In the future, every momentous historical occasion will get a crap soundtrack.

Mon, 03 May 2004 08:16:59 +0100

I was warned that it was utter madness to arrive in Warsaw on the last day of April, the day before Poland and nine other countries were slated to join the European Union. There was a meeting of the World Trade Organization under way, the city was filled to the gills with prime ministers, central bank heads and other luminaries, and fully half of the city center had been designated a "red zone", accessible to residents only, with no vehicle traffic allowed. Traffic gridlock surrounded the city, the airport was overwhelmed with clouds of black helicopters, every window within throwing distance of a Warsaw street had been boarded up in preparation for the "alternaglobalists" who follow WTO meetings like tie-dye artists used to follow the Dead. Anybody who could find the means had already left town - the capital was utterly deserted, menacing, bristling with police and furtive al-Qaeda operatives wrapped head to toe in plastic explosives. I was to understand that my father bore no responsibility for fetching me at the airport, none at all, that I would have to fend for myself, and God help me.

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Innovate '06

Wed, 26 Apr 2006 13:49:01 +0100

Graham and I will be attending Innovate Europe '06 in Zaragoza May 15th - 17th.

We had hoped to attend the pitch camp workshop that runs on the Sunday and Monday before the conference starts but it was too great a time commitment with all we've got going on.

If you're going to be attending this event please get in touch, I'd love to hear from you.

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In the future, every momentous historical occasion will get a crap soundtrack.

Innovate '06