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  • Posted by Jerry
  • July 27th, 2004

LobbyCon: coming to a hotel lobby near you

Another call for a self-organizing event.

[Ross Mayfield]

Sean Bonner is absolutely right. The ONLY value of BlogOn were the people. The conference was a sponsor driven advertisement – with a $10k entrance fee.

WE (the people) need to just find someplace to hang out – BOTH in meatspace and virtual space and show eher the REAL power is.

I suggest either the Phoenix Motel or the Hyatt Embarcadero.

Say – mid-October…..

Open Source conference – NO entrance fee, no nothing. If a sponsor wants to get involved – have them:

    - organize the Wifi
    - print t-shirts or other SWAG ande give it out
    - just be there, be smart and leave the dogma at home
    - think collective drumming circle

[Marc's Voice]

Glad to see everyone jumping on the bandwagon for this one. If you are interested in the topic or would like to contribute to the discussion, use the wiki

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Jerry has been involved in the enterprise software industry as a principal and consultant for more than 25 years. His clients have included Hughes Aircraft, Time Warner, Sun Microsystems, NeXT Computer, and Apple Computer. In 1993 he founded Flashpoint Systems, a leader in Internet and Intranet application development. Following Flashpoint System’s 1995 merger with a leading systems integrator, he served as CTO, directing product research and development. He has been a visionary leader in the development of Internet-based enterprise business applications. In 1998, Jerry and Simon Arkell founded VERSIFI, Inc. The company’s initial product was considered the world’s leading technology in the area of enterprise content management by Gartner Group. They sold the company in 2000 for 48M to a European content management company funded by The Carlyle Group. In 2003, VERSIFI Technologies was reconstituted and acquired AdaptiveInfo.com, the leader in predictive content delivery to wireless devices using Bayesian Algorithms. In 2008, he co-founded Perssonas, Inc. Perssonas is a social network based hyper-aggregator with a focus in delivering branded, content rich experiences for the entertainment industry and major brands worldwide.

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