Author: Amy Grace
Web Summit: Entering Day 2
12.11.2024I hypersleep and emerge blinking into the Lisbon sun long before my ADHD meds have kicked in but late enough to have definitely missed breakfast at Media Catering. I’ve already rememorized the journey from my hotel to the MEO Arena and don’t need Google Maps. Google Maps, incidentally, still thinks that pedestrians are subject to […]
Read MoreI’m going to Web Summit 2024
12.11.2024I’m writing this article on the plane to Lisbon for Web Summit 2024. I had hoped to make this article a review of my Logitech Keys-To-Go 2 – a bluetooth keyboard I bought with events like Web Summit in mind, so I could write articles directly on my phone. It’s easier to write on the […]
Read MoreWeb Summit Opening Night
11.11.2024I’m sitting at a desk in Web Summit’s Media Village. Nominally this is a drinks reception and most people are chatting but my queer neurodivergent ass, even tweaking on ADHD meds and with all the bolstered confidence that entails, is still too socially awkward to make conversation with the presumed cis. I don’t drink so […]
Read MoreDoing Web Summit Vegan
11.11.2024At last year’s Web Summit, I was surprised to find that local restaurants and cafes were better for vegan options than the forward-thinking and environmentally conscious conference. Despite the CEO of This (producer of vegan meat alternatives, and notably the best vegan bacon I’m aware of) talking at Web Summit, Media Catering’s vegan options were […]
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GenAI at Web Summit 2023
26.11.2023I attended Web Summit in Lisbon this year – an annual conference that hosts some of the biggest names in tech. Google. Meta. Amazon. Except not this year. 2023 was a strange year for Web Summit. Shortly before the event, Web Summit’s founder and longstanding CEO, Paddy Cosgrave, posted on X (formerly Twitter) that “war […]
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