WhereWednesday

WhereWednesday Oct 29th 2008 – NAVTEQ and deCarta

mariotapia — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 02:27:42 +0000

What: October 2008 Where Wednesday (Navteq LBS Challenge)
When: October 29th, 2008 – 7-9pm
Where: Nokia Research Center – Palo Alto
Cost: Nothing!

Who:
Laura Diaz – Partner Relations Manager, NAVTEQ
Greg Rose – Technical Consultant, NAVTEQ
Matthew Curtis – Product Manager, deCarta
Brent Hamby – Technical Lead, deCarta

What:
· What is new in NAVTEQ Network For Developers and deCarta’s Developer Communities

· Learn about our programs, services and special events specifically tailored to location application developers

· Hear details on the contest that is reshaping the wireless world: NAVTEQ Global LBS Challenge.

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Aug 20, 2008 BBQ Mtg – Location Based Advertising

mariotapia — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 20:00:39 +0000

What: August 2008 Where Wednesday (Location based advertising)
When: August 20th, 2008 – 7pm
Where: San Francisco, CA 94102. Since space is limited, please RSVP to get the location.
Cost: Nothing!

Who: Blair Swedeen, Vice President of Market Development @ 1020 Placecast
What:

* Where is Location-Based Advertising today?
* How can location information be leveraged in web advertising?
* What is place-based advertising?

Blair is responsible for 1020 Placecast’s marketing and business development activities with ISPs, web publishers, mobile application providers and other distribution partners.

Prior to joining 1020 Placecast , Blair founded Partenza Consulting, a strategy and business development consultancy advising leading players and investors in the Location-Based Services (LBS) industry. Previously, he had overall responsibility for the Internet/Wireless product line at NAVTEQ, the leading digital map content company, and launched the company’s mobile content product line.

March 2008 Meeting – Social Networking and Location

mariotapia — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 08:09:54 +0000

I’m pleased to announce our first meeting!

The event details for the next WhereWednesday are as follows.

Topic: Social Networking and Location
Place: 340 Brannan St, Suite 104, SF 94107
Map: Y! GMaps Live Maps
Time: March 26th, 6:30PM – 9:00PM
Cost: FREE!

Presenters:

Christian Wiklund – CEO Wichro on ZKOUT

ZKOUT creates a bridge that connects your online and real world social networks. ZKOUT’s main ingredients — location-awareness and inherent mobility — promote real world interaction between friends, family, neighborhoods, businesses, even strangers with common interests. To provide you with the highest, most personal level of interaction, ZKOUT lets you share as many types of media as possible, including photos, live video feeds and text messages, and allows for commenting on other members’ posts. The ZKOUT community will be built by its members. Other social networking sites typically tie their members to computers. ZKOUT provides a unique social fabric that severs that tie.

WhereWednesday is Born!!!

mariotapia — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 08:30:34 +0000

I’ve been kicking around the idea to start a Location Based Services community in Silicon Valley since the Summer of 2007 and finally I’ve found the time and effort to do it. This group got its inspiration from MobileMonday (www.mobilemonday.net) an open community for mobile. I’ve organized and founded the Seattle and Los Angeles Chapters of MobileMonday and have been gathering people to evangelize mobile since 1999.

Location Based Services is again gaining a buzz and I wanted to form a group that didn’t only focus on Location for Mobile but for Web apps as well. There are many interesting applications for both mobile and web that it merits a group for those with interests and passions for the sector.

Mapping data and location data are finding their ways into some of the most interesting applications and this group is a forum to share, debate, inspire and network in the community.

We are planning our first gathering soon so keep posted.

MISSION

WhereWednesday is a open group for those in the Location Based Services realm. Our slogan is, “If your App has a Map, you are welcome to join.”

The group is focused on users of Mapping Data, Application Developers and Location players in both web and mobile.

Please join our Yahoo Group.

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