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MobileMonday Austin/SXSWi Special Event | Mobile App Design | March 15 2010

Monday, March 8th, 2010

Don’t miss our yearly MobileMonday Austin/SXSW special event. We are having a great set of speakers.. Our Next MobileMonday event is on March 15, 2010; the registration form is at http://www.mobilemondayaustin.com. Seating is limited so please register.

Thanks to our sponsors Mobile Behavior and Forum Nokia.

And thanks to the International Center of Austin (ICA) for offering their space for the event. And thanks to the Austin Wireless Alliance/ATI Wireless and Maria OCampo (Collider Media) and Allison Mooney (Mobile Behavior) for the help with logistics.

Seating is limited! (really to about 50 people)

Cost? Free. Light food and drinks will be served, thanks to our sponsors.

Time? 5:00-6:30 or so pm so we can end early and continue the SXSWi Festivities! Arrive by 5:00 pm.

Where? The International Center of Austin (ICA). The IAC is literally 5 minutes walk distance from the Austin Convention center, so it is very convenient. Address: 201 East 2nd Street Austin, TX 78701-4009. See map: http://bit.ly/cpfrBa

Agenda | Topic Mobile App Design:

  • Barbara Ballard — presentation on Mobile Design and User Experience (UX);
  • Panel with Foursquare, SimpleGeo, CloudFour, Frog Design and others TBD. Moderated by Carlo Longino of MobHappy.

Please register at http://www.mobilemondayaustin.com!

==> Also, don’t miss on Saturday March 13 the Wireless Future15 at SXSWi! See http://bit.ly/9K7BE2

ceo

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We had an awesome MobileMonday Austin Feb 2010 | Thanks to our sponsor Skyhook Wireless

Thursday, February 25th, 2010

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Wow, what a great MobileMonday Austin event we had last Monday Feb 22. With around 120 people attending, a great agenda and speakers, and a good time, it is safe to call the event a success. The opening by David, the demos by the various companies and the panel on Monetizing Mobile Apps moderated by Stacey was all great, diverse and well balanced.


A big thank you to our AWESOME sponsor Skyhook Wireless and special thanks to Kate and Ronda and Ted. And a big thank you to our speakers:

  • Ted Morgan, Skyhook Wireless
  • David Gill, The Nielsen Company
  • Stacey Higginbotham, GigaOM
  • Frank Hanzlik, Dell
  • Lance Obermeyer, Digby
  • Alan S. Knitowski, Phunware, Inc.
  • Michael Agustin, Gendai Games
  • Josh Williams, Gowalla
  • Larry Upton, Edioma

And thanks to Dell for the notebook-mini giveaway and to the Austin Wireless Alliance/ATI Wireless, RCR Wireless News and the Austin American Statesmen for helping spread out the word about the event. And of course thanks to all the attendees.

Next

Next is SXSW Interactive on March 12-16; hope to see you all there. On Saturday March 13 I will be running the Wireless Future15, don’t miss it!

And the next MobileMonday event is on March 15, 2010; the registration form is already up at http://www.mobilemondayaustin.com. Stay tuned by visiting the MoMo Austin website and this mailing list for further details.

ceo

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MobileMonday Austin | February 22, 2010 | Great Agenda: Monetizing Mobile Apps

Thursday, February 11th, 2010

We are having an awesome MobileMonday Austin event on February 22; a great agenda indeed.

Thanks to our sponsor Skyhook Wireless, Dell, and our speakers, for helping make this event possible. And thanks to our Media Sponsor RCR Wireless News.

Seating is limited. For headcount, please click on Hyperlink below and register by *adding your name* to the event’s registration page (short URL is http://bit.ly/b03BYf).

Also, bring your business cards as we will be giving-away a new Dell Inspiron Mini (netbook) with GPS/Skyhook location functionality, courtesy of Dell.

The general topic for the event is Monetizing Mobile Apps, and the agenda is as follows:

(Please arrive by 5:45pm. The event runs 6pm-8:30pm, with open bar until 9:30pm)

Opening with David Gill, Director at The Nielsen Company, who will provide industry insights on the topic

Mobile/Wireless Demos (7 minutes per company)

  • Lance Obermeyer, CTO at Digby, on m-commerce
  • Frank Hanzlik, Director and GM, Wireless Connectivity Group, Dell, on wireless
  • Alan S. Knitowski, CEO at Phunware, Inc. on Enterprise branded mobile application infrastructure
  • Michael Agustin, CEO at Gendai Games, on mobile gaming
  • Ted Morgan, co-founder and CEO, Skyhook Wireless, on wireless and location
  • Josh Williams, CEO, Gowalla, on social networking and mobile
  • Larry Upton, CEO, Edioma, on mobile marketing solutions targeted at the Hispanic wireless subscriber market

Panel on Monetizing Mobile Apps

  • Moderated by Stacey Higginbotham, Resident finance guru at GigaOM
  • With our panelists Alan, Lance, Frank, Michael, Ted, Josh, Larry (see above)

Open Bar until 9:30pm

Cost is Free, thanks to our sponsor Skyhook Wireless

Drinks and Appetizers will be served

Place is tentatively scheduled at Cool River Cafe; see Map.

Please check http://www.MobileMondayAustin.com for the latest information

[Registration is now closed. Thanks.]

ceo

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Reminder — MobileMonday Austin Event | next Monday Dec 7 ‘09 | Great Agenda!

Thursday, December 3rd, 2009

MobileMonday Austin

A quick reminder of next MobileMonday Austin event, next Monday Dec 7 ‘09. We have a great agenda!

Hope to see you there!

When: December 7, 2009, 5:30 – 8:00pm

Topic: Central Texas Technology Incubators, Funding Sources and Mobile Apps Demo Night

Agenda:

Where: West Pickle Research Building, The Alamo room — see http://bit.ly/4Va4MW

Cost: Free. Pizza and sodas will be served.

Space is limited! To have an accurate headcount, please register by *adding your name* to the “December 7th Event page” at: http://groups.google.com/group/momoaustin/web/mobilemonday-austin-event-december-7-2009

If you are a startup or developer who would like to demo your applications, please send me an email to enrique dot ortiz at gmail dot com.

Thanks to our sponsor, the Austin Wireless Alliance! And to our Speakers!!!

ceo (@eortiz, @momoaustin)

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MobileMonday Austin Event – December 7 ‘09 – Technology Incubators, Funding Sources and Demos

Friday, November 20th, 2009

MobileMonday Austin

Mark your calendars! The next MobileMonday Austin event is scheduled for December 7, 2009, 5:30-8pm.

For this event we will have a number of Central Texas Technology Incubators come in and talk about what and how they help local mobile developers and start-ups. We will also have a local Angel investor present on “Funding Sources”. And we will have some local companies demo their mobile products. It is going to be a very interesting and informative event!

When: December 7, 2009, 5:30 – 8:00pm

Topic: Central Texas Technology Incubators, Funding Sources and Mobile Apps Demo Night

Agenda:

Where: West Pickle Research Building, The Alamo room — see http://bit.ly/4Va4MW

Cost: Free. Pizza and sodas will be served.

Space is limited! To have an accurate headcount, please register by *adding your name* to the “December 7th Event page” at: http://groups.google.com/group/momoaustin/web/mobilemonday-austin-event-december-7-2009

If you are a startup or developer who would like to demo your applications, please send me an email to enrique dot ortiz at gmail dot com.

Thanks to our sponsor, the Austin Wireless Alliance! And to our Speakers!!!

ceo
@eortiz
@momoaustin

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MobileMonday Chapters Around the World

Wednesday, April 29th, 2009

Great map by MobileMonday Estonia:


View MoMo Chapters in a larger map

It is great to see how many chapters we have now / how much the MobileMonday community has grown over the last years…

The Austin chapter was founded on May 10 of 2005 and today it consists of more than 280 members. Our mission has remained the same “an open community of mobile professionals and enthusiasts in Austin, TX, that share both a common interest in mobile technologies and a desire to foster cooperation among individuals, the industry and academia.”

ceo

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Great March MobileMonday Austin and thanks to our sponsors and speakers

Friday, March 27th, 2009

I’ve been very busy lately to post this, but wanted to acknowledge all of our sponsors and speakers at our last (March) MobileMonday Austin event, specially the W3C Mobile Web Initiative.

It was a great meeting with great speakers. SXSWi was a blast as usual, and the MobileMonday Austin event complements it every well.

Thanks again!

ceo

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Reminder – today MobileMonday Austin – The Mobile Web

Monday, March 16th, 2009

A reminder that today is MobileMonday Austin;topic The Mobile Web. It is going to be a great session… See you there.

When: March 16, 2009, 5:30-8:30pm (but will try to be done by 8pm to go back and continue enjoying SXSWi)

Where: The International Center of Austin (http://www.austin-international.us/)
201 East 2nd Street (btwn Brazos & San Jacinto)
Austin, Texas 78701
See map: http://tinyurl.com/d3voml

Cost: Zero, nada. Pizza and sodas will be served. But please register, see below

Topic: Mobile Web

Speakers:
* Mobile Web Industry metrics — Nielsen-Mobile
* The State of the Mobile Web — W3C (TBD)
* On Web Browser Trends and Strategies — Skyfire
* On Web Runtime APIs — OMTP
* On Widgets, the GSMA OneAPI — Vodafone
* Latest on Opera Browser and its Widget Platform – Opera Software

ceo

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MobileMonday Austin Update — Venue information!!! — Also Sunday: Mobile Web & Widget Meetup at Driskill Hotel Bar Hosted by Betavine

Thursday, March 12th, 2009

Update Venue information for MobileMonday Austin. The next event will take place at The International Center of Austin; very convenient right on 2nd street by SXSW! Thanks to The International Center of Austin for the meeting room. And thanks to our sponsors W3C Mobile Web Initiative, Open Mobile Terminal Platform (OMTP) Forum, and Motive/Alcatel-Lucent.

For more information see MobileMonday Austin — Great speaker lineup — The Mobile Web.

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But wait, there is more! :-)

Also, on Sunday March 15 don’t miss the “Mobile Web Apps & Widgets Meet-Up” at 5:00pm:

  • Event: Mobile Web Apps & Widgets Meet-Up “Find out about your chance to win £20,000″
  • What: Informational Meeting
  • Host: Betavine
  • Start Time: Sunday, March 15 at 5:00-8:00pm
  • Where: Driskill Hotel Bar

To see more details and RSVP, follow the link below: http://www.facebook.com/n/?event.php&eid=56573382794&mid=238ec8G3289174dG3ff128fG7

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MobileMonday Austin — Great speaker lineup — The Mobile Web

Tuesday, March 10th, 2009

Update… Venue information for MobileMonday Austin. Very convenient right on 2nd street by SXSW! Thanks to the The International Center of Austin for the room. And thanks to our sponsors W3C Mobile Web Initiative, OMTP and Motive/Alcatel-Lucent.

Please note the next MobileMonday Austin meeting is on March 16, 2009 (the Monday of SXSW Interactive). More information will be published at the MobileMonday Austin website; see http://www.mobilemondayaustin.com.

Please note that I am still trying to figure out the venue. But mark your calendars. We have a great speaker line-up. If you have a room that holds 50 or more people in the downtown area, please let me know ASAP***.

For headcount purposes, please register at http://groups.google.com/group/momoaustin/edit/mobilemonday-austin-event-mar-16-2009.

  • When: March 16, 2009 — 5:30-8:30pm (we will try to be done by 8pm so we can go and party/celebrate at SXSWi)
  • Where: The International Center of Austin (http://www.austin-international.us/)
    201 East 2nd Street (btwn Brazos & San Jacinto)
    Austin, Texas 78701
    See map
  • Cost: Nada, zero, free — if you would like to sponsor, please let me know
  • General Topic: The Mobile Web
  • Speakers:
    • Mobile Web Industry metrics — Nielsen-Mobile
    • The State of the Mobile Web — World Wide Web (W3C)
    • On Web Browser Trends and Strategies — Skyfire
    • On Web Runtime APIs and BONDI — Open Mobile Terminal Platform (OMTP)
    • On Widgets. The GSMA OneAPI — Vodafone

For headcount purposes, please register at http://groups.google.com/group/momoaustin/edit/mobilemonday-austin-event-mar-16-2009.

If you would like to speak/present and/or sponsor, please send me an email to enrique dot ortiz at gmail dot com.

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Great MobileMonday Austin Feb 2009 – thanks to our sponsors and speakers

Thursday, February 26th, 2009

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Last Monday Feb 23rd we had our MobileMonday Austin meeting. The topic was “Rich Local Applications and Applications Stores”. The meeting started with David Gill of Nielsen Mobile who gave an excellent presentation on industry metrics on mobile applications and usage. This was followed by Dr. Michael Yuan of Ringful who covered iPhone applications and app stores, followed by Andrew Donoho of DDG who covered technology strategy and the iPhone.

It was a very good meeting, with tons of great info, all possible thanks to our sponsors and speakers: the Austin Wireless Alliance (AWA), Motive/Alcatel-Lucent, Ringful, Nielsen Mobile and the Donoho Design Group, and of course, to everyone who attended.

Please note that our next meeting is targeted for March 16 (the Monday of SXSW Interactive); stay tuned by visiting the MobileMonday Austin website, and subscribing to the mailing list.

Below are some photos of the meeting:

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MobileMonday Austin – Feb 23rd – Rich/Local Apps and App Stores

Wednesday, February 4th, 2009

MoMo Austin

Mark your calendars…

Please register for the event at http://groups.google.com/group/momoaustin/web/event-feb-23-2009 (so we have a headcount to go by).

The next MobileMonday Austin is scheduled for Feb 23rd. The topic is on rich/local applications and App Stores. We will have industry/market and information on developing local/rich applications for iPhone and Android and other, and the importance/impact of App Stores.

For more information and dates, please visit the newly redesigned MobileMonday Austin website at http://www.mobilemondayaustin.com (feedback is welcome).

If you would like to speak/present, please send me an email to enrique dot ortiz at gmail dot com.

Also, we are planning on having a MobileMonday Austin event during SXSW Interactive on March 16… mark your calendars. Again, please refer to the MobileMonday website for info and dates.

Last but not least, if anyone is going to Mobile World Congress 2009 in Barcelona, let me know to meetup. For a pretty good list of parties during MWC see http://www.mobileslate.com/blog/2009-mobile-world-congress-party-list.

ceo

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Mobile Peer Awards at Mobile World Congress – we need more Austin representation (deadline is tonight)

Friday, January 16th, 2009

Austinites -

The “Mobile Peer Awards” is to happen at Barcelona during Mobile World Congress (MWC). There are great mobile startups in Austin. It would be great if you register your startup, even if you will not attend MWC. I can do the registration for you if you cant; email me. We need Austin representation! It will be good for your company with some extra visibility, global visibility.

Shoot me an email if you have any questions…

ceo

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Mobile Peer Awards — Calling all Austin Mobile Startups!

Wednesday, November 5th, 2008

MobileMonday

The MobileMonday Mobile Peer Awards are among the most influential events in the mobile industry and, with over 1000 attendants, the point of reference in startup innovation during the Mobile World Congress (Barcelona, February 16, 2009).

There are a number of cool mobile companies in Austin, and it would be great to have Austin representation!

If your company is ready, this will give you a big opportunity to present in front of investors, operators, media companies, and everyone else in the mobile value chain, press and influential bloggers and your peer entrepreneurs.

Visit the Peer Awards Homepage (http://www.mobilepeerawards.com) and register your startup under the *Austin* chapter.

I will be monitoring the list and serve as a liaison… If you have any questions, shoot me an email…

Sponsoring

If you would like to become a sponsor of MobileMonday Austin at the Peer Awards, please send me an email. In exchange your logo will be included on the Austin’s Peer Award page and will be mentioned at the peer awards event. The collected money will be used to send Austin representation and/or help a local startup make it to the event.

/C. Enrique Ortiz, MobileMonday Austin

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Reminder: MobileMonday Austin, July 14th with Oracle

Tuesday, July 8th, 2008

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Oracle

A reminder that next Monday July 14th is our next Austin MobileMonday session.

A very interesting topic, come see Nikunj Mehta, tech lead for Oracle’s AtomDB project, talk about an emergent approach to mobile applications and browser-embedded databases, involving the use of the Atom publishing protocol for application programming as well as data synchronization, and areas of future work in off-line data for Web applications.

This event is sponsored by Oracle.

For more information see the MobileMonday Austin website.

Hope to see you there!

ceo

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