SoCon08

Live and on the scene.

I'm uploading my pics to Picasa – click and see what you look like at oh-God-thirty in the morning.

[8:45 am]

Jeff Haynie is up.

5 Big Events that changed our lives in the past 12 months

• Facebook
• iPhone

  Best selling smart phone – changing the mobile web.

• Radiohead

  Talking about Radiohead's "name your price" for their In Rainbows album. They made an estimated $10-12 million which goes directly into Radiohead's pocket. Much much more money than if the album were distributed by a record label.

• GuitarHero

  The game industry (video games, not gambling) is bigger than the entertainment industry. Guitar Hero III sold $100 million in the first week of release.

• MySQL

   

  Sun agreed to purchase MySQL for $1 billion. MySQL is the world's largest and most deployed open source database. Chances are you've used MySQL without knowing it because it's the database engine behind a lot of the most popular websites.

   

Good presentation by Jeff. Nothing earth-shattering if you keep up with tech blogs but a good synopsis for those for whom technology

[9:34 am]

People sharing what's been going on since last year and what they're up to now. Mentioning that you're trying to make money with social media seems to be taboo. Umm…. I don't get that.

[10:49 am]

Chris Heuer is talking about blending social media and business. Chris is an engaging speaker and is doing a great moderating the discussion.

In my experience, social media has mixed well with Blue Violin. I used blogs to find out what was going on in Atlanta's entrepreneurial community when I first started BV and later met them in person. Meeting those initial people led to introductions to more people. It's come full circle because I use twitter, Facebook, etc. to help me keep track of what people are doing. I'd also add that in order to get the full value out of your network, virtual or not, you have to participate. If you don't participate you don't matter.

Sorry if some of the pictures look terrible – I bought a new camera yesterday and am still learning how to use it.

Comments

[Huey]

Hey. Man is distinguished from all other creatures by the faculty of laughter.
I am from Morocco and know bad English, tell me right I wrote the following sentence: "Sensitive co-hosts medical as head along use the mother of internal robot or western show acceptance."

Thank you very much 8-). Huey.