If you were at Gluecon, you remember the demo pod winner: Rainmaker. When they took to the stage for the final keynote, their CEO announced a developer competition around using the Rainmaker API. Today, they announced the winners: InstaGallery, Rainchecker…
In the wake of the LinkedIn IPO, and some recent comments from Marc Andreesen, a lot of people seem pretty obsessed with whether there is or isn’t a “tech bubble” – and, specifically, what that all means. I’m on record…
I’m asking myself a question this morning: Is LinkedIn the new Netscape? Then I’m wondering if all of the 23 year old entrepreneurs know anything about Netscape. Although, honestly, the cribb notes will suffice: Netscape was the symbolic kick-off point…
Somewhere in this timeframe is where conference organizers start doing email blasts, blog posts and tweets that include the words, “last chance.” As in, “last chance to come this year’s greatest event for developers in the cloud.” It’s important that…
Right about this point in the conference organizing cycle, I like to look through the registration list and see who is coming. Now, anyone that’s ever run a conference knows that a TON of registrations come in the last week…
When I create an agenda, I literally spend 4-6 months of my life on it. I’ve already begun the outline for Defrag. I treat the process like I’m writing a script or a book. I begin with some loosely formed…
I feel like I’ve been droning on a bit about how different (read: awesome) gluecon is, and will be this year. So, I’m putting away my P.T. Barnum costume for a moment to just say this: The hotel rate for…
Let’s say you’ve been to your fair share of technology conferences. Some were great, some were okay, some were just a flat out waste of time. Normally, things were a bit uneven — a great session here, a great conversation…
21 Days to Gluecon! I say that and experience simultaneous elation at the idea of having another gluecon, and trepidation inspired by the sheer volume of our “to-do” list for the show. And then I glance at the agenda…. From…
The agenda is “complete.” I put “complete” in quotes because as soon as we go to print on it, something will change (never fails), but for planning purposes, call it complete. It’s at this point that I like to imagine…
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