Mobile Monday Silicon Valley

Jeff has already posted the information on his blog. The October event on Mobile Search will be at Google, here are the essential details:

We are asking for folks to pre-register this time so that we can get a feel for the size of the group. There are enough of us now that logistics can be tricky. The lineup looks fantastic!

We were going to try out the format that the Search SIG used last time, a panel discussion at the start and then demos from the companies afterward. I’m always a big fan of live demos. See you all then!

The topic for Mobile Monday next month is Mobile Search. It’s going to be a combined event with the SDforum Search SIG. Jeff Clavier posted about the event recently:

A few people at the event last night said they were interested in presenting, and I promised I would get contact info up. If you have a proposal please send it along.

Nice turnout last night, considering that I didn’t send out the email unti the last minute, and much of the information on it was wrong. :-) Next month will be better, promise (I can promise, because I’m not the only one organizing it.). Thanks again to Erik, Stewart, Chris, Rich and Mike for presenting and thanks to all the attendees - we had some great conversations afterwards as well. And of course, thanks to Yahoo! for saving my ass and giving us the great meeting space with lots of room!

As always, you can check out the photos on Flickr tagged ‘mobilemonday’.

See you next Month! Topic: Mobile Search, held in conjunction with the SDForum Search SIG. It’s going to rock!

-Russ

A new record in lateness… This is what happens when I promise Mike “I’ll handle it this month, no worries…”

Tonight’s Mobile Monday meetup is being held at Yahoo! The topic is Mobile Photos and Imaging and these great people have agreed to speak:

(That list may flux a bit as I’ve done as good a job at confirming speakers as I have notifying you, but most are confirmed). And of course, we’ll have the Elmo in case anyone would like to give an impromptu demo of something they’re working on.

Here’s the map and directions to Yahoo!

You can find the official directions here, which I’ll reprint here so you have it:

Here’s the Yahoo Maps page and remember, you can send the directions to your phone as well. :-)

You’ll see a main gate, check in and I think they’re going to send you around to the back garage where you’ll enter directly into the classroom C & D area above the URLs Cafe (in case you’ve been here before). This is open to everyone, so just show up and come on in.

Sorry again for the late notice. See you tonight!

-Russ

Join experts in the area of mobile messaging to learn about the current state of SMS and MMS technology. The session will cover current SMS/MMS metrics, business cases, end-to-end application infrastructure, API’s, and overall SMS/MMS application architecture. In addition, real world use cases of SMS/MMS enterprise and consumer applications will be discussed.

When: September 12, 2005, 6:00pm - 8:00pm

Where: The University of Texas at Austin’s IC2 Institute — see map
Sponsored by: Austin Wireless Alliance

Topic: SMS and MMS Messaging

Presenters: David Gill, Carlo Longino, C. Enrique Ortiz, and Michael Yuan

Please note the event is free, with free pizza and refreshment. However, the space is limited. Please RSVP to get seating priority!

Raffle prizes will be given away including two copies of Michael Yuan’s book “Nokia Smartphone Hacks†and two copies of the MAKE magazine from O’Reilly.

About the Speakers

David Gill Senior Director of Sales, M:Metrics

David Gill is the Senior Director of Sales for M:Metrics, the first audience measurement company focused on the market for wireless content and appli cations. David holds a B.S. in Mathematics from the University of Texas at Austin. Prior to joining M:Metrics, David spent 8 years at Metrowerks in vari ous roles within the wireless, consumer electronics and gaming markets.

Carlo Longino, Mobile/Wireless Industry Analyst and Writer

Carlo Longino is the co-editor of MobHappy , a mobile industry analysis site. He’s also an analyst for Techdirt Corporate Intelligence, as well as the publisher of MobileMusicBlog.com. Previously, he was the executive editor of TheFeature.com.

C. Enrique Ortiz, Mobility Technologist and Writer

C. Enrique Ortiz is a software architect and developer, and a mobility technologist and writer. He is author or co-author of many publications, co-designer of Sun Microsystems’ the Mobile Java Developer Certification Exam, and is an active participant in the wireless Java community, and of various J2ME expert groups. Enrique holds a B.S. in Computer Science from the University of Puerto Rico and has over 14 years of software engineering, product development, and management experience.

Dr. Michael Juntao Yuan, Alpha Geek and Mobile Enthusiast

Dr. Michael Juntao Yuan specializes in end-to-end enterprise applications. He is the author of three books and is a speaker in many conferences, including JavaOne, The ServerSide Symposium, and SD. His latest book, “Nokia Smart-phone Hacks” (O’Reilly, 2005), teaches you how to make the most out of your mobile phone. He is also the author of “Enterprise J2ME” — a best selling book on mobile enterprise application development. Michael has a PhD from the University of Texas at Austin. He currently works for JBoss Inc. You can visit his web site and blogs.