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May 16

MeshTV coming at you!

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Hey everyone my name is Mark McKay. I won the video prize last year at Mesh and made a bunch of videos for the guys highlighting all the great things that happened at the conference.This year I’m back and I’ll be at Mesh and MeshU creating something we’re calling MeshTV. I’m working with mDialog, and really awesome high-rez video hosting service, and together we’ll be bring you the best moments from the keynotes, workshops and all the debates and insights that make Mesh such an awesome event.

You’ll be able to watch MeshTV on your computer, iPod, and right here on the Mesh blog. You can even subscribe to MeshTV on iTunes!We’re going to be shooting all day every day and posting stuff to mDialog right away. But we want you guys involved too. Since Mesh is all about social media we want you to upload your videos and share them with everyone else at the conference. Maybe there’s something we missed, or you have an opinion about something that you saw, or maybe you have something you want to share with everyone? If you do, upload it to mDialog.To kick off the MeshTV channel, here’s the highlight reel from the recent mesh meetup at the Irish Embassy. We’ll have more for you on Tuesday, see you at Mesh!

May 16

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A Sweet Wireless Schedule!

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Several weeks ago, we were approached by Sweet Caesar about the possibility of them creating a wireless application that would make the schedules for mesh and meshU available on a Blackberry and an iPhone.

Intrigued, I met with Sweet Caesar’s Yaeko Tong, who showed me some of the Toronto-based company’s work. It was so impressive that it was a no-brainer for Sweet Caesar to do something for mesh.

Without gushing too much, the Sweet Caesar/mesh application is super sweet. Not only are there detailed schedules for mesh and meshU but the application includes:

– A tool that lets you rate every keynote, panel and workshop (one to five stars)

– Bios and photos for every meshU and mesh speaker

– A floor plan for MaRS so you can quickly find out where the keynotes, panels and workshops are located

– A map that lists the locations of the meshU party at The Drake, the mesh party at the Rockwood and the after-party at L’Espresso Bar Mercurio

Yaeko and her team have really gone above and beyond the call of duty. We’re extremely impressed!

If you want to download the Sweet Caesar/mesh application, it will be available here on May 19 (Monday).

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May 15

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Breaking News: 15MOF Presenters

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One of the things we try to do at mesh is put the spotlight on startups that are developing new and interesting services.

We do this through 15 Minutes of Fame, which sees each three companies on each day of mesh five minutes each on stage to talk about what their companies do and their strategy to become successful.

This year, we received a record number of 15MOF applicants, which made the selection process challenging. Without further ado, here are the 15MOF presenters:

May 21

Carbonetworks, which has developed software that helps companies create effective carbon emissions strategies to reduce costs and capitalize on emerging global markets.

GigPark, a place to receive recommendations about a wide variety of services from friends and their friends.

AidesRSS, which has created technology to make reading RSS feeds more effective and valuable.

May 22

Well.ca, an online health and beauty store that ships across Canada.

OverlayTV, an interactive media company that provides a video commerce platform that lets Internet users, content owners and e-commerce sites to monetize and customize their video assets.

Enomalism, an open source consulting firm that focuses on solving the cost and complexity for enterprises that run large technical server infrastructures.

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