Garmin gets even more press for their announcement:
Garmin International Inc. has published some APIs for connecting to its GPS devices, making it easier for Web developers to write applications that use information about where consumers are located, the company announced Tuesday.
Here is some coverage for exhibitor Skyhook in the form of a nice piece in Wireless Week:
GISuser also had a nice story on small start up FatDoor, a Where 2.0 exhibitor:
Today at the O’Reilly Where 2.0 Conference, Fatdoor™ (www.Fatdoor.com), a new community networking Web site dedicated to helping people get to know their neighbors, launched its service in the San Francisco Bay Area
Maria has graciously translated some of the news coming from Where 2.0, specifically the Google announcement:
Another article regarding Google’s news from Where 2.0. This time from Rachel Rosmarin with Forbes:
The New York Times and C/Net reported on what’s happening here at Where:
It’s always great to see news from one of our events being
featured on Slashdot:
Today at the O’Reilly Where 2.0 Conference Google unveiled two new map features. An O’Reilly blogger describes Street View, which uses 360-degree street-level video from Immersive Media to enable neighborhood walk-throughs in (for now) a few selected areas.
TechCrunch covers news from Where 2.0:
Google has will be announcing a new 360 streetside view for Google maps at Where 2.0 today, says O’Reily Radar. The 360 views are a better version of Amazon’s A9 static panoramas. Google’s views let users virtually stand in the middle of any street, able to look in a full circle around the location, giving a better feel of the place you’ll be going. It will reportedly be available in Denver, Las Vegas, Miami, New York and San Francisco.
Brady Forrest is not only hosting Where 2.0, he’s finding time to cover the news as well. Here is what the Program Chair had to say about Microsoft’s offerings:
Microsoft’s Erik Jorgensen gave a really well-recieved talk today at the Where 2.0 conference.
Here is a nice article that discusses what users actually want:
The most frequent request — cited by 33% of respondents — was a demand for improved scalability.
More news about Google, this time from the United Kingdom’s M&C tech writer Steve Ragan:
Here is some coverage for Skyhook on their latest offering:
PC World covered the Where 2.0 Conference, and filed the following story:
MapQuest garners a nice story in GISuser Magazine:
More news from Where 2.0, this time featuring sponsor/exhibitor Garmin:
Garmin and MapQuest want others to share the geospatial wealth.
Blogger Rusty Brick reports on releases at Where 2.0:
It’s nice to see Where 2.0 sponsors/exhibitors garnering news. Here’s some press regarding
Leica Geosystems:
Frank Taylor reports on the applications announvced at Where 2.0:
Google Earth is a popular news story today, the day after John Hanke’s presentation at Where. Here’s is what
InternetNews reported:
The San Jose Mercury News reports on what Google Earth presented at Where:
O’Reilly’s own Nat Torkington reports on new developments coming out of technology announced
at Where 2.0:
In the wake of the APIs announced at Where 2.0, we have a flood of new map hacks.
Glenn is meeting and greeting all sorts of interesting folks at the show and had this to say about another application:
Show exhibitor and sponsor Mapquest announced the following news today at Where 2.0:
“Advanced Offering Provides Developers Additional Choice and Control within Advantage API”
Justin thinks that perhaps no one is listening (see the title of the blog). We are, and want to share
with you what he had to say about this year’s event:
This blog mentions O’Reilly’s Tools of Change Conference:
Chris Anderson is a speaker schedule to present at O’Reilly’s Tools of Change Conference. He leaks some
news ahead of time:
“I’ve got a new start-up/sideproject that will be decloaking on May 31st.”
Program Chair Brady Forrest had this to say about exhibitor Where:
Artur Bergman reports on what Mapquest has going here at Where 2.0:
Tim had a few things to say today about one of the sessions at the upcoming OSCON conference:
Tim had a few things to say today about one of the sessions at the upcoming Energy Innovation conference:
Where 2.0 exhibitor and sponsor Leica Geosystems announced the following today:
Conference exhibitor Fatdoor announced the following news today at the Where 2.0 Conference:
Fatdoor is now available in the San Francisco BayArea
San Jose, CA — May 28, 2007 — Today at the O’Reilly Where 2.0 Conference, Fatdoor™ (www.Fatdoor.com), a new community networking Web site dedicated to helping people get to know their neighbors, launched its service in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Gold Sponsor Garmin is the first out of the gate with news at Where 2.0. For complete release details read their release at:
Brady is excited about this application of Google’s technology, for details, read his blog:
“This morning Google gave their 2D maps an incredible realworld addition.”
A nice piece in Directions Magazine on making applications business ready:
“The thrust of the program for the 2007 conference will answer the question, ‘Where’s the value?’”
We’re always pleased to have Wired News at O’Reilly conferences, here is some news from Michael Calore:
Glenn blogs in the GIS space and had this to say for his first day at Where:
“Recall virtual GIS from Leica in 1996… delivering 3D content over the web.”
Blogger Katie is here at Where 2.0 this week and had the following to say regarding Loki:
Google has lots of news planned for Where, here is one story relating to Stanford:
Program Chair and Radar Blogger Brady Forrest recently blogged about events at Where:
Information Week, expected to attend Where 2.0, reported on news before the conference:
Blogger Garett Rogers is discussing Google Earth’s presence at Where 2.0:
Obie had this to say about the keynote auditorium for the opening Keynote here at RailsConf:
Beholding 1600 people in the auditorium was truly awe-inspiring.
Mr. Richardson gushes about the dignitaries at RailsConf:
This conference is huge… there are 1,600 Rails coders here
Nice story in the San Jose Mercury News, just one of the exciting applications/projects to be seen at Where 2.0:
Conference attendee and blogger F. Morgan Whitney posted on the unusual entertainment at RailsConf:
“So after the morning sessions were finished at RailsConf, there was suddenly a burst of noise from the lobby outside”
Java The Hutt is watching Railsconf:
“Many geeks have descended upon an unsuspecting Portland for a few days of geekery…”
John Dorsey covered the show, and reported on a few items:
Attendee and show photographer James Duncan Davidson noticed the show’s network speed was comprimised and had this to say:
“Before you go off and blame the network however, I’d like to share a little insider tip…”
The Rails community knew DHH was on top of his game, but ScribeMedia
had this to say:
“There’s smart, then there’s really smart, and then there’s really damn smartl.”
Tim Bray of Sun is enjoying RailsConf, read what he has to say here:
People are starting to talk about the upcoming O’Reilly Tools of Change Conference. Have a look at what blogger Robert Nagle had to say:
O’Reilly having a Tools of Change for Publishing conference in June…
Here at RailsConf, we’re delighted to have non-for-profit Rails For All exhibiting. News from their booth follows:
Rails For All, Inc. Forges Links Into the Rails Community
Portland OR, May 20, 2007 — Rails For All, a not-for-profit organization dedicated to promoting the use of Ruby on Rails, and demonstrating how it can be used to help businesses of all sizes create amazing Web sites and applications is exhibiting at RailsConf. Rails For All is bridging the gap between the development community and the companies it serves, by bringing savvy businesses intent on maximizing their opportunities on the Web together with experienced, passionate, and innovative Rails developers.
“The Rails For All booth, donated by O’Reilly, is getting a lot of traffic. We are getting a lot of great feedback from the community on ways we can help to promote developers to businesses,” said Robert Dempsey, Founder of Rails For All, Inc.
At the Rails For All site, visitors can now view content in Spanish, with French, Polish and Chinese coming soon. Developers can promote their favorite designers, invite other developers to join the community and even post profiles hoping for business opportunities.
Rails for All, a not-for-profit organization is also actively recruiting sponsors. For more information, visit:
Exhibitor ActiveState has even more news from the show floor:
More news from the show, this time from ActiveState:
Another bit of news, this time from show exhibitor ThoughtWorks:
ThoughtWorks Studios releases new Ruby-in-enterprise effort, RubyWorks
There is lots of news coming from Rails Conference here in Portland. Here is what is going
on with one of our sponsors:
It’s always nice to see overseas coverage, this is what the BBC News had to say about Google Earth and the Where 2.0 Conference.
A woman looks at a view of the Italian capital Rome on Google Earth
Google Earth offers satellite images of many parts of the world
As well as homing in on visual feasts around the globe, users of Google Earth may soon be able to listen to the sounds that accompany them.
Brady Forrest recently posted about Poly9 Free Earth which will be presented at Where 2.0….
Poly9 has released a new free 3D globe called Free Earth. It uses Flash, but requires no other download and cross-browser.
Soon to be discussed at Where 2.0, Google Earth is getting tons of media hits, here are just a few:
Google Earth to
add ‘Soundscapes’?
TechSpot - USA
Goole Earth in Stereo?
Appscout - New York, NY, USA
Google Earth to have sound effects?
Pocket-lint.co.uk - UK
From RailsConf sponsor (thank you!) CodeGear comes this announcment on the eve of RailsConf:
New IDE supports Rails open source Web development framework for data-driven Web 2.0 applications
As Web developers flock to the Ruby on Rails framework for its speed and ease of use, CodeGear is introducing new technology to make Ruby users even more productive in building Web 2.0 applications.
CodeGear, a leader in developer tools, today announced an integrated development environment (IDE) for Ruby on Rails that is now available for beta testing and is currently planned to ship in the second half of 2007.
Unveiled at the RailsConf 2007 in Portland, Oregon, the new technology offers innovative productivity features designed to allow both new and experienced Rails developers to build Ruby on Rails applications efficiently and quickly.
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