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Ban Ki-Moon Joins Holocaust Commemorations in New York City

Added 01/23/12
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YOW! 2011: Dave Thomas on YOW!, Technoculture, Modern Programm...

Added 12/29/11
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YOW! 2011: Dave Thomas on YOW!, Technoculture, Modern Programming, and More

[LESS INFO] 32 VIEWS | ADDED 20:34:58 12/29/11
Dave Thomas is the godfather of YOW!, a platform-agnostic developer conference that spans three cities in Australia once a year (Melbourne, Brisbane and Sydney(workshops only)). Australia is home to a very vibrant and talent-rich developer community. It was great to have the chance to spend time at YOW! and attend several excellent sessions ( you've met some of the speakers here on C9 ). Dave is well known for his work in object oriented and dynamic programming language design (SmallTalk) as well as virtual machines. He's a compiler guy. Dave is currently the CEO of Bedarra Research Labs . Let's see what the godfather has to say about YOW!, JavaScript, HTML5, concurrency, modern development methodologies, technoculture and more. It's always a pleasure to get the chance to talk to Dave and we hope he'll make many more appearances on C9. Thanks again for inviting C9 to YOW!, godfather! The YOW! Developer Conference offers outstanding opportunities to learn more about the latest practices, technologies, and methodologies for building innovative software solutions as well as the chance to meet and network with international software experts and other talented developers in Australia. Thanks to Dave Thomas and the event's excellent staff— Mary Catherine (MC), Lisa, Aino, Melissa , and others—for inviting me to this excellent pure developer event and thanks to all of the speakers for letting me take some of their time to record conversations for Channel 9. If you live in Australia, or aren't too far away, or just like to travel (who doesn't?), then you need to go to this yearly event. It's outstanding. There are many great developers down under. That's for sure. The speakers are exceptional—Dave and team set a high bar!

YOW! 2011: Dave Thomas on YOW!, Technoculture, Modern Programm...

Added 12/29/11
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YOW! 2011: Dave Thomas on YOW!, Technoculture, Modern Programming, and More

[LESS INFO] 16 VIEWS | ADDED 20:34:58 12/29/11
Dave Thomas is the godfather of YOW!, a platform-agnostic developer conference that spans three cities in Australia once a year (Melbourne, Brisbane and Sydney(workshops only)). Australia is home to a very vibrant and talent-rich developer community. It was great to have the chance to spend time at YOW! and attend several excellent sessions ( you've met some of the speakers here on C9 ). Dave is well known for his work in object oriented and dynamic programming language design (SmallTalk) as well as virtual machines. He's a compiler guy. Dave is currently the CEO of Bedarra Research Labs . Let's see what the godfather has to say about YOW!, JavaScript, HTML5, concurrency, modern development methodologies, technoculture and more. It's always a pleasure to get the chance to talk to Dave and we hope he'll make many more appearances on C9. Thanks again for inviting C9 to YOW!, godfather! The YOW! Developer Conference offers outstanding opportunities to learn more about the latest practices, technologies, and methodologies for building innovative software solutions as well as the chance to meet and network with international software experts and other talented developers in Australia. Thanks to Dave Thomas and the event's excellent staff— Mary Catherine (MC), Lisa, Aino, Melissa , and others—for inviting me to this excellent pure developer event and thanks to all of the speakers for letting me take some of their time to record conversations for Channel 9. If you live in Australia, or aren't too far away, or just like to travel (who doesn't?), then you need to go to this yearly event. It's outstanding. There are many great developers down under. That's for sure. The speakers are exceptional—Dave and team set a high bar!

Come Find Me at the Summit

Added 10/05/11
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Confidantly on Vator Box

Added 06/15/11
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Confidantly on Vator Box

[LESS INFO] 1 VIEWS | ADDED 16:27:38 06/15/11
Vator Box is our fast-paced show where entrepreneurs present their promising ideas or early-stage businesses in front of prominent angels or investors in Silicon Valley. In this episode, Ron Bloom , founder of Mevio, a video entertainment network, funded by Kleiner Perkins, Sequoia and Crosslink Capital, is our guest host, joining Ezra Roizen and me. We take a look at Confidantly, which helps professionals find and search for people they want to meet by aggregating information from events they attend. Winston Choe kicks it off with a 90-second pitch. Then we jump into our five-minute Q%A, the panelists' two-minute feedback, and Nicholas' one-minute final word. Here are a few highlights: - Winston explains that Confidantly is integrated with Eventbrite and Meetup and can scan and search close to 500,000 events. The startup acquires customers through co-marketing with event organizers. It has a 10% conversion rate and 30% of visitors come back weekly.The startup is building interest graphs, based on events people attend and public profiles. The information is used to do social matching. - Both Ron and Ezra like the idea that enough information on a person can allow someone to find them at an unlikely event. For instance, a VP of mobile who is a dog lover might be more approachable at a Chihuahua Meetup, rather than a tech conference. The question they ask is whether Confidantly is gathering enough intelligence. Winston explains that since there are 30 million events, he will be able to extrat enough data. - Ezra calls Confidantly "commerce and eHarmony combined." - Winston says he will provide lead-gen reports to marketers seeking to find their target audience. - Ron calls Confidantly a "social intelligence" tool and encourages him to be the "Switzerland of social intelligence." - Both Ron and Ezra encourage Confindantly to focus on the technology and get the girth of penetration.