A mesh Contest: Win A Chumby!
With mesh looming on the horizon, we’ve got a number of exciting wrinkles to unveil.
To start, we’ve got a good old fashioned contest for mesh attendees. PlanetEye (the travel planning startup where I work) is giving away a chumby.
All you have to do is register for PlanetEye at www.planeteye.com/mesh to be eligible. You can enter the contest now or wait until mesh where you’ll get more information in the swag bags. The winner will be announced on the PlanetEye blog after mesh.
So what’s a chumby?
It’s a compact device that displays information from the Web: news, photos, music, weather, celebrity gossip, sports scores — using a wireless Internet connection. You can personalize a chumby by adding small applications (aka widgets). The chumby caused a stir in our office when it arrived, everyone wanted to see the touchscreen and squeeze-based interface in action.
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mesh08 is Sold Out
Once again mesh has sold out early. That’s it, that’s all - we are done. The fire limit has been reached, the seats are full, there’s no more room at the inn.
We’d like to thank our our Sponsors - Microsoft, Edelman, ITAC, RBC, eBay, Expedia, CNW, MaRS, The Globe and Mail and social media group for their support and encouragement. Without your commitment we would not be able to bring such impressive content to the stage while keeping the entrance fees accessible. Thank you.
To those of you who didn’t get your tickets - we do have a couple of options for you.
First, meshU still has limited availability, so why not join us for that? It’s only one day and has some of the best “geek” content you will find anywhere - and the price can’t be beat.
Second, why not join us for some of the social meshing after-hours? Several of the events are open to everybody who’d like to come, so why not come on out? You can find those listed in the blog post just before this one.
Other than that, we look forward to seeing you at mesh09 (did I just write that?!?) - and I really suggest that you get your tickets early.
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The Social Agenda at mesh and meshU
They say that all work and no play is no fun, and the same applies to mesh and meshU.
After listening to terrific keynotes, panels and workshops, it’s important to relax, have a refreshment and meet some new people. So, here’s the social schedule for mesh and meshU
meshU:
After meshU on May 20, there will be a social at The Lounge at the Drake Hotel (1150 Queen St. W.) from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. This event is open to everyone (meshU ticket holders will get a complimentary cocktail from the Drake). The cocktail ticket and your invite will be included in your registration package at the registration desk at meshU.
mesh:
After the first day of mesh on May 21, the social in the MaRS Atrium will happen from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m. This year, it’s being sponsored by tripharbor.ca, the new cruise start-up launched by our own Stuart MacDonald.
The after-party is happening at Rockwood Club (31 Mercer Street) from 7 p.m. to midnight. Sponsored by the Social Media Group, the after-party is a great night where we will continue to mesh with the Toronto tech community, including everyone who attended meshU.Transportation to Rockwood will be provided by Expedia.ca. As well, we are pleased to announce that we will be working with LittleGeeks.org to raise funds for their worthy mission of donating home computers and Internet connectivity to children in need.
There will also be an after-after-party on May 22. Stay tuned for more details.
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Get ‘Em While You Can
With two weeks to go before mesh, we wanted to give everyone a friendly reminder that if you are planning on coming, buy now to avoid disappointment.
We expect to sell out next week at the latest. You can buy mesh tickets here and meshU tickets here.
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mesh video from Mark Mckay
Video whiz and all-around wild and crazy guy Mark Mckay, who won our mesh 2007 video contest and wound up doing a bunch of video for us last year, came out to a recent mesh meetup at the Irish Embassy and has put together a great little highlight reel for us (and if you haven’t got your ticket for mesh or meshU, you’d better get cracking — they’re going fast!).
Thanks a lot to Mark and to Rob Manne and the other folks at Edelman.
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Win Tickets to mesh and meshU!
In conjunction with CommandN and Amber MacArthur, we’re running a contest featuring a free ticket to mesh and meshU.
For more details, check out the video below. You can find the “rules” here.
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mesh Schedule is Live!
Unlike the iPhone, which won’t be released until some time later this year, the mesh schedule is ready for consumption!
We’re excited about the keynotes, panels and workshops that are divided into four streams: society, media, marketing and business. Like the past two meshes (Editor’s note: Is that a real word?), we encourage every session to be interactive with lots of Q&A, discussions and conversations.
You’ll also notice that the schedule has plenty of slots between sessions to network, do demos, relax, blog, etc.
The schedule for meshU, a one-day event featuring hands-on workshops about the tools used to build online applications/service, is also available.
Tickets for mesh can be purchased here, while meshU tickets are available here.
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Last Call for 15MOF!
With about a month to go before mesh, we’ve got a few last details to nail down.
One of them is selecting the six companies/entrepeneurs for 15 Minutes of Fame, who will each get the opportunity to give a five-minute presentation in front of more than 400 people.
So, here’s one last call for 15MOF submissions. Get ‘em in by the end of the week by filling out a short online application.
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mesh meetup and meshU student tix
One quick reminder and one update on meshU:
The quick reminder is that we’re having a mesh meetup at the Irish
Embassy tonight (April 21) starting at about 7:30, so swing on by if
you’re in town and get some pre-mesh socializing in — the snacks are
on us.
The update about meshU is that we’re releasing a batch of 25
discount-priced ($30) student tickets for the day-long workshop event (more
info at the meshU site), so if you’re studying Web
design or development or programming or anything along those lines –
or know someone who is — be sure to book a ticket soon, because they
will probably go quickly.
To be honest, offering student tickets was something we meant to do
from the beginning, but it kind of slipped through the cracks during
all the planning of mesh and meshU — thanks to a number of our
friends and fans for calling us on it. We think it’s a great way of
giving back to the community, and helping the young Web developers and
designers of tomorrow.
mesh on!
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John Resig at will be at meshU talking about jQuery for designers
You know how the web has become a much more enjoyable medium over the past couple of years? All this “web 2.0” user experience candy? A huge part of the reason is Mozilla Firefox and the way it’s gained significant market share. The Mozilla Foundation has used this market share to champion open standards instead of proprietary technologies in the browser experience. One of the major advances has been in the use of JavaScript, which brings us to a discussion of John Resig.
John is a Mozilla Evangelist and the lead developer of jQuery. Here is what Justin at FreshBooks has to say about jQuery:
jQuery is hugely important for a number of reasons.
First, by abstracting over heinous cross-browser compatibility issues, developers are encouraged to build rich web applications without being afraid that their slick designs will turn into a flaming ball of terrible at the most inopportune of times.
Second, while jQuery isn’t unique in this regard, I think it’s safe to say that it sets the Javascript Rockstar bar particularly low by providing an API that enables users to accomplish a lot with very little code.
Third, it actually makes it _easier_ to do The Right Thing than to do the “quick-and-dirty-get-it-done-as-fast-as-humanly-possible” way that leads to unmaintainable and unreadable code that you would never publicly admit to writing.
In case I did not mention it, Justin is a bit of a jQuery booster, but he is also our resident software philosopher and I respect his opinion immensely.
Anyway, back to John. He is coming to give a workshop for designers called, “Building Interactive Prototypes with jQuery” – that may sound like it’s for developers, but it’s not – its for designers. Here’s the full description:
The prototyping process is a delicate dance of writing the smallest amount of code needed to create a compelling demo. This challenge is compounded by the fact that designers typically have to wait on their development teams for, seemingly simple, results. Why not circumvent the whole process by writing your own interactive JavaScript code using a JavaScript library, jQuery, that understands how unobtrusive, CSS-based, design works.
This will be a hands-on demonstration, so please bring your laptop.
Please remember to tell all the web developers, designers and project managers you know about meshU. It occurs to me that entrepreneurs and/or anyone building a web application will want to be there too. Tickets are $239, which is positively a steal for this kind of content. Hope you can make it.
