by Brian Solis on April 1, 2009
by Rebecca Reeve
The 3rd annual Web 2.0 Expo kicking off yesterday in San Francisco, Tuesday, March 31 – Friday, April 3, with the tag line “The Power of Less.”
In an time constrained by the economy and tighten budgets it’s more important than ever to look at the fundamental Web 2.0 technologies that can create the advantages that will help us move forward stronger than ever.
This year’s main focus areas are:
* Strategy & Business Models
* Marketing & Community
* Design & User Experience
* Fundamentals
* Development
The main focus areas are complemented by five mini focus tracks:
* Web Operations
* Mobile
* Security
* Web 2.0 at Work
* Government 2.0
Reflecting the expo theme of “The power of less” and increased attention to ROI, it’s interesting to note that the marketing and community track is heavily focused on measurement and ROI this year.
Free Expo passes available when you register for a hall pass at here using the code: EXPOPASS.
The Web 2.0 Expo brings together an eclectic group of leaders in the web space, and as always this event is equally about the connections made in the evening over drinks at the parties. Below are a list of a few of the evening events we’ll be attending:
Below are a few of the evening events we’ll be attending.
Opening Reception (Last Night)
Sponsored by Palm, Wed, April 1, 5:30 p.m. in the 3rd Level Lobby at the Moscone Center.
All attendees are invited to an opening reception immediately following the keynotes.
Launch Party 2.0
Hosted by AD-Village, GirlGamer, and Nitobi on Wed, April 1, 10:00 p.m. – 1:00 a.m., Club Six, 60 Sixth St./Jessie street.
Secret party details to be text messaged/voicemailed when you pre-register on their site.
Ignite SF
Wed, April 1, 7:30 – 11:00 p.m. @ Mezzanine (444 Jessie Street @ Mint).
Hosted by Brady Forrest, register here.
AFTERparty
Wed, April 1, 11:00 p.m. – 1:00 a.m., location TBA.
Sponsored by Benchmark and Microsoft BizSpark, and co-hosted by the Austin Secret Society of Entrepreneurs 9, Larry Chiang, Brian Solis, LA Weekly, you’ll receive the secret party location details sent to you when you text the party organizer.
by Brian Solis on February 28, 2009
by Brian Solis
Dave Morin, Sarah Lacy, and I co-hosted the West Coast leg of Julia & Randi’s Bi-Coastal Birthday Bash last night at Rosewood in San Francisco.
Julia & Randi are celebrating their birthdays with us on both coasts this weekend, San Francisco (Fri, Feb 27) and New York City (Sat, Feb 28) in an effort to raise awareness and donations for Charity: Water and Women for Women International. The theme honored the charities by promoting the colors that uniquely represented them, blue and pink. It created a wonderful ambiance of continuously shifting fashionable decor, which complemented the intimate mood set by the Rosewood’s stylish motif.
Julia and Randi, you are amazing and wonderful. I can’t express that enough. Thank you for always being there…And, thank you for sharing your special day with us and also for raising awareness of two very important causes. Happy Birthday!
I’ll let the pictures tell the rest of the story…
Randi’s Birthday Cake
Randi Zuckerberg and Chris Kelly
Meghan Asha and Sarah Lacy
Tim Ferriss
Aubs and Daisy
Cupcakes
Oren Michels and Lane Becker
Birthday Cocktail
Tim Ferriss
More about Charity: Water
Charity: Water is a non-profit bringing clean and safe drinking water to people in developing nations. Right now, over 1 billion people on the planet don’t have access to safe, clean drinking water. Charity: water funds sustainable clean water solutions in areas of greatest need. Just $20 can give one person in a developing nation clean water for 20 years.
For more pictures from Julia’s and Randi’s SF Birthday Bash, please visit my album on Flickr.
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by Brian Solis on January 17, 2009
by Brian Solis
LeVar Burton
Steve Broback of the Parnassus Group hosts an incredible party. Now in its third year, the exclusive ItWontStayinVegas blogger party is a must-attend event – if you can get your name on the list.
Hosted at the Atomic Testing Museum in Las Vegas, the party boasts a casual and fun environment for connecting with influential and inspiring bloggers form all over the world – while also learning about the history of atomic testing in the United States.
I’ll let the pictures tell the rest of the story…see you next year!
Sarah Austin, Jennifer Levine, Brooke Brodack
Alexandra Mokh
Robert Scoble
Tom Foremski
Melissa Pierce and Steve Garfield
Drew Olanoff
Phil Wolff of Skype Journal
Scott Carroll of AMD
Krista Neher
Patrick Moorhead of AMD
Sonos
Rohit Barghava
For more pictures, please visit my album on Flickr.
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by Michelle Lentz on January 8, 2009
by Michelle Lentz
So the economy is tight and my Recession Wine series over on my wine blog just isn’t doing it for you. You need some real alcohol – for free. I firmly believe the economy will drive most of us to drink, sooner or later.
The solution is here – at least, it is if you live in New York City, Los Angeles, Miami, Chicago, Honolulu, or San Francisco. Myopenbar.com is a site that is tracking events with open bars in your specified city. If your city isn’t there yet, such as Cincinnati, you can fill out a form and cross your fingers you’re not the only one requesting it.
In order to get all this free alcohol, you’ll have to deal with theatre openings, art galleries, receptions, and other things. Is it worth it? You choose. In some cases it might be a one price, all you can eat and drink deal, in other cases, it’s low prices – such as 80 cent cosmos. Most of the time, however, it seems to be free drinks.
I am in no way advocating that you go out and get yourself hammered. However, some of these might be neat occasions to meet other folks. The alcohol just makes the meeting easier.
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