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Gang,

Bill Johnston is part of our group and putting this event on.— I did send it out a week or so ago…and this is a final reminder of the event.— Contact Bill if interested!

C U somewhere!

–bill

From: Bill Johnston <bjohnston@forumone.com>

Dear Bill,

I wanted to drop you a quick note about the Mobile Communities Unconference.

First, you should have received an invitation to the Unconference wiki. If you haven’t had a chance to sign up, please do. The wiki is the online heart and soul of the event. You can create a personal profile page, discuss session ideas, find hotel rooms, coordinate transportation and more. If you haven’t received an invite, please let me know.

Secondly, we have a handful of seats left for the Unconference. Feel free to forward the “friends and family” discount below to coworkers or colleagues who might be interested in the event. This discount is only being extended via Unconference attendees. We have a great group of folks coming (including you), representing organizations like: 3jam, Active Path Solutions, AdMob, AOL, Cisco, Digital Chocolate, FunMobility, Google, HP, Intel, Lithium, LiveWorld, Microsoft, Mixer Labs, MobiHand, MobileLife Inc., NextNow Collaboratory, Nokia, Omega Mobile, Inc., Quest Software, SAP, Utterz, VMWare, Yahoo! and You Tube.

Please have your friends or colleagues go to:
http://mcu2008.eventbrite.com/
Use the discount code “bringafriend” to get $50 off.

Lastly, you will be receiving an Unconference logistics note at the end of this week confirming start time, location information, and extracurricular activities.

I look forward to seeing you next week!

Best,

Bill

Bill Johnston
Chief Community Officer

Forum One Networks

Phone:——— 703.548.1855 ext 18
Cell:——— 415.299.9638
AIM:——— bjohnstonf1

www.forumonenetworks.com

From Bernie…our Southern California NextNow guy!!!

From: “Bernie (Major Fun) DeKoven” <listmaster@majorfun.com>

Again with the Honor

Simages is a publication of NASAGA – the North American Simulation and Gaming Association, the very same North American Simulation and Gaming Association that honored me with the Ifill-Raynolds award for “outstanding achievements in the field of fun” that you see me holding so unbelievingly.

I am honored to tell you that I have been honored again. I was interviewed by Brian Remer, and the result closely approximates something one might call “cogent,” if one were prone to using words of that ilk.

The interview, which is one among many fine articles, appears on page 12.

See also the excellent article by Dave Blum “Healthy Competition, an Oxymoron?”

Simages

(click to download pdf file)

Enjoy.

A few of us attend the PARC forums in Palo Alto (see: http://www.parc.com/events/forum/). There are some really excellent talks that I think many of the NextNow people would like to hear/see. I thought I should send you a link to this so you can have the opportunity to experience the thought-provoking presentations. The LIVE events are on Thursdays at 4pm…and the archives…

See the archives:

http://www.parc.com/events/forum/archive.php

Coming Events: http://www.parc.com/events/

There are great videos in the archives…one…for those of you with products/books…I recommend viewing/listening to:

FREE! Why $0.00 Is the Future of Business Chris Anderson, Editor-in-Chief of Wired magazine & Author, The Long Tail

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ANOTHER great source of thought provoking presentations are at TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design) http://www.ted.com/.

Their video archives are at: http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks

You can join/subscribe for ZERO cost and receive notifications (rarely).

–bill