Malcolm Galdwell Speaks about Human Capitalization at Pop!Tech

November 20, 2008 :: Shashi Bellamkonda

I was thrilled to meet Malcolm Gladwell at Pop!tech in October. Malcolm Gladwell’s book ‘Tipping Point” is one of the few non-fiction books my teen age daughter read and discussed with me. I am have a lot of respect for Malcolm Galdwell and I was thrilled to meet him at Pop!Tech and get his book [...]


Poptech 2008 : Matt Mason : The Pirate’s Dilemma

October 30, 2008 :: Shashi Bellamkonda

Matt Mason is the bestselling author of The Pirate’s Dilemma and told us about his background as a Pirate Radio Station Dj in London. Pirate radio stations were very popular but every day the Police would try to catch them and the irony was that the Police department also advertised at their radio station since [...]


PopTech 2008: Clay Shirky in Digital Freedoms

October 24, 2008 :: Shashi Bellamkonda

Clay Shirky spoke at Poptech in the session called Digital Freedom. Clay Shirky  is adjunct professor in New York University’s graduate interactive telecommunications program. In February 2008, he published Here Comes Everybody: The Power of Organizing Without Organizations.  Other speakers on this panel :

Matt Mason author of The Pirate’s Dilemma: How Youth Culture is Reinventing [...]


PopTech 2008: Chris Anderson in Digital Freedoms

October 24, 2008 :: Shashi Bellamkonda

I sat in the second row in front as I wanted to make sure that I did not miss anything. The speakers:

Chris Anderson Author of "The Long Tail: Why the Future of Business is Selling Less of More" and author of the forthcoming book ‘Free’. His day job is Editor in Chief if Wired magazine [...]


Pop!Tech 2008: Scarcity and Abundance

October 20, 2008 :: Shashi Bellamkonda

From the Pop!tech Website :
Pop!Tech 2008:
Scarcity and Abundance
October 22-25
For the twelfth year, the Pop!Tech Conference will again convene a network of 600 remarkable thinkers, doers, leaders and global change agents in science, technology, social innovation, business, environmentalism, globalization, media, education, and many other fields for a four-day exploration of ideas shaping the future.
This year, we [...]