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What is a MobileCamp?

 

A BarCamp is an ad-hoc gathering born from the desire for people to share and learn in an open environment. It is an intense event with discussions, demos, and interaction from participants. Check out the TheRulesOfBarCamp to learn what to expect.

 

A MobileCamp is a mobile technology themed BarCamp. They aim to bring together mobile enthusiasts, explorers and professionals to share the current state and their visions for the future direction of mobility. A MobileCamp hopes to support the many voices helping to unlock the potential of a truly digital life. Topics may include - but are not limited to - mobile gaming, entrepreneurship, social mobility and presence, near field communication, physical hyperlinking, mobile storytelling, the importance of open standards, protocols, and platforms, linux based devices, and mobility on other continents.

 

In May 2007, the first such event, MobileCampNYC was held in New York City.

 

 

What was MobileCampSF?

 

MobileCampLA was the first MobileCamp to be held in the Bay Area. The logistics were as follows:

 

When

 

Saturday, 3rd of November, 9:00 - 18:00 PST

 

Where

 

Swedish American Hall

2174 Market Street, San Francisco, CA 94114

 

 

Pictures from MobileCampSF:

 

 

MobileCampSF Recap:

 

Some sessions held at MobileCampSF are listed below. Feel free to add your session if we don't have it listed!

 

• Developments in wearable computing - Ross Bochnek 

 

• One World. No Borders. 3 Billion Connected People. Claim Your Piece. - David Harper

  Dave Harper, CEO of Winksite, a suite of tools to immediately create and support mobile communities, gave an hour-long session sharing his experience on what it takes to scale mobile applications to 189+ countries and over 5 million hits per month. After providing tips and tricks on mobile advertising and mobile SEO, Dave showed and explained QR Codes and their real-world applications using a plethora of examples. People got really excited about this and again, ideas were bounced back and forth and were discussed far beyond the session.

 

• halfbaked.com - Entrepreneurial Improv - Alexis Rondeau

  Each team selected 2 random words and got 20 minutes to come up with - and pitch - the next mobile killer application! Besides having the very nice side-effect of making people play and interact, the resulting mobile startup ideas ranged from outrageous ("Zombie Hook-up") to VC-fundable ("Car Watch"). After every team presented their startups' product, revenue model, marketing plan, tagline and logo the most promising one was selected. The winning team was completely speechless when we gave each of them either an N95 or an N800. The unpacking of the boxes ensued immediately and everyone was flocking around the devices. In total we gave away 10 devices in this session (including the very cool panel of judges).

 

• MegaPhone Demo and discussion - Dan Albritton

  Dan Albritton from playmegaphone.com gave the first workshop in the morning showcasing their mobile real-time multiplayer game engine. MegaPhone is an interactive installation where any cellphone becomes a game-controller by placing a phonecall. Within 1 Minute Dan had the crowd punching their phone-keypads ("Peow-peow!P-p-p-eow!") to score and shouting into their mics ("Grabgrab! Grabgrabgrab! Grab!") to reach the Top 10 of the game. After an overview of the underlying technology and showcases, the group went into a long conversation on creating new applications of the project.

 

• Red Badger Project A workshop on building a community wireless network in Los Angeles

 

• Presence and status in a mobile world: Or “why don’t I just turn my phone off when I am busy” - Discussion session lead by Ed Simnett focused on presence in an almost always on world. How do IM style presence Twitter and Facebook style status, text messaging and mobile email combine (oh yeah, I forgot- making phone calls)? Is lowest common denominator interoperability enough to manage the high value situations? Are we destined to have identity defined by phone numbers, or will IP-based identity break that linkage? How useful is a combined PC and mobile solution? What are some obvious technical barriers to delivering always-on mobile presence? What are the most valuable dimensions in which to extend presence (where, when, what)?

 

• Mobile phones are changing the face of news and redefining the meaning of 'newsworthy' events. Any person holding a phone anywhere in the world is a potential reporter. Lets imagine the impact of a global, grass-roots AP, constantly feeding live, real-world data from local people. gilad :: indigi-net.org

 

• The concept and applications of presence and VOIP communication using Skype and Gizmo via mobile phones.

 

Blogs

Check out these links to some of the blog coverage of the event!

• seo-california.blogspot.com
• ralferix.blogspot.com
• pseudofinn.m.jaiku.com
• kevinchiu.org
• www.nokiausers.net
• iamnotdrtran.vox.com
• siliconvs.blogspot.com
• www.womworld.com

 

Selected Quotes

• “The schedule was spontaneously filled with tech talks by several noteworthy names that I should have had the forethought to jot down.”
• “There was a lot of very interesting discussion on an array of topics that I'll be covering in the next couple of days.”
• “I went to MobileCampLA last Sunday. I had a conversation with Astra, a graphic design artist from Cal Arts. When I told her about my N95's 5 MP camera, she seemed surprised how big that is. We got into a conversation about possibilities of the video recorder and how great movies could be made, regardless of medium.“

 

 

 

Organizers

 

MobileCampSF was organized by Indira, Ritwik, Andy and Alexis. Please feel free to join the Google Group for ongoing discussions, questions and feedback.

 

 

Sponsors

 

Nokia Nseries

 

 

Tags for flickr, delicious, ma.gnolia, technorati etc.

 

Please use the tag MobileCampSF for content related to this event.

 

• Flickr photos Please make sure you release your photos under a suitable license such as creative commons.

 

 

Mobile Site

 

We have setup a mobile site which you can use to check on details and updates on the fly:

Type in http://winksite.com/mobilecamp/SF in your mobile browser or use this QR Code to access it directly

 

 

 

A BarCamp is an ad-hoc gathering born from the desire for people to share and learn in an open environment. It is an intense event with discussions, demos, and interaction from participants.

 

MobileCampNYC was the first MobileCamp to be held in NYC and focus on mobile technology.

 

MobileCampSF is going to similarly bring together mobile enthusiasts, explorers and professionals (this time in the San Francisco metropolitan area) to share the current state and their visions for the future direction of mobility. MobileCampSF hopes to support the many voices helping to unlock the potential of a truly digital life. Topics may include - but are not limited to - mobile gaming, entrepreneurship, social mobility and presence, near field communication, physical hyperlinking, mobile storytelling, the importance of open standards, protocols, and platforms, linux based devices, and mobility on other continents.

 

Check out the TheRulesOfBarCamp to learn what to expect.

 

 

 

 

 

MobileCampSF Main Event

 

The actual day for sessions, workshops and overall joy :)

 

When

 

Saturday, 3rd of November, 9:00 - 18:00 PST

 

Where

 

Swedish American Hall

2174 Market Street, San Francisco, CA 94114

 

 

 

Schedule

 

• 9:00 - 10:00 Check-in and snack-breakfasting
• 10:00 - 10:30 Kickoff, Session-setup (adding your session to the grid) & Introductions
• 10:30 - 1:00 Morning Sessions and Workshops
• 1:00 - 2:00 Lunch (served)
• 2:00 - 5:00 Afternoon Sessions and Workshops
• 5:00 - 5:30 Wrap up
• 6:00 - hit the streets and continue conversation

 

Participate!

 

To RSVP, send an email to mobilecampsf@gmail.com Please note that we are going to have a limit of 150 people so get in while you can. Once we have confirmed your participation, please add yourself to the list below and tell us how you want to participate.

 

1. Ritwik Dey
2. Alexis Rondeau
3. Andy Maskin
4. Dave Shen
5. David Fox
6. Jordy Mont-Reynaud
7. Paul D Smith
8. Drew Freyman drew dot freyman ahtt gmail
9. Harald Rudell barcamps(at)inbox247(dot)com
10. Raj Singh
11. Binny Matthews
12. Daljeet Sidhu
13. Manpreet Anand
14. Sudheer Gullapalli
15. Blake Engel
16. Nancy Lee
17. Christopher Franklin
18. Sean Byrnes
19. Henri Moissinac
20. Ryan Sarver
21. Nisha Sudarsanam
22. Pankaj Mhatre
23. Dev Khare
24. Tom Park
25. Nava Bromberger
26. David Hunkins
27. Francis Li
28. Daniel Raynaud
29. Yvonne Li
30. Trevor Pering
31. Bhavuk Kaul
32. Danielle Gotkis
33. Robert Oberhofer
34. Hugo Pardo Kuklinski
35. Ryan Cohen
36. Micah Saul
37. Rudy Rullan
38. Phac Le Tuan
39. Ali Ebtekar
40. Ryan C. Pangilinan
41. Michael J Steinwender
42. Steve Rhodes
43. Nedra Weinreich
44. Sridhar Mani
45. Seth Familian
46. Alexander Jahn
47. Joe Latone
48. Kevin Braithwaite
49. Kris Scott Marti
50. George Corzine
51. David Harper
52. Vincent Lauria
53. Tara Hunt
54. Chris Messina
55. Beth Goza
56. Ray Valdes
57. Scott Lane
58. Tiffany Lin
59. Tony Rose
60. Mohit Gundecha
61. Praveen Kumar
62. Sajith Kizhikkepurayil
63. Zev Zukerman
64. Dan Lin
65. Yousfi, Abderrahim
66. Robert Evans
67. Peter Olfe
68. Christopher Hess
69. Kolla Venkata
70. Manik Khanna
71. Fabian J. Oliva
72. Oliver Gunasekara
73. Kimo Crossman
74. Alec S. Andronikov
75. Crystal Ginn
76. Glenn Chen
77. Yogi Patel
78. Tom Lester
79. Mark Burdett
80. Mike Prince
81. Steven Jackson
82. Abdulkarriem Khan
83. Amit Gupta
84. Alex Kouznetsov 
85. Mike Rowehl
86. RobertFiccaglia
87. Daniel Zapata
88. Kiran Vaka
89. Josh Lazar
90. Tico Ballagas
91. Nigel Choi
92. Chai Geller
93. Marie Brattberg
94. Donna Givens
95. Nobu Saito
96. Warren Stringer
97. Paul Gungner
98. Larry John Howard Tan
99. George Corzine
100. Prasad Hardas
101. Manish Shah
102. Harish Tejwani
103. Dennis Bournique
104. John S. Ostrem
105. Dev Gandhi
106. Karl Channell
107. Larry John Howard Tan
108. Eric Gonzalez
109. Jennifer Lum
110. Christine Boomer Brumback
111. Michelle Cherian
112. David Sasaki
113. Marius Kueng
114. Gabe Brosbe
115. Kenneth D. Kruszka
116. Ben Stein
117. Nelson \"Nelz\" Carpentier - Blog Recap
118. George Joby

 

Sessions

30-minute sessions on topics of interest. Can be a talk, discussion, panel, or whatever format you want. Sessions will be scheduled live during BarCamp by writing your name and topic on the event grid. To offer or request a session topic, see our list below

 

• Hyperlink Your World - Alexis Rondeau
• Mobile Security Threats (Real? Hyped? What?) - Fabian J. Oliva
• What is the Killer Mobile Social Networking App? - Jordy Mont-Reynaud
• One World. No Borders. 3 Billion Connected People. Claim Your Piece. - David Harper
• The New Walled Garden. Header Crippling Carriers & Transcoding Services. - Nigel Choi & David Harper
• Mobile Payments: Showing Value to Overcome Consumer Doubts. - Kenneth D. Kruszka

 

Workshops

Up to 1 hour can be reserved to show and share with others what you are passionate about. Workshops are a lot of fun and we want to encourage you to conduct one. Workshops will be scheduled live during BarCamp by writing your name and topic on the event grid.

 

• MegaPhone.com - Real-time, multi-player collaborative gaming Dan Albritton
• Halfbaked.com - Entrepreneurial Improv - Amit Gupta
  • Judges include: Jed Stremel (Head of Mobile at Facebook) and Doug Garland (Exec-in-residence at Kleiner Perkins, former SVP Mobile at Yahoo!), room for 1 more...
• Mobile Processing - Francis Li
• Case Study: Kyte - How can this service be improved to meet the needs of bloggers? - website and mobile version
• Add your workshop here

 

Promote the event

BarCamp grows by word of mouth (and word of blog). Tell your friends and people that you think will enjoy sharing a day with like-minded.

 

• Add your blog here

 

• Record the event

 

Stuff that you want to talk or hear about

 

• Physical Hyperlinking
  • QR Codes, NFC services and their adoption
  • The Usage of Open Standards vs. Island solutions
• User Experience Design for mobile phones
• From Location Based to Object Based Services
• One URI to bind them all? Device detection vs. m.you.com and you.mobi
  • A WURFL session would be hot!
• Would be great to explore:
  • Best ways to get the user's location - from a holistic usability point of view
  • Payment options over mobile (safety of CC payment, etc)
  • Microtransactions/Microloans: Making Grameen Bank happening via Cellphones?
    • See the work Tapan Parikh is doing at UWash
• Header Crippling Carriers (@see http://wurfl.sourceforge.net/vodafonerant/
  • The (developers) mobile bill of rights - A manifesto of free mobility
• Social implications of ubiquitous systems.
• Mobile gaming and Big Games
• Mobile convergence
• Presence and its applications beyond twittr and jaiku
• Mobile usage in other parts of the world: India, China, Japan
  • Unicode support (Indic, Chinese, Japanese etc.) presently available on mobile browsers, devices
• Near Field Communication - Technology and applications
• Google has facts. Cities have secrets. - How can we unfold mobile storytelling?
• An Icebreaker game to get people at the event to know each other
• Linux-based mobile devices
• Mobile Processing
• Open platforms, standards, and protocols as base of a free mobile world.
• Metaverse and the mobile space: intersection or inclusion?
• WURFL and WALL - practical use and experience deploying
• Security and safety using mobile services
  • Security on transactions and privacy (technologically)
  • Safety concerning using your mobile in everyday live and not get involved in harmful events. Mobile in cars, texting while walking, browsing while walking et cetera.
• Mobile Advertising, especially within SMS/MMS mediums
• Killer iPhone (native) apps! -- With the platform opening up in February, I think it'd be interesting to discuss interesting native apps that could do things web apps can't. -- Amit
• .mobi
• Making real time mobile web applications versatile in a latent world (michael @ heysan)

 

Volunteers

 

Yes! We would like to have your help in preparation and on-site. Please add yourself to the list if you want to volunteer for things like reception, in-room tech support, WIFI infrastructure setup.

 

Planners

 

Hi there, we are Indira, Ritwik, Andy and Alexis. We have setup a Google Group for this camp, so feel free to contact us and post questions and suggestions there!

 

Sponsors

 

Nokia Nseries

 

Tags for flickr, delicious, ma.gnolia, technorati etc.

 

Please use the tag MobileCampSF for content related to this event.

 

• Flickr photos Please make sure you release your photos under a suitable license such as creative commons.

 

Mobile Site

 

We have setup a mobile site which you can use to check on details and updates on the fly:

Type in http://winksite.com/mobilecamp/SF in your mobile browser or use this QR Code to access it directly

 

 

 

mobilecamp TV

 

We are going to broadcast Pix & Vids LIVE from mobilecamp SF to this website!

All attendants are invited to contribute. Either click on 'Produce' below the tv or simply capture a picture/video on your cellphone, attach it to an email and send it to:

mobilecamp@kyte.tv

 

Are you blogging about mobilecamp SF? Simply click 'Embed' to get this TV channel onto your Blog.

 

This is the URL to the mobile-WAP site:

http://mobile.kyte.tv/mobilecamp