Mobile World Congress

Forget about wasting money at trade shows, spend it on training instead

Trade shows have changed a lot over the years. I remember going to several where I would sit transfixed with boredom but at least I could smoke at the table. Ah, those were the days. I’ve attended trade shows in Miami, Cannes, London, Brighton, Barcelona, San Francisco, Madrid and many less glamorous cities. Apart from [...]

This is not Mobile World Congress… I drive a car favourited by lesbians

A funny thing happened to me on the way to a Barcelona trade show this week when I was informed that the scruffy Subaru Outlook station wagon I drive is a favourite among Lesbians. Naturally that is something that I thought I would never write and naturally I was loth to search for the term [...]

Why I’d rather set fire to my house than attend Mobile World Congress

After much soul-searching and generous offers from two PR companies (you know who you are) I have decided not to attend this year’s Mobile World Content/Mobile Content World/MWC/MCW/whatever in Barcelona. It’s not because I prefer it when it was held in Cannes, it’s not because I’ve met enough antennae-salesman in my life and it’s not [...]