Being Digital Mashup Conference
0 Comments Published by Rudy De Waele June 8th, 2008 in Social Media, web 2.0, Announcements, Mashup, LBS, mobile 2.0, Trends, Innovation, Startups, Conversations, IPTV, Location-Based, Convergence, Events
This week I’m going to spend most of my time in London starting with an event I’m really looking forward to, the Being Digital Mashup Conference on 10th June and organised by Simon Grice and Tony Fish.
The purpose of the event is to debate the commercial, investment and tactical issues that matter when delivering and designing digital services that rely on variety (mashup) of information, data & services. The event has seven themed debates on advertising, identity, content, location, social, retail and search across the important platforms of web, mobile and TV. In each theme there will be leading demo companies showing why it is real and how advanced some actually are. You can check the full speakers list here.
I am not sure if there are still tickets available (I believe the event is - or nearly - sold out). Registration is here.
NOTE: “Being Digital” is also the title of a great book, written by Nicholas Negroponte; it was the book I read in 1995 that spearheaded me inside the digital age!
Mobile 2.0 slides @ Over The Air
0 Comments Published by Rudy De Waele April 9th, 2008 in Mobile Apps, Mobile Web, web 2.0, Mobile Events, Mobile Content, Mashup, MobileMonday, User-Experience, Usability, Mobile OS, Mobile RSS, mobile 2.0, Trends, Mobile Culture, Mobile Monday, Innovation, Startups, Events, DevelopersHere are my Mobile 2.0 slides of the keynote I did last Friday in London at the Over The Air event, a great initiative by Daniel Appelquist and Ian Forrester. Over the Air was organised by Mobile Monday London, hosted by Imperial College and supported by the BBC.
Kudos to the whole team who made this happen, this was more than just a developers’ conference, more than just a workshop or a barcamp… It was a 48 hours of mobile and wireless development experiment bringing together some +400 developers and mobile industry experts with great sessions on various industry related topics… Lots of great people and ideas gathered during these 2 days. Check the Over The Air website to view the presentations from other keynotes and sessions.
The were 21 competition entries for the mobile application prototype competition. The winners were:
* Overall Best Prototype - Mr. Tomm (Future Platforms)
* Best Mobile Widget - Auto Widget Configurator (Owen)
* Best Hardware hack - Phone Fight (lastminute.com labs)
* Best Use of Multimedia - 21st Century Fridge Door (Orange Pirate)
* Best Use of Wireless, Bluetooth or RFID - Bluetooth FOAF (Owend)
* Most elegant solution - Twitter Client for Windows (Dale Lane)
* Most over engineered - Clever Social Tool (Alex squared)
* Most practical / ready for market - Social Network Open Butler (SNOB)
* Best mobile web application - Browser Sync
* Best design / user experience prototype - Phone Fight (lastminute.com labs)
* Best Location Aware Award - Capture the Flag (Location based games)
* Audience Favorite - Capture the Flag by the Pink Pirates
And the winners in the unofficial categories were:
* Fun Award - Phone Fight (lastminute.com labs)
* Most likely the succeed with the CIA - (Social Tracker)
More info on the winners, pictures, and other follow-ups will be posted on the Over The Air website later on.
Mobile 2.0 @ Plugg
14 Comments Published by Rudy De Waele March 22nd, 2008 in Social Media, Operators, Mobile Apps, Mobile Web, Mobile Lifestyle, web 2.0, Mobile Events, Mobile Content, Cool Devices, Analysis, Mobile Advertising, Mashup, Mobile Search, Mobile OS, LBS, Mobile RSS, mobile 2.0, Trends, Proximity Marketing, Image Recognition, QR codes, Innovation, Spanish Startups, Mobile Video, Startups, Nokia, IPTV, Mobile Games, Location-Based, ConvergenceHere’s my updated overview presentation on Mobile 2.0 I did last week in Brussels at the Plugg Conference, a great initiative by Robin Wauters. The conference included a Start-Ups Rally won by Viewdle.
I saw many people taking pictures during the presentation
I you’re one of them, and if you want to share them just ping me if you have some good ones, I’ll be happy to link them and/or share them with my readers.
NOTE: As for the startups represented here, they are only some of the ones I am following. This is not intented as a complete overview but a representation and moment in time. If you’re not included in this presentation you might be in my next one
Just ping me if I missed you somehow.
Some bloggers reported already (in Dutch) on my presentation:
Tom Wesseling @ Marketingfacts
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