Social media (especially Twitter) can bring an immediacy to customer support that is frightening to behold. Robert discusses one example at a forum sponsored by Omobono, organized by East of England International, and powered by the Traveling Geeks ( travelinggeeks.com ).

Traveling Geeks meet with UK agencies and Cambridge startups.

Maybe the hardest part of being a geek on the road is figuring how to connect through the wi-fi network, or the broadband USB modem, or how to tether through the mobile phone. The first morning of our trip, at Reboot Britain, was no different from any other...

Sky arrives in London, takes the tube to the hotel - comes up out of the Barbican tube station and does a "second take" because it looks just like it looked when he checked out the locale on Google Street View!

Micha Benoliel is interviewing Renee Blodgett, co-founder of Traveling Geeks and founder of weblogtheworld.com TweetUp Event, Traveling Geeks 2009.

The Traveling Geeks visit Cambridge Consultants incubator and also Microsoft Research Labs at Cambridge.

Two days ago, at the end of the weeklong Traveling Geeks trip to the United Kingdom, I interviewed fellow Geek Meghan Asha of NonSociety.com about technology, women, privacy and the Geeks' trip. Some of the companies we met with that resonated with Meghan were Huddle.net, Zemanta.com and Skimlinks.