mesh Portaits
Rannie Turingan’s amazing series of black and white portraits shot at meshU and mesh08 are now up.
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meshU is Sold out
It’s official - meshU is sold out!
There were not many tickets lef, but they went over the weekend. Thanks to everyone who is planning to attend and our sponsors for getting us to here - looking forward to seeing you all tomorrow.
meshU Tickets Nearly Gone
With meshU looming on the horizon (Tuesday!), there are only a few tickets left so if you want to go, act now.
We’re really excited about the enthusiastic reception that meshU has received. The line-up featuring people such as Leah Culver, Ryan Carson, Daniel Burka, Reuven Cohen and Avi Bryant is top-notch, and we’re looking forward to a great day of discussion about design, development and management.
To check out the schedule, click here.
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Please join us at the Edelman mesh wrap party!
When we announced the meshU and mesh08 social schedule a few days ago we mentioned that an after-after party was in the works for the 22nd, after the second day of mesh.
Please come and join us after mesh for the mesh wrap party, hosted by our good friends at Edelman. Continue the conversation at L’espresso bar Mercurio at Bloor and St. George, from 5 to 7 p.m. on the last day of mesh - Thursday, May 22. See you there!!
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A Sweet Wireless Schedule!
Several weeks ago, we were approached by Sweet Caesar about the possibility of them creating a wireless application that would make the schedules for mesh and meshU available on a Blackberry and an iPhone.
Intrigued, I met with Sweet Caesar’s Yaeko Tong, who showed me some of the Toronto-based company’s work. It was so impressive that it was a no-brainer for Sweet Caesar to do something for mesh.
Without gushing too much, the Sweet Caesar/mesh application is super sweet. Not only are there detailed schedules for mesh and meshU but the application includes:
- A tool that lets you rate every keynote, panel and workshop (one to five stars)
- Bios and photos for every meshU and mesh speaker
- A floor plan for MaRS so you can quickly find out where the keynotes, panels and workshops are located
- A map that lists the locations of the meshU party at The Drake, the mesh party at the Rockwood and the after-party at L’Espresso Bar Mercurio
Yaeko and her team have really gone above and beyond the call of duty. We’re extremely impressed!
If you want to download the Sweet Caesar/mesh application, it will be available here on May 19 (Monday).
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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 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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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.
