OK, you have to picture this. A resort in the middle of nowhere that’s been here for 100 years (Theodore Roosevelt stopped here when he was planning the first national park). How weird is this resort? Well, its front driveway is a landing strip.
Now, look at the front porch. There’s nine geeks all on laptops checking their email, blogging, uploading videos, or watching the keynote from yesterday.
Yeah, Herschel Horton, that’s exactly where we are (he found an image on Google Earth of my mom’s house)
Laura Moncur has video from the Salt Lake brunch we had on the way here.
Anyway, the mix of people here is just perfect. There are a couple of families. A professor. A couple of CEOs. A couple of hard core geeks (one wrote the software for Microsoft’s wheel mouse). A few video bloggers. A few locals. A few eccentrics.
It’s Blogher meets Gnomedex. With no agenda other than to get to Chico, go swimming, and get on Wifi. Anyway, having fun in the sun.
30 people is a perfect size for a campout. That’s enough so that you get enough diversity and you get enough time with each person to really have a good conversation. We stayed up last night until about 3 a.m. just talking.
Richard White, founder of KikoCalendar and SlimTimer, which got a nice writeup in TechCrunch, was here and he was suprised to find some users of his product here.
John Masterson, founder of GrupThink brought his homebrew beer, which we’ll start consuming soon. Grupthink is lots of fun to browse through. It’s a site where you can get your questions answered.
Thanks to Jan McLaughlin for the photo. We just couldn’t stay off the grid. But, now it’s “jump in the pool” time. More later.
Hi Robert and Maryann
I hope that you are enjoying the fishing, or even the thought of it, and relaxing as the world keeps spinning. Let the porch swing rock you, and it will all be here when you get back.
Daniel
Hi Robert and Maryann
I hope that you are enjoying the fishing, or even the thought of it, and relaxing as the world keeps spinning. Let the porch swing rock you, and it will all be here when you get back.
Daniel
Hola!
I’ve made my travel Vlog http://www.ivebeenplaces.com inspired and educated by Scobleizer industry stories. I have some big plans for it, I would appreciate some feedback. E.g. on video format, user interface, content …
Also, I plan to get a world map so you can click each place where I have a video. On the other hand, the immediate video playing might be better, right after you load the page?
Thanks,
Nick
Hola!
I’ve made my travel Vlog http://www.ivebeenplaces.com inspired and educated by Scobleizer industry stories. I have some big plans for it, I would appreciate some feedback. E.g. on video format, user interface, content …
Also, I plan to get a world map so you can click each place where I have a video. On the other hand, the immediate video playing might be better, right after you load the page?
Thanks,
Nick
T’was Grand!
Fresh back from Off the Grid, Tanja and I are once again in Oakland, already working on some of the ideas that were thought up in Montana. Thanks for the hospitality – it was a bold experiment and it turned out wonderfully!
Best,
Oscar
T’was Grand!
Fresh back from Off the Grid, Tanja and I are once again in Oakland, already working on some of the ideas that were thought up in Montana. Thanks for the hospitality – it was a bold experiment and it turned out wonderfully!
Best,
Oscar
Wow, nice job on the show, great editing and production, sorta a quirky Alton Brown styled show…
Wow, nice job on the show, great editing and production, sorta a quirky Alton Brown styled show…
Robert,
Is your internet down? You have not post for several days
Cheers
Al
Robert,
Is your internet down? You have not post for several days
Cheers
Al
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I see podtech is expanding in China. I hope you all go international very soon!
I see podtech is expanding in China. I hope you all go international very soon!
well it sounds like fun!
well it sounds like fun!
take it easy
take it easy
[...] While in Montana last week for Off the Grid Camp, I shot this video of Scoble giving a tour of the massive food store in his mom’s basement. She was a member of the Church Universal and Triumphant cult which believed World War III was imminent back in the 80’s. They may have only been a little early in their prediction. [...]
@ Richard White – Yes, it was the human connections that mattered; even when on-the-grid at Chico Hot Springs it was questions and answers, curiosity and information exchanged.
My take on the weekend is here: Eyes Off-the-Grid Geek Camp. Music by Patrick Scoble – thanks Patrick!
@ Richard White – Yes, it was the human connections that mattered; even when on-the-grid at Chico Hot Springs it was questions and answers, curiosity and information exchanged.
My take on the weekend is here: Eyes Off-the-Grid Geek Camp. Music by Patrick Scoble – thanks Patrick!
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