Conferences
Local Search Summit Announced
Got a note late last night from Steve Espinosa, the world’s #1 White Sox fan, about a new conference he has put together: Local Search Summit.
This awesome sounding summit will take place in San Francisco on July 17, 2009. If you want more info, please head over to the website.
From what I have read, it [...]
ILM 08 Wrap Up
Hope everyone had a great holiday. I did but now it is time to do some work. LOL.
I had a great time at ILM 08 and definitely would recommend the conference to those who want to understand more about local search. I thought all the discussion/talks were great. I especially like the panel discussion they [...]
Web 2.0 Communities – ILM 08
One of the final talks was The Web 2.0 Communities, which featured Dave Galvan, VP, Business Development, Topix, Mark Josephson, CEO, Outside.in, Mike Orren, Founder and President, Pegasus News, and Sebastien Provencher, Co-founder and VP, Product Management, Praized.
They, like the earlier talks, spoke about the geo-targeting component of the online local community. Many of these [...]
The Future-Mobile Web – ILM 08
The first talk today was with Mike Liebhold, Senior Researcher, Institute for the Future. He and Peter Krasilovsky had a nice discussion on where Mike sees technology going. To sum it up it is a mobile web.
Mike said “…see in 5 years everyone will be able to afford a mobile computer like the iphone”
With the [...]
SuperForum II: Local Video/Out-of-Home Explosion – ILM 08
The second SuperForum dealt with local video. I learned a lot but at the same time came to the conclusion I had before-there are a ton of options and I do not know what is best yet.
The forum started with Brad Inman, Founder and CEO of TurnHere. He had a great presentation talking about “great [...]
Angie’s List and ServiceMagic – ILM 08
This was a nice panel discussion of with these two directories. It was a nice introduction for those not familiar with them. (I have not used them yet). I had a chance to speak with Angie Hicks of Angie’s List beforehand (this will appear in another post).
ServiceMagic works with the consumer and service provider and [...]
iPhone Apps – ILM 08
I do not have an iphone. Do I want one? They are pretty cool….I got to see one up close and play with the features. This panel discussion highlighted some nice applications (apps) that are available on the iphone. If you have a small business, I think you need to make sure you can be [...]
