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Feb 07

Engines are running, ready for liftoff

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It pains me to admit that it’s been awhile since we posted anything here on the mesh blog, and for that we — Mathew, Mark, Rob, Mike and Stuart — are eternally sorry. As penance for our sins, we have engaged in a variety of rituals (many involving a prescribed quantity of fine ales and lagers), which I won’t go into any further for fear of boring you.

Let’s just say that we have been working hard to get our ducks in a row for the next mesh conference, and you’ll be happy to know that we’re very close to being able to announce our keynotes and open the doors for advance ticket sales.

Last year’s mesh was such a fantastic experience for all of us, with what we thought was a great mix of speakers, panelists, moderators and other contributors — including the participants, of course, or the “people formerly known as the audience,” as Jay Rosen likes to call them — and some terrific social events as well.

We’re really hoping that we can reproduce that same kind of experience this year, and with your help we know we’ll be able to. So hang in there, and we’ll be letting you all know about the keynote speakers for this year and the details about ticket sales just as soon as we possibly can.

Nov 23

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The mesh mini-podcasts are here

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Anyone who attended the ridiculously successful mesh meetup on November 15th (blog post is here) at the Irish Embassy may have seen a woman with a small microphone interviewing various luminaries and other assorted folk. As some of you may know by now, that was podcaster extraordinaire Leesa Barnes, and the fruits of her labours are now available for all to enjoy.

That includes interviews with Dr. Tony Hung of Deep Jive Interests, blogger Juan Gonzalez of global-culture.org, Norman Young of The Talking Company (which is in stealth mode), new blogger Rob Schaumer and Bernie Aho of Conceptshare — and those are just the beginning. There are more to come. Thanks again to Leesa for all her hard work, and also for the compliments she bestowed on all of us in a recent post she wrote about mesh.

Podcasts were produced by Leesa’s company Caprica Interactive Marketing, with music from the Podsafe Music Network by Uncle Seth.

Here are the podcasts:

1. Juan Gonzalez of global-culture.org

[audio:http://www.cubicledivas.com/podcasts/mesh/meshconference-episode001.mp3]

Juan talks to Leesa about:

Ways in which your online conversations can help you meet people in different countries
Why Juan left Mexico to settle in Canada (and it wasn’t because of money)
How to talk with your hands using your blog

2. Norman Young of The Talking Company

[audio:http://www.cubicledivas.com/podcasts/mesh/meshconference-episode002.mp3]

Norman talks to Leesa about:

An idea Norman has for Mesh ’07
How to handle the misconceptions that mainstream audiences have over the word podcast (or should it be netcast?)
Why the interactive space will never take the place of the physical space (the Mesh meetup is a perfect example)

3. new blogger Rob Schaumer

[audio:http://www.cubicledivas.com/podcasts/mesh/meshconference-episode003.mp3]

Rob talks to Leesa about:

His big challenge is and whether or not he can do it
What he hopes to learn when he attends Mesh ’07
His 3 tips for staying young
Advice on what to do if you’re interviewing someone really boring

4. Dr. Tony Hung of Deep Jive Interests

[audio:http://www.cubicledivas.com/podcasts/mesh/meshconference-episode004.mp3]

Tony talks to Leesa about:

Whether Mathew Ingram looks better in person than he does online
What Web 2.0 means
Why he is excited about Mesh ’07

5. Bernie Aho of Conceptshare

[audio:http://www.cubicledivas.com/podcasts/mesh/meshconference-episode005.mp3]

Bernie talks to Leesa about:

Why ConceptShare.com decided not to set up shop in Silicon Valley and chose Toronto instead
How ConceptShare.com is building buzz without spending enormous sums on advertising
How their biggest frustration sharing visual concepts over email turned into a business idea
Web 2.0? It’s now time for Web 3.0
Why Bernie would be part of the Mesh organizing team
Which is colder – Sudbury or Toronto? Bernie settles the debate once and for all

Nov 16

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Much more mesh!

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Well, the mesh meetup is over, and it was a great party — lots of good food (thanks to our hosts at the Irish Embassy) and good conversation with the 100 or so people who came. It’s a good thing the Embassy had a little more space they could give us, because we were almost crowding the Bay Street types out at one point!

Thanks to everyone who showed up, and that includes the usual suspects — like Peter Dawson of ThoughtFlickr, Leila Boujnane of Idee Inc., Jim Courtney of Skype Journal, Michael O’Connor Clarke and Joe Thornley of Thornley Fallis, poli-blogger Andrew Coyne, the irrepressible Sacha Chua and too many others to name — and the new arrivals, including blogging star Tony Hung (sorry, that’s Dr. Tony Hung) of Deep Jive Interests, Scott Brooks of ConceptShare (who not only came early but brought his laptop), Maggie Fox of Social Media Group, Martin Cleaver from Helix Commerce and Darren Rowse of ProBlogger and b5media. Sheila Remtulla also came, and was glad that there were some other people who weren’t twenty-somethings 🙂

I know I’m missing a lot of people (only about 90 or so), so thanks again to everyone who came — and especially to Leesa Barnes, podcaster extraordinaire, who brought her gear and did some short interviews with people during the event, which we hope to have available soon. And anyone who was taking pictures (yes, I’m talking to you Leila and Sacha) if you could upload them to Flickr with the tag mesh07, that would be great.

Mark Evans has a post up on his blog about the meetup, as does Rob Hyndman. And Stuart MacDonald, the cheeky bugger, posted one during the event from his BlackBerry, just to show off 🙂