The British tech scene is one of the most vibrant around. Although some companies, like Last.fm, have been facing difficulties – I keep seeing positive news coming from the United Kingdom. Here’s how I stay in touch with the geeky ladies and gents across the Canal.
1. Zee’s news flashes and updates
My co-editor Zee M. Kane reports from London daily about the ups and downs of his fellow Internet entrepreneurs. The concept of day and night seems irrelevant to him. Whenever something interesting happens – like a revolutionary new Twitter feature – he’s there to immortalize it on The Next Web.
2. Mike Butcher’s in depth-analysis.
Ain’t no party like a party with Mike Butcher. Other than that, this former New Media Age magazine and The Industry Standard Europe editor never hesitates to provide some deep insights on the start-up activity of the Brits. If he must, Butcher even goes on Sky News. Whatever it takes to spread the tech word, Butcher will do it.
3. Watch Techfluff
It buzzed around in the Le Web venue. Supposedly, there was this cool British girl asking A-listers cheeky questions (She even dared to refer to Arrington’s buttocks – how brave is that?). Even my co-editor Boris was fascinated by this whirlwind blazing through one of Europe’s “hottest” conferences. Host Hermoine Way’s fame will probably go beyond Le Web, as her show is just plain fun to watch. Here’s episode three:
[youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SW2-U9ZAm50]
How come http://crenk.com didnt get a mention. We are based in Cornwall, UK?
You don’t have to convince me how great thenextwomen.com is Simone. In fact, I read your news daily. And as you point out, Linde and I are good friends and she indeed started writing at Spotlight Effect. For free yes, which makes sense, as it’s a not-for-profit thing.
The thing is, this post wasn’t meant as a complete overview. I like to give a few ideas, and then wait for people to add stuff. Like you and Steven did.
This obviously leads to “f*cking surprises”, which is cool, as it shows how passionate you are about your blog.
Rock on
It’s f*ing unbelievable that you don’t mention thenextwomen.com, based in London and putting news in the air about women owned, led and invested companies from the tech scene, with a London, US, German and Dutchh following which had a full sold out internet event in London. (the founders moreover started as a contributing editor of thenextweb.org the editor-in-chief is one of your editors (for free) at spotlight)
Dutch people promoting other Dutch people, maybe not exotic enough for you?
that’s cool, (in Dutch, gaaf, was een beetje snel aangebrand) Goede kerst en mooi 2009.
Truth be told Steven, I didn’t follow your blog on regular basis yet. Thanks for pointing it out, it’s now in my RSS feeds. I dig the design btw!
You too! Btw, I’ll probably be in London next week.