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Jason Fried http://blip.tv/file/1312073/
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Thank you for attending!

Event wrap up video found here: http://blog.web2expo.com/2008/09/thankyouweb2expony/ Follow up posts and answers to any outstanding questions coming. Thanks so much for making it out and bein... [read more]
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IE8 Wireless Mouse Swag, battery question

On Thursday of the Web 2.0 conference, Microsoft was giving away a wireless mouse at their booth. I was able to grab one, but they went quick. Anyway, I wasn't thinking and threw away the directions be... [read more]
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Designing for Community by Josh Porter

Hi guys - Josh promised to send the presentation on Designing for Community to those who gave business cards - did anyone get it? If so could you re-send? roddis.ian(a)gmail.com. Thanks
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Pre-Keynote Videos

I was wondering if the pre-keynote video shorts were posted anywhere. I thoroughly enjoyed them and thought that they were perfectly placed. I especially liked the claymation one with the guy updating ... [read more]
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Agency 2.0 Presentation

Unfortunately, I had to leave before this presentation. Can someone please let me know where to find the slides? Any comments by those of you who went? Thanks.
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Sharing Notes

I found all the sessions to be extremely valuable. Unfortunately, I could not attend all of them!!! :-) Wondering if anyone is interested in swapping notes from the different sessions. My note ... [read more]
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Work on What Matters - New Web Foundation Backed by Tim Berners-Lee

If you are looking for an opportunity to directly impact the world with your talents and skills, check out the new foundation backed by Tim Berners-Lee and recently announced on September 14 at the Joh... [read more]
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Hiring Interaction Designers

We are looking to hire Interaction Designers. If you have a strong working background with any the following skills Flash, Flex, CSS, AJAX, PHP. We would be interested in having you take part in our projects.
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Notes from the session "Web Analytics 2.0: Rethinking Decision Making in a '2.0' World"

Avinash Kaushik had a TON of helpful insights that can help many company, possibly ANY company make more money online. But he's also a funny guy, so I pared down my rough notes to a collection of one-l... [read more]
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SharePoint and Web 2.0

I would love to hear how companies are using SharePoint to incorporate Web 2.0 into their processes, or if anyone is considering such a move. I'm an editor on the IT Pro doc team, and we're very intere... [read more]
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Offshore Web 2.0 Development

Hi We are India's leading Open Source based web 2.0 company. If you are looking to augment PHP, RoR, Ajax, Flex, MySQL skills for short/ long term basis, let us meet at the Expo. We have developed... [read more]
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Seeking: RIA/Prod Dev Sales Rep - West Coast

We are seeking a sales rep/biz dev person to represent Web Spiders on the West Coast. Salary plus Commission... If you know of anyone - or are interested - email me at stephen.harris@webspiders.com thanks!
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RIA/Web 2.0 ISV Development

Seeking discussions with ISV SaaS organizations that have had both good and bad outsourced development experiences...
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Notes from session "10 Things We've Learned at 37signals"

I took some notes from http://webexny2008.crowdvine.com/talks/show/1020 - Apologies for spelling errors and typos... Momentum - with out it you are going to trend toward mediocrity Typically, peo... [read more]
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slides from workshops and sessions

Perhaps I am just looking in the wrong place, but does anyone know how to find the slides and information we were told would be posted on the website during the workshops and sessions?? Thanks!
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The French Guy from New Jersey, Serge the Concierge, likes to meet people, exchange ideas

The best part of conferences is meeting face to face with either old acquaintances or new people and exchange ideas. You go back home pumped up. If you want to meet today or Thursday, e-mail me at info@njconcierges.com See ya Serge
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Will Credit Crunch downsize your Events Schedule? Will some conferences go bust?

Since money might get tight in the coming year or so, will we limit our travel and attendance to events to a chosen few? Will we be more price sensitive? Will some events go bust? Will sponsorships ... [read more]
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The Good Search LLC recruits Web 2.0 "best of the best" talent

Hello my Web 2.0 friends. I head The Good Search, LLC, a new kind of executive search firm that specializes in finding top talent for web 2.0 companies. We're positioned as an alternative to retain... [read more]
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Best Web/Business/Strategy/Development Book in the last 18 months?

Any recommendations for your favorite web book to come out in the last year and a half? Is it the kind of book you read once and is very useful for now, or is it a book that you can see people reading 3-4 years from now?
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Suggestions welcome for my Session on Wednesday on the Value (or Lack of) of Conferences and Events

The session I offered 'How Much is Too Much? Where is the Value in Attending Conferences?' http://webexny2008.crowdvine.com/talks/show/2446 is set for Wednesday, September 17 at 7:00 pm in Ballroom A... [read more]
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Free Network Services, User Autonomy, and the Franklin Street Statement

Hi, all. I'm the founder of Identi.ca and Wikitravel and a longtime advocate of Free and Open Source software and Open Content and Data. I'd like to have a session at Web 2.0 Open on Free Network Se... [read more]
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new media - next wave applications

im looking to meet with people who are pushing the boundaries of new media applications on the web - also companies wanting to launch and needing marketing strategy experience
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Twitter users at w2e New York

It is always fun to discover new twitter friends at a conference and the easiest way to do so is to have a list just of twitterers going to the event. Add yourself. ;) Janetti already posted about... [read more]
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Web2Open Session: Collaboration drives productivity…really?

Web 2.0 technologies taken into the enterprise drives profitability; however, only through focused, goal driven, time-bound collaboration which is different than typical Web 2.0 solutions. Enterpr... [read more]
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Open means Open .... Web2open scheduling concerns

I have to ask ths community what exactly is meant by Open and what is not only expected by falls within the confines of Open "unconferences" Web 2open has been toured as the unconference track of th... [read more]
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Wine 2.0 Thursday night

Hi all, looking forward to a great Web 2.0 conference! While many have already registered for Wine 2.0 on Thursday from 7pm-11pm, I wanted to remind anyone who has not to do so at www.winetwo.com ... [read more]
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Going Backwards the Right Way

Okay, so I already know the rocky road from start-up web-based company with a handful of co-founders through the flexible build up and occasional investor to the eventual sale of the company. (I co-fou... [read more]
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Web 2.0 & Health 2.0?

How web 2.0 is taking Health to next level... Health 2.0?
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What New Media can learn from Old Media

Social Media does many things differently from traditional media. However, some of it is stuff that old media learned with dancing cigarette boxes and host endorsements. Dean Landsman and I have give... [read more]
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Your take on my session: Which were the worst (and best) business conferences and events you ever attended?

Which were the worst (and best) business conferences and events you ever attended? When? Where? Why? This session will take place on Wednesday (the 17) at 7pm. I asked that same question to conta... [read more]
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leapers, step right up.

I have learned over the years that sometimes the non-tech-savvy folks are the ones who are most able to push the boundaries and de-limit current and emerging technologies. Sometimes not understanding s... [read more]
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How To Finance A Profitable Web 2.0 Company

Good morning everyone. AGORACOM is generating 7-digit revenues and profits - but it seems like we are being penalized for our success by VC's that want to value us on a revenue multiple, with no credi... [read more]
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Open Sourcing a project, when and why ?

I have a project that I started that tracks the popularity of wikipedia posts based on edits called wikirage. My current startup is taking all of my time, and I'd like to open source the development o... [read more]
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are any companies in the process of integrating 2d codes into their strayegies

at Demarketplace We are actively developing designing and working towards deploying 2d codes in a number of situations we would be interested in speaking to others who are doing the same about their ch... [read more]
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How to Use our Twitter: @w2e_ny08

If you're following @w2e_ny08 - we're following you back. (unless we sent you a request you haven't approved yet...) Direct Message us at any point if you've got a question, issue or something you'd... [read more]
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Fan of the arts?

I've been spending some time stalking folks on Crowdvine (with only the best intentions)... and have discovered the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, New York Metropolitan Museum of Art and the NY Pu... [read more]
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Web 2.0 Literacy

What skills should someone have to be "web 2.0 literate" ?
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Beyond Blogging, Beyond the Hype;- what is the real impact of Web 2.0

" Isn't web 2.0 Blogging" a question recently posed by a professional (paid) fashion and design blogger. At a recent seminar discussing The value of web 2.0 to the Business of Fashion and design. Beyo... [read more]
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Info Overload

Hey All, I'm doing a session on Thursday morning about avoiding information overload - 'specially in a twitter, friendfeed, facebook, IM, ... multi-tasking world. Any specific things you'd like to see me cover? Thanks.
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Decentralized Web Dev and IP

Does anybody have experience in developing Web 2.0 projects where large pieces would be built by different teams? I am wondering if there is anything formal on that idea. protection of Intellectual Pro... [read more]
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Semantic Web

I am interested in talking with others about semantic web technologies in a Web2Open session. Anyone interested?
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How to take advantage of the Web 2.0 Expo with CrowdVine

So I'm about to embark upon my second Web 2.0 Expo and I'm really excited about it. There's a lot to take in, and since it's literally impossible to take in everything, I wanted to pass along a couple ... [read more]
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Are you using Agile Software Development practices?

I will be interested to find out how many of you are following Agile practices to build out your Web 2.0 solutions. Also if yes, what tool are you using for managing your project and collaboration? We ... [read more]
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What made you take the leap?

Just to clarify, this is not necessarily a question about what session(s) you're interested in, but I was wondering in a more general sense, what is it that made you decide that you just HAD to be at t... [read more]
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Do you have a beautiful mind? ISO exceptional CTO/technical co-founder for social media start-up

Do you want to disrupt the social media space? Do you believe that someone has yet to figure out how to bring a true sense of purpose, relevancy and broad-scale yet efficient utility to social network... [read more]
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Best Session for Retailers?

I have a retail client who has asked me to come back from this conference with one finding: how can web 2.0 help retailers go from customer engagement and other soft metircs to activation (purchase) a... [read more]
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Where were you when the Bubble Burst in 2001?

Let us know, we are going to be roaming through the conference asking you, let us know if you want to set up an interview time. Karen Paull Producer www.thebubblemusical.com Tickets going fast, only $20 212-352-3101
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Do you use Zemanta?

If you use Zemanta, add-on for automatic suggestions while blogging, I'd love to hear your thoughts and show you sneak preview of our latest release.
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What languages would you translate your website into?

Hi everyone, I'm Mariano, I'm from Argentina and I run an English-Spanish translation company that specializes in translating websites (we provide the full service: from extracting the text, to creatin... [read more]
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Branding for Web 2.0 Ideas and Solutions

BrandFrog.com is offering a special promotion for Web 2.0 Community members. Brand Frog is offering a free brand accessment and analysis. Get the Most ROI out of your Brand and Web 2.0 Strategy. See www.BrandFrog.com for details:
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Latinos in the expo?

Some Latin Americans are gonna attend this expo, people from Guatemala, Chile, Argentina, Mexico,.... It'd be great to meet people doing really nice projects in this industry. Where is the rest???
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(BOF) Kaleidoscope Twitterbase: Using Twitter as a Semantic Database Frontend

Need to cut through the hype of semantic web/web 3.0/triplestore/semantic headache? :) Come out to my BoF session on Thursday, Sept. 18 at 8pm in Gallery B in the Hudson Hotel. I will give a brief talk... [read more]
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B2B and Web2.0

I'm interested in connecting with anyone who is in a B2B market to talk specifically about how Web2.0 tools should or should not differ in business vs. consumer markets. A lot of concepts we talk ab... [read more]
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UK company visiting NYC Web2.0

Hi all, I own a company called Sweemo.com (think eBay but for real life experiences) which will be launching globally in November and would love to meet anyone who might be interested in discussing:... [read more]
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Best Practices in Venture Capital Deal Origination

I am currently writing a white paper on ‘Best Practices in Venture Capital Deal Origination’ that I will be presenting at some conferences in the coming months. This is a subset of the broader discuss... [read more]
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Anyone taking the train?

It looks like I will be taking the train in from Connecticut every day for this conference. Anyone else in the same boat?
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Message to "Rich UX Documentation" attendees!

If you are attending the Tuesday workshop "Rich UX Documentation," please visit the following site ahead of time. There are several important downloads that you should have on hand for the workshop. http://www.yesko.com/web2expo Thanks!
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Looking for mentors/coaches on web 2.0

I work with the Multimedia Development Corporation which looks to enhance the development of the IT industry in Malaysia My division looks to specifically assist entrepreneurs throughout their enti... [read more]
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Authors, Writers and Publishers 2.0

Funny to think about writing and publishing in a media that can't exist without the typed word. How many of you have been giving thought to the future of long form publication, are working on publicati... [read more]
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State of the "Speech Recognition" Union

I've been inspired by the political season to think about the following: If I had to write a "State of the Union" speech about speech recognition, what would I have to say about speech recognition as ... [read more]
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updated schedule tags

we know there are things you want to find - and an easy way to find it. so let me know if there's a particular search term you'd like us to tag for you in the conference schedule.
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Social Credibility in E-Commerce

Can a social network be a creditable unbiased source for finding specific quality products and/or services? And is this a way for social networks to monetize beyond standard click through ads?
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Web 2.0 as a Corporate Productivity Tool

When is the last time you Facebooked a colleague at work or attended a conference in Second Life? Do you know how to find experts within your organization by searching the "Social Web" or viewing their... [read more]
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Web 2.0: Us & Them

Us, and them And after all were only ordinary men. Up and down. But in the end its only round and round. Growing and growing It can be helped still and theres a lot of it about. With, without... [read more]
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Web2Open Panel: Going After Advertising Dollars for Startups and Emerging Companies

All too often, start-ups and emerging companies come thru our door and don't know how to speak to advertising agencies when looking for ad dollars. Some startups come in without a media kit. Others c... [read more]
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Getting your Web 2.0 Technology or Solution to market

This is where we can help you by enabling a sales and marketing program for in the USA. See www.accelerantsales.com . Accelerant Sales Group Ph: 973-331-0600 Thanks!
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Web2Open Session: Separated @ Birth? Making the most of transatlantic digital business

21 of the UK's most innovative digital companies are visiting Web 2.0 Expo as part of the Digital Mission to New York, an initiative from the UK government to help companies meet partners and peers in ... [read more]
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Do you think social networks can be monetized?

Till date monetization from social networks is quite low. What would be good strategies to make them revenue centers?
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Offering Session: How Much is Too Much? Where is the Value in Attending Conferences?

Following my 'Consumed to Thrifty' thread, I thought it could be useful to see how it applies to picking which conferences are worth attending, what their value proposition is: Therefore I offer to ... [read more]
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UK startup gathering

Hey, has anyone organised any gatherings for UK start-ups? If so, where can I get more info? If not, then I think we should! :-)
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BoF Session: Starting an Internet Startup without Experience Wed 8-9pm

Please stop by if interested in discussing the challenges of creating a Web 2.0 company without prior experience. Sure, I had some Internet experience before deciding to launch www.MeetingWave.com... [read more]
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BoF session: The Virtual Startup Wed, 7-8pm

Please stop by if interested in discussing the challenges of working with a virtual startup. Share tools, strategies, tips, war stories and more. Location: Boardroom A- Hudson Hotel
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Create the Social Web using the Social Web

Would you like to lower the barrier to entry to writing applications for social platforms such as Facebook, Meebo, OpenSocial and the iPhone by sharing services and widgets. We are working to create a ... [read more]
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Geoweb session at Web2Open

I'd like to organize a geoweb session at Web2Open, if possible in the form of a panel discussion. Anyone interested in participating? Geoweb in my definition: The convergence of location based servi... [read more]
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Why does Google make more money than Facebook per user? How can a social network monetize more effectively?

Advertising targeting is based on the ability to find relevant demographics, locations and keywords to place ad’s – yet SNS’s, which have both traffic and demographic data, still have poor monetizati... [read more]
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Events, Parties and Meet-Ups

I saw the events page (http://en.oreilly.com/webexny2008/public/content/events) was posted on the W2E site. Do you know of any other events, parties or meet-ups will be going on during the week? Post the links or items here!
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BOF: Location-based Social Networking - Today and the Near Future - Sep 17, 8PM

Please come by if you are interested in location-based social networking.
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Any Australians or South Africans attending?

CleverClicks is an online marketing company based in Sydney (Australia), and being South African, we do some business in SA too. Always good to meet up with folks from Australia and South Africa whi... [read more]
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