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Mind Camp 5.0 is on - we need a venue!

Posted by Andru Edwards
Categories: Upcoming, Announcements

Alright gang, I know we’ve been waiting a while to secure sponsorship to move forward with Seattle Mind Camp 5.0. I am happy to announce that we have secured it! Now all we need is a venue. The last place we used, the Tukwila Community Center, doesn’t have a weekend open for us until sometime in November. Even if we went with that, there would be a few rooms that we wouldn’t have access to if we did a 24-hour event. So the question is, are you guys okay with an event that is less than 24 hours (say, around 14 hours instead?) if it means we get to hold the event in a fantastic venue? Or should we look elsewhere for a place that would allow us to return to the full 24-hour format?

If we should look at other venues, suggestions are always more than welcome. Hit us in the comments with your thoughts!


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Mind Camp 5.0 to be rescheduled

Posted by Andru Edwards
Categories: Upcoming, Announcements

I wanted to follow up from the email I sent out a couple of weeks ago to those of you who have purchased a ticket to Mind Camp 5.0 already. Since we weren’t able to raise enough sponsorship to cover the cost of the event, we will be delaying it. As it turns out, the usual companies who would sponsor have pretty much all spent their budget on , which takes place the week before Mind Camp would have.

I am in talks with the venue to see what date we can push back to - I am thinking it is going to be mid-March, so about an 8 week delay. This will (hopefully) give us a little more time to firm up sponsorship so we can get things paid for. As far as Mind Camp 5.0 goes, we have so far only signed one sponsor - TrenchMice at $500. A big thank you goes out to them.

If you’ve already paid for a ticket and want a refund, just drop me an email, and I will issue you one immediately. Otherwise, your ticket will simply be transferred and will be good for the newly chosen date. Once I found out when that will be, I will let you guys know.

In the meantime, if you have contacts at any local companies that you believe would benefit from supporting the event, please send them my way. Feel free to get back to me with any questions, and have a happy holiday!


Seattle Mind Camp 5.0 Early Bird Tickets Still Available

Posted by Andru Edwards
Categories: Upcoming, Announcements

If you are thinking about coming to the next Seattle Mind Camp event, scheduled to take place on January 19-20 at the Tukwila Community Center, we have Early Bird tickets available through November 30. You can head to the Mind Camp registration page to make your purchase, which hooks you up with a 25% discount off of the normal fee. This next Seattle Mind Camp goes back to its roots, returning to the normal 24-hour long format.


TrenchMice Sponsors Mind Camp 5.0

Posted by Andru Edwards
Categories: Sponsors, Upcoming, Announcements

TrenchMiceA big thank you goes to TrenchMice for once again stepping up to the plate and sponsoring Mind Camp 5.0 - turns out, they are the first company to do so, and for that, we are grateful. TrenchMice is a community forum that gives you opinions, news, and rumors about companies, bosses, and employers.  It’s the place to safely speak your mind when a company does something brilliant, or brilliantly moronic.  And where you can find out the inside story about a company before you accept their job offer.

The site’s content comes from visitors, blogs, and other web sources. Members’ posts can be anonymous.

TrenchMice.com is proud to sponsor Mind Camp 5.0!  Visit TrenchMice for more info.

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Mind Camp 4.0 Location and Directions

Posted by Andru Edwards
Categories: Announcements

Tukwila Community Center Directions

Seattle Mind Camp 4.0 starts in just 7 hours, so we wanted to make sure that anyone and everyone heading to the event had the pertinent information in order to make it there for a day full of awesome. The event takes place at the Tukwila Community Center, located at:

12424 42nd Ave S
Tukwila, WA 98168
(206) 768-2822

If you want to map some directions, use the link below.

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Mind Camp 4.0 Platinum Sponsor: AMD

Posted by Andru Edwards
Categories: Sponsors, Announcements

AMD

We are happy to announce that has stepped in as the Mind Camp 4.0 Platinum Sponsor.

AMD is the customer-centric innovation company, a processing powerhouse that offers smarter choices for its customers and makes technology more accessible to the world. AMD is focused on best meeting the needs of leading computing, wireless and consumer electronics companies to help them deliver high-performance, energy-efficient and visually realistic solutions.

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Mind Camp 4.0 Gold Sponsor: Lockergnome’s Gnomedex

Posted by Andru Edwards
Categories: Sponsors

Lockergnome Mind Camp Sponsor

A big “Thank You” to Lockergnome for supporting Seattle Mind Camp 4.0 as a Gold Sponsor:

To inform, empower, and entertain - Lockergnome is here as a resource for people who are curious about the world of technology around them. Novices and experts are welcome to explore our ever-growing list of resources. Our contributors are full of passion. We will do our best to keep you informed on a daily basis. We will share your feedback, suggestions, and stories with the rest of our community whenever and wherever possible. If you seek knowledge, if you seek professional growth, if you seek information that’s presented in a personal voice… you’re home with Lockergnome.

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Seattle Mind Camp 4.0 Gold Sponsor: Parallels

Posted by Andru Edwards
Categories: Sponsors

Parallels

Another great company has jumped on board to help support Seattle Mind Camp 4.0 - this time, it’s Parallels, Inc. We are sure that many of our attendees are familiar with , but if you aren’t, here’s a synopsis:

Parallels, Inc., an SWsoft company, builds powerful, user-friendly, cost-effective server and workstation virtualization solutions for Windows, Macintosh, and Linux. The company is best known for its Parallels Desktop for Mac product, which was the first solution to allow Mac and Windows applications to run side-by-side, at the same time, on any Intel-powered Mac.  The product’s newest version, Parallels Desktop 3.0 for Mac, is a significant upgrade to the award-winning desktop virtualization product that already powers more than half a million Macs worldwide. Since its launch one year ago, Parallels Desktop for Mac has been recognized with MacWorld Magazine’s “Editor’s Choice” Award (the “Eddy”), PC World Magazine’s “Innovation of the Year” Award, and was the first non-Apple product to ever win the MacWorld Magazine Reader’s Choice Award. Parallels Desktop for Mac was also named “Best in Show” at the 2007 MacWorld Expo and in May 2007 was ranked #6 and a “Reader Favorite” on PC World Magazine’s “100 Best Products of 2007” list.

The guys from Parallels will be on hand to talk about their product, and virtualization in general.

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Seattle Mind Camp 4.0 Sponsor: Zillow

Posted by Andru Edwards
Categories: Sponsors

Zillow BlogZillow has just jumped in as a Mind Camp 4.0 sponsor. A big thank you to the team over there for supporting our cause.

Zillow.com is an online real estate community where homeowners, buyers, sellers, and real estate professionals can find and share vital information about homes, for free. Launched in early 2006 with Zestimate values and data on millions of U.S. homes, Zillow has since “opened up” the site to community input, data and dialogue, including Home Q&A.  Zillow’s goal is to help people become smarter about real estate – what homes are worth, what’s for sale, and what local experts have to say about real estate and individual homes. We have information on over 70 million U.S. homes, and growing.

  • Zillow is designed as a research tool – giving people free and easy access to an enormous amount real estate information and data, from public records, Zillow’s statisticians and the Zillow community.
  • Our data is free and anonymous – consumers don’t have to register or give us any personal information to view.
  • Zillow will continue to add services, information and tools to help people become smarter about buying and selling homes.

Zillow is actively hiring for Sales, Development, Program Management and Test.  Feel free to check out their current openings.

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Seattle Mind Camp 4.0 Sponsor: Federated Media

Posted by Andru Edwards
Categories: Sponsors

Federated MediaWe have another sponsor signed up and on board for Seattle Mind Camp 4.0. We want to thank Federated Media, Gear Live’s advertising partner, for jumping on board as a sponsor for the event. In previous events, the topic of monetization of Internet content has come up repeatedly. Federated Media will have a couple of people on-hand at Mind Camp to do a session or two on this very subject. More about FM:

At Federated Media Publishing, we believe great voices attract great audiences. We’re in the business of supporting those voices by connecting them to great marketers, as well as providing a suite of services that lets authors focus on what they do best: making compelling media. We’re proud to represent Andru Edwards of Gear Live and dozens of other outstanding authors whose sites cater to cultural influencers, technology decision makers, early adopters and business leaders.

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