on  12 Mar 2004 and has 3 comments

I've been a few places, indeed. But Africa, South America, and Eastern Asia remain elusive. Make your own....

This post was written on  21 Feb 2004 and has 2 comments

Your guide to Phoenix, Arizona: Do eat at La Tolteca, 1205 E. Van Buren. Open for 42 years and serving...

This post was written on  12 Jan 2004 and has 2 comments

I'm a very tall person, and I travel a lot. At 6'6" (or just about 2 meters even, for the...

This post was written on  27 Oct 2003 and has 16 comments

I'm spending the week in New York City while working on a research project, spending days in Midtown and evenings...

This post was written on  22 Oct 2003 and has 2 comments

I don't attempt to understand the city of Denver. Fine folks there, of course, but who thought an airport 60...

This post was written on   3 Oct 2003 and has 5 comments

A woman and man cross West 57th at 6th. She is gesturing as she speaks; he is looking off towards...

This post was written on  20 Sep 2003 and has 3 comments

Tonight, while getting some work done in a hotel, the "High Speed Broadband Immersive Connection to the Future of Productivity!!!"...

This post was written on   3 Sep 2003 and has 4 comments

A whirlwind tour of the East Coast results in my being consumed by new ideas, worn out to the point...

This post was written on  28 Aug 2003 and has 0 comments

Eat a garbage burger at the Last Chance Saloon. Shoot blue-collar pool. Visit the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum. Look...

This post was written on  14 Aug 2003 and has 3 comments

Sales Guy: That will be one hundred and twenty five dollars. Jeff: One twenty five even? SG: Yes. J: Oh,...

This post was written on  30 Jul 2003 and has 0 comments

One of our traveling companions, Jennifer Robbins (Yes, that Jen), took amazing pictures in Tuscany last week and created a...

This post was written on  26 Jun 2003 and has 0 comments

Two weeks with no email, mobile phone, newspapers, or television. And it was surprisingly easy. After our workshop in Milan,...

This post was written on  23 Jun 2003 and has 0 comments

Posting has been sporadic here, and will be so through June, I'm afraid. Let's just call this a little summer...

This post was written on   4 Jun 2003 and has 0 comments

I've been to Denver many times, and whenever I ask someone what to do while I'm there, they respond, "Go...

This post was written on  23 Apr 2003 and has 6 comments

I'm in Minneapolis this weekend, speaking at a Public Broadcasting conference organized by the Integrated Media Alliance. I flew out...

This post was written on  13 Apr 2003 and has 0 comments

Last week, Leslie and I visited some good friends in New Orleans. For those of you not familiar with that...

This post was written on  31 Mar 2003 and has 0 comments

I'm traveling to San Antonio, Texas, tomorrow to speak at the National Educational Telecommunications Association's annual conference. I'll be presenting...

This post was written on   7 Jan 2003 and has 0 comments

We just spent the last week in the Mojave Desert, camping under the astonishingly bright stars of Joshua Tree and...

This post was written on   3 Jan 2003 and has 0 comments

After bringing our workshops across the country, we held the final one this week in San Francisco. The attendees where...

This post was written on   4 Oct 2002 and has 0 comments

I'm speaking today at a conference organized by my good friends at Gospelcom.net -- a Web-based network that provides infrastructure...

This post was written on  21 Sep 2002 and has 1 comments

I'm spending the week with my partners in our nation's capitol for the second leg of our 2002 User Experience...

This post was written on  28 Aug 2002 and has 0 comments

A bright and sunny day in San Francisco, sitting under a tree on Market at Sansome outside our office, scanning...

This post was written on  30 Jul 2002 and has 0 comments