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Office 2.0 Conference 2009
2008-09-05 13:30:00 While the 2008 edition of the Office 2.0 Conference is still going on, we're already starting to plan for the next one. For the first three editions, we've done everything in less than 2 months, as a way to prove that Office 2.0 tools and the GTD can significantly increase productivity. Today, I think we made our point, and moving forward, we'd like to take the event to the next level, especially with respect to the quality of the online infrastructure we're building to support it. As a result, we decided to give ourselves a full year to organize the 2009 edition. At present time, we're looking at Monday through Wednesday, September 20-23, 2009. Please let us know if you can think of any other event taking place at the same time, or close to it.
Office 2.0 Backchannel
2008-09-04 11:58:00 If you want to ask questions during keynotes and panels, please add them on this Google spreadsheet (office20.com account required).
Welcome Veodia
2008-09-03 21:58:00 Hidden Text This stuff really works! I love it... Make sure to try it. We want at least one video per participant. See you online!
Agenda Heat Map
2008-09-03 20:09:00 Now that all the pieces of the puzzle are starting to connect with each other, some pretty cool mashups can be built. Here is one courtesy of Eric Ly from Presdo, based on an idea originally suggested by one of our friends at Google: an Agenda Heat Map, showing the popularity of sessions based on actual user scheduling. As attendees to the Office 2.0 Conference are adding sessions to their Google Calendar, Presdo is fetching the data (anonymously), and feeding it to a Google Spreadsheet, which cells' colors are based on the number of attendees scheduled to attend any particular session. It's interesting to see that out of 400 attendees who received an account on Google Apps on Monday, more than 50 were already using it by Tuesday. We wil publish a revised heat map later tonight. In the meantime, sessions having less than 10 scheduled attendees should really start pimping themselves through blog posts on the conference's website...
Setting up the HP 2133 Mini-Note
2008-09-03 19:13:00 It looks like some attendees are finding it difficult to setup their HP 2133 Mini-Note. Quite frankly, I'm not surprised. The device is running Linux, and Linux on the desktop is not really ready for prime time. Also, its default configuration is not fully optimized. The screen resolution is set too low for example. It should be WXGA, at 1280 x 800. If you want help getting your device up and running and connected to the amazing Wi-Fi network deployed for the conference by Swisscom and Covad, join us in the Impressionist at 5PM tonight (Wednesday). I'll give you step by step instructions, unless an expert wants to step up. In which case, I'll continue answering emails and trying to get the agenda heat map uploaded to the site. 2133 expert, anyone?
Questions for David Allen
2008-09-03 14:13:00 As I am preparing for tomorrow's chat with David Allen, I am finding it difficult to prioritize all the questions I would like to ask him. How did he come up with the GTD? What kind of tools is he using? Could he move to a pure Office 2.0 setup? But I'm sure you have many questions for him as well, so please ask them as comments to this post. And make sure to add this session to your calendar ? it's a plenary one, so you won't miss anything.
Presdo is Magic
2008-09-02 21:19:00 I met Eric Ly, founder of Presdo, two and a half years ago. At the time, he was Director of Engineering at LinkedIn. Over lunch, I told him where I'd like the LinkedIn platform to go. He listened, agreed with the direction, but remained noncommittal. Six months later, I met him again, this time for breakfast. He had left LinkedIn, and was working on a new idea, losely related to meeting scheduling. I asked him to be on the short list of people he would show his first prototype to. Five months ago, we met for breakfast again, and he gave me a first demo. I was the first to blog about it, which almost cost him an article on TechCrunch (I'm really glad he still got one). The application was great, and was only missing a direct link to Google Calendar. Today, this has been fixed. Over the past week or so, Eric and his team worked around the clock to develop the scheduling system we are using to schedule demos and meetings during the Office 2.0 Conference. This thing is amazing. A...
Conference Calendar
2008-09-01 17:24:00 The calendar for the Office 2.0 Conference is now online. All sessions are recorded there, with links to their respective pages. If you're attending the conference, please add all the sessions you're planning to attend (including plenary sessions) to your own calendar in your office20.com Google Apps account. To do so, just click on the session you want to add, and click on the "copy to my calendar" link. If we manage to find some time for it, we will add heat maps showing the most popular sessions ahead of time. More About: Calendar
Google Apps Accounts
2008-08-31 20:31:00 Close to 400 Google Apps accounts on the office20.com domain name have now been created and shared with their owners. To do so, we synchronized our RegOnline attendee database with our Salesforce.com instance, exported an attendee list from Salesforce.com into a .csv file, imported the file in Google Spreadsheet, randomly generated temporary passwords using the RANDBETWEEN() function, exported the updated attendee list into another .csv file, and created the accounts in Google Apps using the bulk upload function (very handy). Once all the accounts had been created, we created security tokens for each and every one of them to be used by the Presdo scheduling application. The final step was to send an email to every attendee with their login and password. To do so, we enlisted the help of Raju Vegesna and his team at Zoho, and built a little application with Zoho Creator. It worked, and tonight Google Apps can claim a few more happy users. Many thanks to all involved ? this part ...
Extreme Productivity Seminar
2008-08-31 18:01:00 The Extreme Productivity Seminar scheduled to take place on Friday, August 26 has been moved to Saturday, September 6 in order to allow participants to the Office 2.0 Conference to attend. If you want to learn how to implement an optimized version of David Allen's Getting Things Done process using Office 2.0 tools, please register now. "Your seminar was fantastic!"?Oliver Starr "The Extreme Productivity Seminar really helped me improve my existing GTD setup. Much recommended to get more done in less time."?Sebastien Stadil "Having a good tracking system for opportunities, portfolio companies, and managing time in general is critical for running a venture firm well. I looked at and experimented with just about everything. Ismael's approach to Extreme Productivity is the only system I've seen that combines the ease of use and power that I was looking for. Highly recommended and very thought-provoking."?Mike Maples "Ismael is an inspiration. The fact that he is a...
Google Keynote
2008-08-29 17:03:00 We just got permission to announce that the surprise keynote will be delivered by someone from Google . More About: Keynote
Looking for Volunteers
2008-08-28 15:07:00 We're currently in the process of migrating the Office 2.0 Database to Clearspace (front-end) and Zoho Creator (back-end). While most of the content can be automatically migrated, we might have to do some manual data entry to make it right. If you have some free time available in the coming days and are not afraid of doing some really boring work, please send an email at ismael at monolab dot com. Thanks! More About: Volunteers
More Mashups
2008-08-27 17:17:00 Yesterday, Raju Vegesna (of Zoho fame) asked me whether we'd consider using Zoho Share for sharing all the presentations that will be given during the conference. My answer was: "sure, we'd love to, but only if you support single sign-on with Google Apps." Quite frankly, I was expecting his answer to be either "sorry, we can't do that," or "sure, we'll build it for you." But to my surprise, such an integration is already implemented, as illustrated on this post. That's Zoho magic for you. And if you wonder why a company like Zoho would develop single sign-on with applications developed by their primary competitor, stop wondering: these guys are different, and understand karma better than anyone else. So here we are: we invite all speakers to upload their presentations on Zoho Share once they receive their complimentary office20.com Google Apps account, to be sent later today or tomorrow. I'm loving it... Every bit of it... More About: Mashups
More Sponsors
2008-08-27 12:58:00 Running fast and furious, we signed 8 new sponsors in the past 24 hours: Atlassian, Email Center Pro, Mindjet, MindTouch, NewsGator, and Storm Ventures. We still have a few pods available, as well as slots for the Launchpad. We also have sponsorship opportunities for several functions (breakfasts and lunches), and a custom deal for VC firms interested in sending multiple partners with a discounted pass that does not include the HP 2133 Mini-Note PC (most VCs have an iPhone already anyway). Please contact us at ismael at monolab dot com for more information. But hurry up, for time is running out quickly. More About: Sponsors
Animoto Movies
2008-08-27 12:28:00 Once again, Animoto blessed us with a couple of their trademark movies, one for our beloved sponsors, and one of the Launchpad companies. Many thanks to Brad and Rebecca for their help. We look forward to meeting you at the conference. More About: Movies
Google Partnership
2008-08-25 20:42:00 Our goal this year is to provide a fantastic online experience to all our attendees, for both the ones who can make it to San Francisco, and the ones who can't. One part of the challenge is to provide a community website that can be used before, during, and after the conference, for attendees to network and get the most out of their participation. In that respect, Jive Software's Clearspace is doing wonders, with already a dozen active blogs hosted on the site. Another part is to provide the right collaboration tools for attendees to schedule meetings and interact in real time. This is especially important now that we decided to organize the Office 2.0 Launchpad, and must provide the appropriate demo scheduling system for it. On that front, I've got some good news (for a change). Today, Google gave us 1,000 accounts for Google Apps, hosted on the office20.com domain name. What this means is that all our physical attendees ? plus several hundred online attendees ? will get a ...
Blogging Day
2008-08-25 01:20:00 Tomorrow, Monday, August 25, is the day picked by many bloggers to write about the conference. If you have a blog, please join them and write about the event, by linking to this post. Thank you! More About: Blogging
Community Power
2008-08-24 16:01:00 Losing our Diamond Sponsor 10 days before the conference was definitely a huge blow ($75,000), but it forced us to be creative, and focus our efforts on what makes this conference unique, as Susan and Gadi so eloquently pointed out ? its community-driven nature. The Office 2.0 Conference would not exist without the help it receives from its sponsors, but many early-stage startups cannot afford even our entry-level package ($2,500). In fact, they can barely afford the cost of flying to California today. Yet many innovations come from the smallest companies with the tightest budgets, and we've always been looking for ways to engage with them. The Office 2.0 Launchpad might be the answer. Less than 24 hours after announcing it, we confirmed the participation of 8 companies, and are reviewing another 5. With a little bit more help from the bloggers community, we should easily reach 20 to 30, creating a nice balance with our more established paying sponsors. This is a perfect examp... More About: Power , Community
Office 2.0 Launchpad
2008-08-23 13:29:00 You've started a new company developing a cool Office 2.0 product? Your company has 5 employees or less? You want to show your product to investors and media representatives? The Office 2.0 Launchpad is for you! Hosted by the Office 2.0 Conference to take place in San Francisco, CA on September 3-5, the Office 2.0 Launchpad will let you schedule one-on-one demos with over 50 members of the VC community, and more than 100 analysts, bloggers, and journalists, alongside potential customers and thought leaders from the Office 2.0 industry. If you're interested, please send an email to ismael at monolab dot com. The first ten applicants come for free. The next get in for $995, barely enough to cover food and hotel costs. Hurry up, for we only have a limited number of spots available! What's included: One full attendee passListing on the Office 2.0 Launchpad pageAccess to the one-on-one demo scheduling systemDedicated page on the office20.com website for one yearVideo recordi...
Confirmed Speakers
2008-08-22 19:22:00 Here is the first round of confirmed speakers for the Office 2.0 Conference: David Allen, CEO, David Allen & Co.Sam Angus, Partner, Fenwick & WestCharles Beckham, Chief architect, Java Enterprise Tools, Sun MicrosystemsRob Bernshteyn, Vice President, Global Product Marketing & Management, SuccessFactorsDaniel Brusilovsky, Editor, Apple UniverseDon Bulmer, Vice President, Industry and Influencer Relations, SAPRobin Carey, President, Carey Publishing GroupDean Carlson, CEO, ViewpathGuillaume Cohen, CEO, VeodiaDavid Coleman, Managing Director, Collaborative StrategiesMichael Copeland, Senior Writer, FortuneDorianne Cotter, President, Cotter Consulting ServicesDaniel Druker, Senior Vice President, Marketing and Business Development, IntacctRobert Duffy, Online Communities Strategist, IntelZoli Erdos, Editor, Zoli's BlogPete Fields, Senior Vice President, eCommerce Division, WachoviaAndrew Filev, CEO, WrikeAaron Forth, Vice President, Product, Mint.comJosh Fraser, Vice President, B... More About: Speakers
Faith, Friendship, and Freedom
2008-08-21 19:53:00 Someday, you're having a bad day. Nothing seems to work out, no matter how hard you try. Today for example, we parted ways with our former Diamond Sponsor, for reasons I do not care to elaborate on. Since we planned for a break-even budget this year (like we did in the past two years), my wife and I will have to make up for the lost revenue. This year's conference remains the best we've put together so far, but our plans for fancy vacations might have to be reconsidered. While this was happening and I was meeting customers and partners in Japan (165,000 qualifying miles to date this year), I have been working hard to close Intalio's last round of funding. Even though I have done it many times in the past, this round is the first one for which I have had to put a good fight in order to preserve my team's fair share in the company. And while all parties involved seem to be acting in good faith, getting everybody's interests aligned is proving more challenging than expected.... More About: Freedom , Faith , Friendship
Zoho Party
2008-08-16 17:05:00 This year, the Zoho Party will take place in the Vitrine, on the hotel's 4th floor, on Thursday, September 4, from 6PM to 9PM. All attendees are invited. Many more Zoho-related news coming soon...
End Users at the Office 2.0 Conference
2008-08-15 13:52:00 This year, executives from many large end user organizations will speak at the Office 2.0 Conference , including GE, Stanford Univeristy, Sony, Sun Microsystems, Tesla, Xerox, and Wachovia. Our Agenda is almost complete now, and our demo scheduling system should be released sometime next week. We're also shipping the first HP 2133 Mini-Note PC devices to paying attendees today. Registrations are going strong, and the hotel is almost sold out. Make sure to register and book your hotel room soon if you want to join us for what should be our best event to date. More About: The Office , Users
Migrating the Office 2.0 Database to Clearspace
2008-08-13 20:21:00 Our goal is to turn the office20.com community website into a premiere destination for everything Office 2.0. For this reasons, we're currently looking at migrating the Office 2.0 Database to Clearspace. At present time, it's powered by a WordPress server on the front-end, and a Dabble DB database on the back-end. We'll definitely migrate the front-end component, creating a custom Clearspace document for each application and using it as a place holder. But for the back-end, we're not exactly sure. We need an online database that supports JSON for data syndication, and offers the ability to share rows with individual users ? typically the person in charge of marketing at the application's vendor. I don't think Google Docs supports row-level sharing in spreadsheets, and I've not followed the development of Zoho Creator or Zoho DB closely enough to know whether they do or not. Any idea? More About: The Office
Dealmaking at the Office 2.0 Conference
2008-08-13 20:07:00 The Office 2.0 Conference is not really focused on dealmaking, unlike a couple other industry events taking place around the same time. Yet from time to time, something along these lines happen, and we're happy that our little contribution could make a real difference in someone's life. Today, I learned about Jotlet's recent acquisition by Jive Software, which happened as a direct result of Jotlet's participation in last year's Office 2.0 Conference. I'm not in the news breaking business, so I won't tell you what these guys are up to, but I can't wait to see what a good calendar built into Clearspace might look like. This is definitely something that we could have used this year in order to schedule demonstrations between sponsors and attendees. In the meantime, we'll build our own mashup. If you have suggestions on how to do that with a minimum amount of work, drop us a line! More About: The Office
Sharing Documents with Groups
2008-08-13 01:10:00 The entire Office 2.0 Conference is managed using online tools exclusively. This eat-your-own-dog-food approach allows us to see what works, and what does not. We learn quite a bit from these experiments, and share our fidings with vendors. Most of the time, they listen, and improve their products based on our feedback. First, let's talk about what works: we've been using Jive Software's Clearspace 2.5 for about a week now, and I must say that we love it! Using this great piece of software, we managed to build an entire community website over a week-end, and are already starting to get some nice contributions from attendees and speakers alike. Second, let's see what does not work, or could work better. Clearspace lets us create Word-like documents, but does not have native support for spreadsheets (beyond simple HTML tables). For some documents, such as a media list with the names, emails, companies, and websites of media attendees, a spreadsheet is what we need. ... More About: Sharing , Groups , Documents
Moderro at the Office 2.0 Conference
2008-08-12 20:12:00 In its original incarnation circa 1996, the concept for a Network Computer (NC) did not really make sense. It offered a fraction of the functionality provided by a regular Personal Computer (PC), at a similar purchase price. But most importantly, nobody really cared. The web was just starting, and the promoters of this new platform (Oracle and Sun Microsystems) found it difficult to make a case for it beyond their common distaste for anything Microsoft. Today, the concept for a Network Computer is back en force. Some call it Web Computer, others Mobile Internet Device, but whatever you call it, it makes perfect sense, now that we can do pretty everything in a plain vanilla web browsers. One of these devices is the Moderro Web PC, and we're happy to announce that the company behind it is joining the Office 2.0 Conference as a Gear Sponsor. If everything goes as planned, the Moderro Web PC should be demonstrated to the public for the very first time during our event, in the Gea... More About: The Office
Intacct at the Office 2.0 Conference
2008-08-12 16:41:00 For the past two years, we've been looking for an accounting application that would be available as a service, would work with any web browser, would support multiple currencies, and could be integrated with Salesforce.com. After much research, we came to the conclusion that only one option was available: Intacct. Today, I am pleased to announce that Monolab, Inc. will deploy Intacct Small Business to manage our conference business, while Monolab|Workspace, Inc. will deploy Intacct Enterprise for managing its upcoming network of workspaces. Intalio is looking at it as well in order to manage its fast growing business (125% year-over-year growth for the past two years). Last but not least, Intacct is joining the Office 2.0 Conference as a Silver Sponsor, and will bring some customers along to present some very cool use cases. Many thanks to Gadi Shamia for his help in getting this partnership off the ground. More About: The Office
Oracle and SAP at the Office 2.0 Conference, Together...
2008-08-11 17:23:00 As competitors go, it would be difficult to find a more unlikely pair than Oracle and SAP, at least as far as enterprise software is concerned. Nevertheless, the good folks at Social Media Today managed to convince them to bury the hatchet, at least for the time of the Conference . Thanks to the work of Robin Carey, Kirk Petersen, and JoAnn McGrath, we're pleased to announce that Don Bulmer, VP, Industry and Influencer Relations, SAP, and Mark Woolen, SVP, CRM Product Strategy, Oracle will join the Online Community: Who Should Own It? panel. The moderator and a couple more panelists will be selected in the coming days. More About: Office , The Office
Oracle and SAP at the Office 2.0 Conference
More articles from this author:2008-08-11 17:23:00 As competitors go, it would be difficult to find a more unlikely pair than Oracle and SAP, at least as far as enterprise software is concerned. Nevertheless, the good folks at Social Media Today managed to convince them to bury the hatchet, at least for the time of the Conference . Thanks to the work of Robin Carey, Kirk Petersen, and JoAnn McGrath, we're pleased to announce that Don Bulmer, VP, Industry and Influencer Relations, SAP, and Mark Woolen, SVP, CRM Product Strategy, Oracle will join the Online Community: Who Should Own It? panel. The moderator and a couple more panelists will be selected in the coming days. More About: Office , The Office 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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