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#mm12 is mobile!

We partnered with Panvista to have them develop an official app for our meshmarketing12 conference.  If you are looking for good folk to work with, you couldn’t be in better hands then with this team.

mesh conferences, developed by Panvista, is the official app for #mm12.

You can download the app on your iPhone, Blackberry, Android smartphone or iPad for quick-access to the agenda, in-depth session descriptions, venue details and sponsorship information.

The social media details will allow you to quickly connect and follow your favourite keynote speakers.

If you’re reading this blog post on your mobile device, click here to download the app directly onto your phone.

See you at meshmarketing12 on November 7th!

Time to get your hash tag on!

This year we’re bringing mesh to the social web in a whole new way!  We’ve partnered with Hashcaster the leading Twitter event media platform to curate the #mesh12 hash tag in real-time on http://meshcon.hashcaster.com.

As many of you know keeping up with a rapidly trending hash tag like #mesh12 can be like drinking from a fire hose.  Hashcaster solves this problem by curating all the best content and identifying top influencers & contributors in real-time.  Never miss another great photo, video or blog on Twitter.  Read great crowd sourced stories and keep up with the latest news from speakers, sponsor and exhibitors.

Even better, become part of the Hashcaster experience!  How? Simple, just include the #mesh12 hash tag in your tweets.  Hashcaster automatically curates all content on the hash tag, include links, photos or videos!  If people like and retweet what you’re saying the platform will identify you as a top influencer or contributor and place you on stage by highlighting your content and Twitter handle on the mesh Hashcast site.

There’s nothing like having your name in lights to drive new followers and retweets of your contributions on Twitter.  So join the conversation on Twitter and keep up with all that’s happening at mesh this year, visit http://meshcon.hashcaster.com before, during and after the event for the latest news and information from the mesh community.

Enjoy.

If there was a seminal moment when the principles of the consumer-focused, crowdsourced Web 2.0 all came together, it was probably the publication of a book called The Cluetrain Manifesto in 2000. One of the book’s co-authors was David Weinberger, a senior researcher with the Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard and a visionary thinker about the web and how it is changing our lives. We’re really pleased to have him as a keynote speaker at mesh 2012.

In addition to co-writing The Cluetrain Manifesto, David has also written several other books about the impact of the web and digital networks, including Everything Is Miscellaneous and Small Pieces, Loosely Joined. His latest book, Too Big To Know, is a thoughtful examination of how human knowledge is being fundamentally altered by the web — mostly for the better.

One interesting footnote: while he may be attached to Harvard now, David also has some strong ties to Toronto — it’s where he got his doctorate in philosophy, from the University of Toronto (his dissertation was on Heidegger, in case you were wondering) And we are delighted to welcome him back to the city to join us in a discussion of open science and the future of human knowledge at mesh 2012.

Tickets for mesh, which happens on May 23 and 24 at the Allstream Centre, can be purchased here – regular tickets are $679, while student tickets are $99.