Happy and Safe 4th of July to all those who are celebrating today.

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Earlier today I had an opportunity to visit and speak at Ben Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) on the day that members of the graduating class presented their senior projects. I first visited BGU on their 2007 Senior Projects Day and was looking forward to once again catching up with some of the future leaders of the Israeli Hi-Tech industry.

Being on campus at BGU was an amazing experience and I was totally blown away by the people I met and senior projects presented, including a number of robots which were demonstrated. I enjoyed talking with a number of the students and having a chance to ask them what they learned during the past year while they were working on their one year projects. In my eyes these were not really students, but rather groups of micro CEOs given the challenge that in one year they need to deliver on the project assigned to them. And while not everyone in every team was able to complete their project, it really didn’t matter. What many of these students learned is that sometimes it is the journey that is more important than where they started from or ended up. And that on that road from inception and creation of a project to the eventual fulfillment and delivery, the knowledge that they picked up and the things which they experienced can be just as important contribution to their future as anything they could possibly learn from attending classes.

While Israel may not have much oil amongst it’s natural resources, being at BGU was a reminder that in Israel, there are oil wells being born every day. The students at BGU represent a cross sampling of people whose presence will be felt in the Hi-Tech industries in the days, months and years ahead. It was an honor to have a chance to experience Israeli innovation first hand.

The time spent at BGU made it clear to me that one of the reasons why innovation is alive and well in Israel has to do with the great work of Ben Gurion University of the Negev.

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“Sense of Fashion is an Israeli startup that aims to be a marketplace for both Indie fashion designers to sell their designs and for consumers to be able to access clothes made by aspiring designers. The site also serves a social purpose—it lets any user create a fashion homepage of sorts where you can add photos of what you wear your favorite clothes and designs. Designers can create storefronts on this platform as well.”

Click here to read the entire story.

Nice to see Sense of Fashion recognized by TechCrunch.

For related story see: Spotlight on: Sense of Fashion

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This morning I am in Tel Aviv, Israel and hosting another edition of “Breakfast with Jeff Pulver (and Friends)” in Tel Aviv, this time at Tel Aviv University.

I am looking forward to hosting my 14th breakfast of the year and my 3rd in Tel Aviv this year. Special thanks to Sharon Kuper for helping to make this breakfast happen.

Friends attending today’s breakfast are asked to include #09BWF14 in the title of their Facebook photo albums.

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I am looking for a new “Cast of Characters” for the 140 Characters Conference: LA (Oct 27/28) and 140 Characters Conference: London (Nov 10/11).

If you are a character or would like to nominate someone, you can either contact me directly by sending email to: jeff@pulver.com or tweet your nomination and include #140conf. The casting call will end on July 24th.

For more information regarding the 140 Characters Conference, please visit: http://140conf.com

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Friends are invited to participate in the re-broadcast of the 140 Characters Conference which will be taking place on June 29th and June 30th.

This will be a “Director’s Cut” re-broadcast as some of the speakers will be tweeting while their session is being re-broadcast.

The broadcast starts at 11 AM (EST) each day.

To watch the re-broadcast, visit http://140conf.com/watch

Hope you can join us on Monday and Tuesday for the re-broadcast. Please include #140conf when you tweet about the content you are watching.

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The 140 Character Conference - Day 1 Rebroadcast Schedule
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June 29th Schedule: (Time is EST)
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1. 11:00 AM - Jeff Keni Pulver (@jeffpulver), creator/founder/host #140conf
“The State of NOW”

2. 11:15 AM - Jack Dorsey (@jack) - creator, co-founder & Chairman, twitter

3. 11:27 AM - Tim O’Reilly (@timoreilly) - Founder and CEO, O’Reilly Media.
“What twitter has taught me”

4. 11:43 AM - Fred Wilson (@fredwilson) - is a VC and principal of Union Square Ventures:
“The Power of Passed Links and Earned Media”

5. 11:53 AM - John Borthwick - CEO of betaworks
“The twitter Ecosystem”

6. 12:05 AM - avid Saranga (@DavidSaranga) - Consul for Media and Public Affairs at the Israeli Consulate in New York
“The use of Twitter in Public Diplomacy”

7. 12:19 AM twitter: Newspapers
“The effect of twitter on Newspapers”

Participants:
John Boitnott (@jboitnott) - Social Media strategist, Village Voice
Erick Schonfeld (@erickschonfeld) - co-editor, TechCrunch
Etan Horowitz (@etanowitz) - Technology writer, Orlando Sentinel
Patrick LaForge (@palafo) - Director of the Copy Desks, The New York Times
Peter A. McKay (@peteramckay) - Writer, Wall Street Journal

8. 12:42 AM - Howard Lindzon (@howardlindzon) - Wallstrip Creator, Hedge Fund Manager, Venture Fund Manager and StockTwits.com
“Living in a twitter world.”

9. 12:50 AM - twitter: TV
“what twitter means to TV shows and their producers”

Participants:
Caissie St.Onge (@Caissie) - Writer/Producer, Best Week Ever
Craig Engler (@Craigatscifi) - SVP and GM of Sci Fi Digital.
Gavin Purcell (@gavinpurcell) - co-producer, Late Night With Jimmy Fallon
Shelly Palmer (@shelly_palmer) - Host, MediaBytes. President, NATAS–NY and the Emmy Awards. Author, Television Disrupted

10. 1:12 PM - Liz Strauss (@lizstrauss)”
Marketing for the eavesdroppers in the tridimensional conversation”

11. 1:22 PM - Stowe Boyd (@stoweboyd)
“The evolution of Microsyntax”

12. 1:33 PM - “The effects of twitter on My Business
or how things are different now because of twitter. The corporate perspective”

Participants:
Brian Solis (@briansolis) - Principal of FutureWorks
Brook Lundy (@someecards) - Co-Founder and Head Writer, someecards
Marcel LeBrun (@lebrun) - CEO, Radian6
Tony Hsieh (@zappos) - CEO, Zappos.com

13. 1:54 PM - Maegan Carberry (@maegancarberry) - Blogger, Huffington Post // CauseCast // Lifehack; co-host Variety’s Wilshire and Washington, Managing Editor, truuconfessions.com.
“Politics: possibilities of bipartisanship and/or post-partisanship on Twitter. “

14. 2:05 PM - “twitter as a News Gathering Tool”

Participants:
Ann Curry (@AnnCurry) - News Anchor on NBC’s Today Show and host of Dateline NBC
Rick Sanchez (@ricksanchezcnn) - Host of the 3PM weekday edition of CNN Newsroom
Robert Scoble (@Scobleizer)
Ryan Osborn (@todayshow) - Producer, NBC Today Show

15. 2:41 PM - John A. Byrne (@JohnAByrne) - Editor in Chief, BusinessWeek.com
“The Business Week perspective on twitter”

16. 3:04 PM - James Cox (@imajes)
“The story behind CNNBRK”

17. 3:14 PM - Moeed Ahmad (@moeed) - Head of New Media Technology and Future Media Department Technology Division, Al Jazeera Network
“The Al Jazeera Twitter Strategy”

18. 3:26 PM - Jeremy Epstein (@jer979) - Marketing Navigator, Never Stop Marketing
“How I followed Jeff Pulver on Twitter for 16 Months and Ended Up on This Stage: Twitter as a Strategic Relationship Building Tool”

19. 3:38 PM - Christopher R. Weingarten (@1000TimesYes) - Music Writer, RollingStone.com and Village Voice
“Twitter and the End Of Music Criticism”

20. 3:49 PM - Jeffrey Hayzlett (@JeffreyHayzlett) - Chief Marketing Officer, Kodak
“Kodak and twitter: What we are learning”

21. 4:10 PM - Kevin Slavin - founder area/code
“Things that twitter”

22. 4:21 PM - twitter: Music
“Exploring the use of twitter in the Music Industry”

Participants:
Jim Jones (@jimjonescapo) - Recording artist
Leslie Hall (@dollyhall) - Principal, ICED Media
Ted Cohen (@TAGStrategic) - Managing Partner
Xavier Jernigan (@xjernigan) - Director, Digital Marketing & Strategy at Universal Motown Republic Group

23. 4:40PM twitter: Sports
“A look at how twitter is used in Pro Sports”

Participants:
ESPN Katie Richman (@ESPN_ProdGirl)
Jeramie McPeek (@SunsWebmaster) - Webmaster, Phoenix Suns
Kathleen Hessert (@kathleenhessert) - President, Sports Media Challenge
troy murphy (@troy_murphy) - Forward, Indiana Pacers

24. 4:57 PM - Musicians, Bloggers and Twitter
“The new Artist / Fan Relationship”

Participants:
BarbaraJones (@BarbaraJones)
Diane Birch (@dianebirch) - Recording Artist
Steve Greenberg (@steviegpro) - founder & CEO, S-Curve Records
(includes a performance by Diane Birch)

25. 5:19 PM - twitter: Moms
“Exploring the way Moms use twitter”

Participants:
Audrey McClelland (@AudreyMcClellan) - Co-owner of MomGenerations.com
Jessica Gottlieb (@JessicaGottlieb)
Lindsay Maines (@rockandrollmama)
Maya Bisineer (@thinkmaya)

26. 5:43 PM - Laura Fitton (@Pistachio) - Founder, oneforty inc. and co-Author Twitter for Dummies
“twitter: A Love Story”

27. 5:54 PM - Sharon Glassman (@sharonglassman) - Funny-smart author, HuffPost blogger, performing speaker
“Geek, Dorks, Nerds: How to make your most “uncool” self your Tweetest asset.”

28. 6:01 PM - twitter and Mad Men
“A look at the story behind the story about MadMen who twitter. Surprise Mad Man will be unveiled at #140Conf!”

Participants:
Carri Bugbee (@peggyolson)
Helen Klein Ross (@bettydraper)

29. 6:18 PM - Brad Fidler (@brad_fidler)
“Twitter Freedoms”

30. 6:30 PM - Andrew Keen (@ajkeen)
“Twitter and power”

31. 6:41 PM - twitter Celebs
“the making of a twitter celebrity”

Participants:
adventuregirl (@adventuregirl)
Chris Brogan (@chrisbrogan) - President, New Marking Labs
Julia Roy (@juliaroy) - Senior Agent of Social Life™ at Undercurrent and Creator/Host of Tweet Week, a weekly vlog about Twitter youtube.com/tweetweek
Justine (@ijustine)

32. 7:02 PM - Rajesh Setty (@UpbeatNow) - Entrepreneur, Author and Speaker
“ThinkTweet: Books that tweet”

33. 7:13 PM - “twitter: For the Social Good”

Participants:
Adam Hirsch (@adamhirsch) - COO, Mashable.com
Amanda Rose (@amanda) - Founder, @twestival
drew olanoff (@drew) - #BlameDrewsCancer
Liane Thompson (@missilecitykids)
StaceyMonk (@StaceyMonk) - Founder of Epic Change and TweetsGiving.

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Day 2 Rebroadcast Schedule
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June 30th Schedule: (Time is EST)
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1. 11:00 AM - Mike Koehler (@mkokc) - New Media Director for STF | PR, creator of #OKstorms, #OKice; former multimedia guru at NewsOK/Opubco
“Using twitter for Public Safety”

2. 11:13 AM - Eric Peterson (@erictpeterson)
“twitter Stats”

3. 11:24 AM - Mahesh Murthy (@maheshmurthy) - Founder, Pinstorm
“twitter’s role in an integrated digital marketing plan”

4. 11:35 AM - Steve Rubel (@steverubel) - SVP, Director of Insights, Edelman Digital
“twitter and PR”

5. 11:47 AM - twitter: Book Publishing
“Lies My Twitter Never Told Me” - Twitter Rocks Publishing; Authors Crush It!

Participants:
Debbie Stier (@debbiestier) - SVP, Associate Publisher, Harper Studio
Kaylie Jones (@KaylieJones) - Novelist. Her upcoming memoir is: “Lies My Mother Never Told Me.” Her bestsellig novel: “A Soldier’s Daughter Never Cries” (Merchant Ivory film)
Kevin Heisler (@KevinHeisler) - Literary Executor
Ron Hogan (@RonHogan) - Curator, Beatrice.com

6. 12:05 PM - Chris Brogan (@chrisbrogan) - President, New Marking Labs
“twitter and Trust Agents”

7. 12:27 PM - “twitter as the GPS for the Greater Social Media Mesh”

Participants:
Aaron Strout (@AaronStrout) - CMO, Powered, Inc.
Brian Morrissey (@bmorrissey) - Digital Editor at Adweek
David Berkowitz (@dberkowitz) - Emerging Media Director, 360i
Hadley Stern (@hadleystern) - Vice-President, Fidelity Labs
Peter Fasano (@pfasano) - Principal/Lead Catalyst, Mass+Logic

8. 12:49 PM - “twitter and Serendipity”
Sol Lipman, (@solster), co-founder 12 Seconds.TV

9. 1:00 PM - “twitter: Video”

Participants:
Christian Payne (@Documentally)
Jeffrey Hayzlett (@JeffreyHayzlett) - CMO, Kodak
Steve Garfield (@stevegarfield)
Sukhjit Ghag (@sukhjit)

10. 1:21 PM - Bronwen Clune (@bronwen) - CEO, Norg Media
“Twitter, the media and chaos theory”

11. 1:32 PM - “White House Correspondency in the Age of Twitter”

Participants:
Ana Marie Cox (@anamariecox) - National Correspondent for Air America radio
Jason Linkins (@dceiver) - Editor of the Huffington Post’s “Eat The Press” blog.
Jim Long (@newmediajim) - photojournalist, NBC News
Mike Madden (@mikemadden) - Salon.com Washington correspondent

12. 1:54 PM - “twitter and Brands: Lessons learned and learning”

Participants:
Jeff Simmermon (@jeffTWC) - Director Digital Communications
jeffTWC (@jeffTWC) - Director Digital Communications
Jennifer Cisney (@kodakCB) - Kodak’s Chief Blogger
John Bell (@jbell99) - Managing Director, Ogilvy’s 360 Digital Influence practice
John Wolf (@MarriottIntl) - Senior Director, Public Relations, Marriott Intl

13. 2:12 PM - Marlooz (@marlooz) - Filmmaker and internetjunkie
“Love 2.0″

14. 2:28 PM - “twitter: Publishing
People Get Real: forward-thinking publishing experts discuss twitter and how it is loved & feared in-industry and what this means for you”

Participants:
Ami Greko (@ami_with_an_i) - Digital Marketing Manager, Macmillan.
Colleen Lindsay (@ColleenLindsay) - Literary Agent, FinePrint
Richard Nash (@R_Nash) - former publisher of Soft Skull Press; publishing guru
Russ Marshalek (@russmarshalek) - Freelance book publicist
Ryan Chapman (@chapmanchapman) - Digital Marketing, Macmillan

15. 2:44 PM - Hjortur Smarason (@hjortur) - Editor in chief: IMinnovation.org; Co-founder: IfTheWorldCouldVote.com
“How I became a twitter character - rules of engagement”

16. 2:56 PM - Scott Porad (@scottporad) - Cheezburger Technology Officer; Company: I Can Has Cheezburger?
“Follow Friday”

17. 3:06 PM - “twitter and Science”

Participants:
Deborah Berebichez (@thesciencebabe)
Michelle Gill (@jayhawkbabe)

18. 3:18 PM - twitter: Apps
“A look at twitter apps and their road ahead”

Participants:
Adam Ostrow (@adamostrow)
Adarsh Pallian (@pallian)
Bernard Desarnauts (@bernard_d) - SVP International & GM Europe, Glam Media
Iain Dodsworth (@iaindodsworth)
Jodee Rich (@WingDude)

19. 3:40 PM - Heather Gold (@heathr)
“Being “Private” in Public”

20. 3:51 PM - Gary Vaynerchuk (@garyvee)
“Scaling and Caring”

21. 4:02 PM - “twitter: The Interview”

Chris Sacca interviews multi-platinum musician, actor, and producer Wyclef Jean about what Twitter means to him and the impact he sees it having on the entertainment industry.

Participants:
Chris Sacca (@sacca)
Wyclef Jean (@wyclef) - multi-platinum Haitian-American musician, actor, producer and former-member of the hip hop trio The Fugees. Wyclef has sold more than 31 million albums.

22. 4:27 PM - “Digital Diplomacy and Cultural Collaboration”

Participants:
Andrew Kneale (@andrewkneale) - Transatlantic Project Coordinator. British Council
Evan M. O’Neil (@gpi) - Global Policy Innovations Magazine
Joshua Fouts (@josholalia) - Senior Fellow, Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs; Senior Fellow, Digital Media and Public Policy, The Center for the Study of the Presidency Chief Global Strategist, Dancing Ink Productions, LLC
Michael Jay Friedman (@americagovprint) - U.S. Dept. of State (IIP/PUBP)
Rita J. King (@RitaJKing) - CEO and Creative Director, Dancing Ink Productions

23. 4:36 PM - JP Rangaswami (@jobsworth) - Managing Director, BT Design
“twitter in the Enterprise”

24. 4:58 PM - “Designing User Experiences for Twitter”

Participants:
Jayson Elliot (@JaysonElliot) - Director of User Experience, Wunderman
Jeff Dachis (@jeffdachis) - CEO, Dachis Corporation; Senior Partner, Bond Art + Science
Karen McGrane (@karenmcgrane) - Senior Partner, Bond Art + Science
Whitney Hess (@whitneyhess) - Independent user experience designer

25. 5:10 PM - Sudha Jamthe (@sujamthe)
“BottomUp innovation”

26. 5:22 PM - Stephanie Agresta (@StephAgresta) - EVP, Global Director of Digital Strategy and Social Media at Porter Novelli.
“twitter: Affiliate Marketing”

27. 5:39 PM - “twitter and Small Business”

Participants:
Aliza Sherman (@alizasherman)
Brian Moran (@BrianMoran) - Founder/Pres Moran Media Group
Rieva Lesonsky (@Rieva) - Founder/CEO of Grow Biz Media.

28. 5:59 PM - “Twitter & The Effect Of Social Media on Fashion Brands & Retailers”

Participants:
Macala Wright (@Macala) - Director of Online Marketing, 1928 Jewelry
Yuli Ziv (@YuliZ) - co-Founder of My”It”Things

29. 6:11 PM - “Across the pond - UK Media Panel
Open forum with journalists, authors and microbloggers from the UK looking at how twitter is shaping and disrupting across different media and news projects.”

Participants:
Ande Gregson (@media140) - founder, media140
Kate AG (@RadioKate) - Microblogger/Project Catalyst BBC
Paul Carr (@paulcarr) - Author and Guardian columnist

30. 6:32 PM - “The Wisdom of Twitter”

Participants:
Dean Landsman (@DeanLand)
Howard Greenstein (@howardgr)

31. 6:46 PM - Callie Kimball (@calindrome) - Project Manager, Media Works at NBC Universal, and Playwright.
“All the Web’s A Stage: The arts as a shared experience on Twitter.”

32. 6:56 PM - Jeffrey Sass (@sass) - VP Biz Dev, Myxer
“Everything I Know About Twitter I Learned In Grade School”

33. 7:08 PM - Melissa Pierce (@melissapierce) - Producer, Life In Perpetual Beta Film Series
“The Documentary that happened because of twitter”

34. 7:19 PM - Marah (@marahverse)
“twitter: poetry”

Watch: http://blip.tv/file/2269437

35. 7:29 PM - James Gross (@TheJames) - Vice President, Federated Media
“Advertising with twitter”

36. 7:42 PM - “A look at twitter services, apps and what’s next”

Participants:
Albert Maruggi (@AlbertMaruggi)
Mario Menti (@mario) - twitterfeed.com founder
+ special guests

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Tomorrow afternoon I will be a guest on “Gadgets and Games” with Clayton Morris on Fox News from 2PM to 3PM (EST). I will be joining Robert Scoble and Gary Vaynerchuk to talk about the future of social media.

I am looking forward to being part of an hour of what I believe will be “Must watch Social Media TV.”

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The 140 Characters Conference (#140conf) took place June 16-17 in New York City. Follow the links below to watch any of the 33 sessions from the first day of the event

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The 140 Character Conference Video Library - Day 1 Video Recap
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1. Jeff Keni Pulver (@jeffpulver), creator/founder/host #140conf

Watch: “The State of NOW”

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2. Jack Dorsey (@jack) - creator, co-founder & Chairman, twitter

Watch: http://blip.tv/file/2250926>the twitter story

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3. Tim O’Reilly (@timoreilly) - Founder and CEO, O’Reilly Media.

Watch: “What twitter has taught me”

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4. Fred Wilson (@fredwilson) - is a VC and principal of Union Square Ventures:

Watch: “The Power of Passed Links and Earned Media”

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5. John Borthwick (@johnborthwick) - CEO of betaworks

Watch: “The twitter Ecosystem”

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6. David Saranga (@DavidSaranga) - Consul for Media and Public Affairs at the Israeli Consulate in New York

Watch: “The use of Twitter in Public Diplomacy”

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7. twitter: Newspapers

Participants:
John Boitnott (@jboitnott) - Social Media strategist, Village Voice
Erick Schonfeld (@erickschonfeld) - co-editor, TechCrunch
Etan Horowitz (@etanowitz) - Technology writer, Orlando Sentinel
Patrick LaForge (@palafo) - Director of the Copy Desks, The New York Times
Peter A. McKay (@peteramckay) - Writer, Wall Street Journal

Watch: “The effect of twitter on Newspapers”

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8. Howard Lindzon (@howardlindzon) - Wallstrip Creator, Hedge Fund Manager, Venture Fund Manager and StockTwits.com

Watch: “Living in a twitter world.”

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9. twitter: TV

Participants:
Caissie St.Onge (@Caissie) - Writer/Producer, Best Week Ever
Craig Engler (@Craigatscifi) - SVP and GM of Sci Fi Digital.
Gavin Purcell (@gavinpurcell) - co-producer, Late Night With Jimmy Fallon
Shelly Palmer (@shelly_palmer) - Host, MediaBytes. President, NATAS–NY and the Emmy Awards. Author, Television Disrupted

Watch: “what twitter means to TV shows and their producers”

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10. Liz Strauss (@lizstrauss)

Watch: “Marketing for the eavesdroppers in the tridimensional conversation”

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11. Stowe Boyd (@stoweboyd)

Watch: “The evolution of Microsyntax”

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12. “The effects of twitter on My Business
or how things are different now because of twitter. The corporate perspective”

Participants:
Brian Solis (@briansolis) - Principal of FutureWorks
Brook Lundy (@someecards) - Co-Founder and Head Writer, someecards
Marcel LeBrun (@lebrun) - CEO, Radian6
Tony Hsieh (@zappos) - CEO, Zappos.com

Watch: The effects of twitter on My Business

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13. Maegan Carberry (@maegancarberry) - Blogger, Huffington Post // CauseCast // Lifehack; co-host Variety’s Wilshire and Washington, Managing Editor, truuconfessions.com.

Watch: “Politics: possibilities of bipartisanship and/or post-partisanship on Twitter.”

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14. “twitter as a News Gathering Tool”

Participants:
Ann Curry (@AnnCurry) - News Anchor on NBC’s Today Show and host of Dateline NBC
Rick Sanchez (@ricksanchezcnn) - Host of the 3PM weekday edition of CNN Newsroom
Robert Scoble (@Scobleizer)
Ryan Osborn (@todayshow) - Producer, NBC Today Show

Watch: “twitter as a News Gathering Tool” (Part 1)
Watch: “twitter as a News Gathering Tool” (Part 2)

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15. John A. Byrne (johnabyrne>@JohnAByrne) - Editor in Chief, BusinessWeek.com

Watch: “The Business Week perspective on twitter”

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16. James Cox (@imajes)

Watch: “The story behind CNNBRK”

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17. Moeed Ahmad (moeed>@moeed) - Head of New Media Technology and Future Media Department Technology Division, Al Jazeera Network

Watch: “The Al Jazeera Twitter Strategy”

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18. Jeremy Epstein (@jer979) - Marketing Navigator, Never Stop Marketing

Watch: “How I followed Jeff Pulver on Twitter for 16 Months and Ended Up on This Stage: Twitter as a Strategic Relationship Building Tool”

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19. Christopher R. Weingarten (@1000TimesYes) - Music Writer, RollingStone.com and Village Voice

Watch: “Twitter and the End Of Music Criticism”

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20. Jeffrey Hayzlett (@JeffreyHayzlett) - Chief Marketing Officer, Kodak

Watch: “Kodak and twitter: What we are learning”

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21. Kevin Slavin (@slavin) - founder area/code

Watch: “Things that twitter”

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22. twitter: Music

Participants:
Jim Jones (@jimjonescapo) - Recording artist
Leslie Hall (@dollyhall) - Principal, ICED Media
Ted Cohen (@TAGStrategic) - Managing Partner
Xavier Jernigan (@xjernigan) - Director, Digital Marketing & Strategy at Universal Motown Republic Group

Watch: “Exploring the use of twitter in the Music Industry”

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23. twitter: Sports

Participants:
ESPN Katie Richman (@ESPN_ProdGirl)
Jeramie McPeek (@SunsWebmaster) - Webmaster, Phoenix Suns
Kathleen Hessert (@kathleenhessert) - President, Sports Media Challenge
troy murphy (@troy_murphy) - Forward, Indiana Pacers

Watch: “A look at how twitter is used in Pro Sports”

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24. Musicians, Bloggers and Twitter

Participants:
BarbaraJones (@BarbaraJones)
Diane Birch (@dianebirch) - Recording Artist
Steve Greenberg (@steviegpro) - founder & CEO, S-Curve Records

Watch: “The new Artist / Fan Relationship”
(includes a performance by Diane Birch)

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25. twitter: Moms

Participants:
Audrey McClelland (@AudreyMcClellan) - Co-owner of MomGenerations.com
Jessica Gottlieb (@JessicaGottlieb)
Lindsay Maines (@rockandrollmama)
Maya Bisineer (@thinkmaya)

Watch: “Exploring the way Moms use twitter”

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26. Laura Fitton (@Pistachio) - Founder, oneforty inc. and co-Author Twitter for Dummies

Watch: “twitter: A Love Story”

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27. Sharon Glassman (@sharonglassman) - Funny-smart author, HuffPost blogger, performing speaker

Watch: “Geek, Dorks, Nerds: How to make your most “uncool” self your Tweetest asset.”

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28. twitter and Mad Men

“A look at the story behind the story about MadMen who twitter. Surprise Mad Man will be unveiled at #140Conf!”

Participants:
Carri Bugbee (@peggyolson)
Helen Klein Ross (@bettydraper)

Watch: twitter and Mad Men

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29. Brad Fidler (@brad_fidler)

Watch: “Twitter Freedoms”

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30. Andrew Keen (@ajkeen)

Watch: “Twitter and power”

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31. twitter Celebs

Participants:
adventuregirl (@adventuregirl)
Chris Brogan (@chrisbrogan) - President, New Marking Labs
Julia Roy (@juliaroy) - Senior Agent of Social Life™ at Undercurrent and Creator/Host of Tweet Week, a weekly vlog about Twitter youtube.com/tweetweek
Justine (@ijustine)

Watch: “the making of a twitter celebrity”

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32. Rajesh Setty (@UpbeatNow) - Entrepreneur, Author and Speaker

Watch: “ThinkTweet: Books that tweet”

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33. “twitter: For the Social Good”

Participants:
Adam Hirsch (@adamhirsch) - COO, Mashable.com
Amanda Rose (@amanda) - Founder, @twestival
drew olanoff (@drew) - #BlameDrewsCancer
Liane Thompson (@missilecitykids)
StaceyMonk (@StaceyMonk) - Founder of Epic Change and TweetsGiving.

Watch: “twitter: For the Social Good”

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It was during the following interview that I realized that June 16, 2009 was one of the best days of my life. Special thanks to Open University for being a part of #140conf.

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In the end, the 140 Characters Conference (#140conf) turned out to be two of the best days of my life. There was an energy present in the room which was pretty amazing. Just watch part II of “twitter of a News Gathering Tool” to get a feel of what I am referring to. Feel free to browse some of the blog posts and news stories posted to: http://140conf.com/news to hear what some of the attending delegates had to say about the event.

#140conf brought together a community of people with diverse backgrounds from across multiple industries from literally around the world. There are too many people to thank for their individual contributions but I just wanted everyone to know that their contributions were appreciated and I look forward to working with them again.

One of my goals of creating and producing #140conf was to in effect enable what could be best described as: “Social Media Heterosis” (hybrid vigor in the social media space) and cross connect communities which are all using twitter as a platform to communicate for their business but would have otherwise have never had any reason to meet each or connect with each other. (Special thanks to Becky McCray for introducing me to the word “hybrid vigor”)

I first started creating / hosting / producing events in 1996. Over the years the formats of my events have evolved and what 500 people experienced last week at New World Stages was my new recipe for producing events. I believe most events suffer from too-many-breakout-sesion-itis. My solution to this problem is to offer everyone the same shared common experience. This is a chance for everyone who chooses to be in the room to hear what everyone else is saying. This is a chance for a community to bond together and a chance for a voice to resonate. This is why I choose to produce the event on an off-Broadway stage and why I ran everything in the same room.

I believe that everyone IS a Character. That every voice is important and should be heard. While I hope my guests enjoyed hearing from some of the people they knew of before they attended #140conf, I also hope they brought home the voices of some of the people who they didn’t know before but discovered at #140conf. (Personally, I thought Christopher R. Weingarten from RollingStone.com was just amazing. Watch his performance at: http://pulverblog.pulver.com/archives/008954.html)

The introduction of the 10 minute speaker format (see #140conf schedule) mostly worked and offered an opportunity for the discovery of more people and more information than can happen in a traditional conference setting. If you would like to view some of the 69 recorded video sessions from #140conf, you can request viewing access by visiting: http://140conf.com/mailing-list.

I believe the “State of NOW” represents a big shift in the nature of how we will use the Internet and I look at just about everyone who is a member of the #140conf community to be a pioneer in this new field. I believe I achieved my stated goal of “producing an event that explored the use of twitter as a platform and looked at the effects of twitter on: Celebrity, The Media, Advertising and Politics.”

The goal wasn’t to be “just a twitter conference” but rather look at how a diverse group of people are being effected by twitter and provide a platform for people to listen, learn and connect with the people who were sharing their voices and perspectives.

As my short conference format evolves, I am sure it will offer more time for interactive questions. I did ask each of the Characters who spoke to make it a point to stay around and talk with everyone. I thank everyone who listened and I hope more will take this request to heart at future events. When we take questions from the audience, I will ask that questions and/or statements are done in 140 characters or less to allow more time for interaction.

Based on the success of #140conf, I have already started work on two additional events, #140conf: LA and #140conf: London. It is my intention for each event to build upon the characteristics of the city which is located in while continuing to add to the diversity of the communities represented.

I’m happy to announce that Kodak has come forward to be the title sponsor of both #140conf: LA and #140conf: London. This said, I am looking for other companies interested in sponsoring as well as companies which would like to be part of the #140conf Application Showcase.

I am also looking for people to nominate “Characters” for these events. The nomination process is already underway. The deadline for nominations is: July 24th. (If you have any questions about this process, please feel free to contact me directly.)

Special thanks to Social Approach and the work they continue to put into http://live.140conf.com. You can use their platform to subscribe to all of the characters from #140conf.

Special thanks also to our #140conf exhibitors:

- 140Ware
- Chatterbox
- CoTweet
- Glam Media - Tinker
- hootsuite
- Keenkong
- Kodak
- PeopleBrowsr

Special thanks also to Porter Novelli who sponsored our VIP Reception on June 15th and to Partners 1993, Inc. who sponsored our Networking Party on June 16th.

Please visit http://140conf.com to receive updates regarding future events. Please also follow @140conf on twitter.

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Christopher R. Weingarten (@1000TimesYes) - Music Writer, RollingStone.com and Village Voice spoke at The 140 Characters Conference in New York on June 16, 2009.

I really enjoyed his talk about “Twitter and the End Of Music Criticism.”

One of my favorite memories from the 140 Characters Conference, Chris Sacca (@sacca) and Wyclef Jean (@wyclef):

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On Monday, June 29th I will be in Tel Aviv and hosting my third Breakfast with Jeff Pulver (and Friends) in Tel Aviv this year from 0830 to 1100. I am looking forward to catching up with my friends.

To RSVP, please visit this event on Facebook and please also RSVP over at: http://www.amiando.com/09BWJ14.htm and bring your printed confirmation to gain access to the event.

As Aroma is not charging us for use of their facility, the minimum purchase is 20nis. Coffee and a baked good will be offered at that price or order whatever you like but the cashiers will be charging 20nis as a minimum for all attendees.

Everyone attending this breakfast will receive a “Personal Social Networking Toolkit.” Friends can learn more about my “Personal Social Networking Toolkit” by watching the video below:

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Since 1996 I have created / hosted / produced many different events. Of everything I’ve ever been associated with, this panel discussion stands out as an amazing and magical moment in time. It is no coincidence that shortly after this session, @AnnCurry was added to twitters “Suggested Followers List.”

I thank Ryan Olsen (@todayshow) for suggesting that I add this topic to 140Conf and Ann Curry for coming to #140conf and sharing her perspective the way she did. (Ann, you were just amazing!)

(Part 2)

(Part 1) (this starts off with the end of Maegan Carberry (@maegancarberry) session)

Special thanks to: Ann Curry (@AnnCurry) - News Anchor on NBC’s Today Show and host of Dateline NBC;Rick Sanchez (@ricksanchezcnn) - Host of the 3PM weekday edition of CNN Newsroom; Robert Scoble (@Scobleizer); Ryan Osborn (@todayshow) - Producer, NBC Today Show and Clayton Morris (@ClaytonMorris). Anchor Fox and Friends Anchor Fox for being a part of this session.

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One of my favorite memories from the 140 Characters Conference, Chris Sacca (@sacca) and Wyclef Jean (@wyclef):

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Keep up wit Day2 of the 140 Characters Conference by watching: http://live.140conf.com

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Having worked on the 140 Characters Conference more or less non-stop since the end of March, putting in something like 90 to 110 hours a week and maybe more, I’m really looking forward to the event starting at 08:45AM in the morning.

While this conference was announced at the end of this past March, it feels like I’ve been working on this conference for some time. Maybe it is just my years of experience in creating / hosting / producing events, but there is something really special happening at #140conf. The reality is that twitter is the common bond amongst a group of people that have just about nothing else in common.

During my morning talk I hope to share some of my thoughts about the “State of NOW.” I will be announcing two follow on events, #140conf: London and #140conf: LA which are both scheduled to in October 2009. A formal “Casting Call” for the next set of Characters is forthcoming.

I remember the last time I was up late at night thinking exactly what I wanted to say to the community in the following morning. I think it was Seattle 2002 VON. Tomorrow morning when I will stand in front of the attending audience, I will be a humble person. Things are different now. Better in many ways and had I not experienced some of things I did since March, 2008, I would not appreciate this moment as much as I do. I am quite impressed by both the number of people who are attended and what great distance some of my guests have traveled to be a part of the #140conf experience.

I don’t think words alone could share how special and amazing I know tomorrow will be. Who would know that Time Magazine would put twitter on their cover in one week and the following weekend twitter would become the platform of choice to find out news and information from the #IranElection.

I don’t know if there will be enough time for me to share my appreciation for everyone who has contributed directly to the success of the event. I always wanted to produce a conference which had wide enough appeal to bring in reporters from both Rolling Stone and Sports illustrated to Business Week and Forbes and the 140 Characters Conference is such an event.

Special thanks to everyone who has come out and who has helped me spread the word about #140conf.

You can watch the entire broadcast of #140conf by visiting: <A HREF=http://140conf.com/14conf. (Broadcasting LIVE on both June 16th and 17th).

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140 Characters Conference is starting on Tuesday. There are just a handful of seats still available for sale. I am holding on to two tickets to give away today.

For a chance to win one of the tickets

1. Tweet out the reason you’d like a free conference pass, in the following format:

@140conf I’d like to attend #140conf because…

2. Make sure you’re following @140conf, so you can be notified via Direct Message if you win.

The most creative Tweets will win. Winners will be notified via direct message by midnight ET tonight, June 14th. Travel and accommodation are not included.

Best of luck!

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Ulrike Reinhard from the who is blog recently interviewed me about the upcoming 140 Characters Conference.

(What I didn’t realize was that the video was being recorded. I just thought the audio soundtrack would be used in a story to be published.)

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With the 140 Characters Conference taking place starting Tuesday, during the past few days I have felt the “Blur” generated by this event. It has been a long time since I was sitting in from of my laotop from 6AM to 4PM and didn’t have time to write a blog post.

It has been that kind of intense few days.

I decided to take a break and I just recorded the following video:

Special thanks to Chris Brogan for turning me onto twitter back in January, 2007. Special thanks to EVERYONE who has contributed to this event. Looking forward to hosting/producing #140conf next week.

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The New York Observer: Who is Jeff Pulver and Why Is He Hosting a Conference About Twitter?

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On the evening of June 16th, I am hosting the 140 Characters Conference Networking Party.

Friends are invited to join me and the “cast of characters” who are in town from around the world for my 140 Characters Conference for a networking / cocktail party

The cost is: $50 in advance and $75 at the door.

Click here to register and be sure to select “140 Conf: Networking Party Only (June 16th)”

This will be a great evening of networking and the biggest networking event of it kind so far this year in New York City.

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On the evening of June 16th, I am hosting the 140 Characters Conference Networking Party.

Friends are invited to join me and the “cast of characters” who are in town from around the world for my 140 Characters Conference for a networking / cocktail party

The cost is: $50 in advance and $75 at the door.

Click here to register and be sure to select “140 Conf: Networking Party Only (June 16th)”

This will be a great evening of networking and the biggest networking event of it kind so far this year in New York City.

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A week from today the 140 Characters Conference will be taking place at New World Stages in New York City.

After sending out RSVP confirmations to the existing Cast of Characters, I learned that I had two openings in the Cast to fill.

The “Cast of Characters” at #140conf will have full VIP access at the event. There is no speaking role being offered but cast members will be selected to help introduce some of the speakers during the course of the conference.

To be considered as a possible candidate Character to join the cast:

1. Tweet out the reason you are a character, in the following suggested format:

- @140conf I am a Character. I want to be at #140conf because… (yes, you can improvise if needed. After all you are a Character!)

As an alternative approach, record a short video and make your case on video why you are a character. (12seconds is the recommended platform). When promoting a supporting video, use the format:

- @140conf I am a Character and should be considered for cast of #140conf. Watch (link to video)

2. Make sure you’re following @140conf, so you can be notified via Direct Message if you win.

Two Characters will win. Winners will be notified via direct message by midnight ET on Tuesday June 9th. Travel and accommodation are not included.

I look forward to catching up with all of the Characters at the 140 Characters Conference next week in New York City.

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Every once in a long while, something BIG happens on the internet can be felt around the world, across multiple industries. Something which will end up being very disruptive to some industries while creating opportunities in others. Today we are in the very early days of the next BIG thing, the Real-time Internet. This is something which has been brewing for some time and during the past number of months the table was set for the real-time, NOW Internet to emerge.

Whether or not you use twitter, or FriendFeed or update your status on Facebook, there are enough people who are doing this at a fast enough frequency that collectively they have had the effect of ushering us into something new, something which I am calling the “State of NOW.”

To better understand the State of NOW, the 140 Characters Conference is bringing together a pretty amazing worldwide twitter community June 16th and 17th in New York City. Collectively the people speaking at the 140 Characters Conference are some of the people helping to pioneer the emergence of the real-time Internet based on the way they are using and taking advantage of twitter as a platform. The 140 Characters conference is NOT just a “tech event” but rather a gathering bringing together people representing multiple disciplines from a number of industries. We are an unique gathering of people representing a special moment in time in the history of the Internet.

If you want to understand the unintended consequences of the “State of NOW” on your business, or start to see new opportunities emerge for you to take advantage of, there is no better place to be than the 140 Characters Conference taking place in NYC next week.

The cost to attend both days (June 16th and 17th) is: US$ 895. To attend on only June 16th the cost is $595. The remaining seating is limited. To register, please visit: http://140conf.com/register

Hope to see you in NYC next week.

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140 Characters Conference is taking place in just about a week and I wanted to capture and share some of my thoughts about the upcoming event.

What is your take on the real-time Internet?

Hope you can join me in New York City June 16th and 17th.

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I love living in the future.

When I was a kid I was promised: flying cars, jet packs and moon bases together with intrusive Jetson-style video conferencing.

Weirdly all that stuff now feels incredibly retro even though it didn’t come to pass (yet).

We somehow leapfrogged the future we were supposed to have into one which it in it’s own right is pretty amazing.

I have enjoyed living on the Internet since 1993. Everyone once in a long while there have been tectonic shifts in the fabric of the Internet itself. And it turns out that most recent tectonic shift is one which has been powered by the people who are on platforms such as: FriendFeed, the people who update their status on Facebook and those who are living with twitter have collectively ushered in the era of the real-time internet.

I have enjoyed having twitter as part of my life the past 2 1/2 years. These past few months I have enjoyed watching twitter reach a tipping point and enter the mainstream and be felt in Pop Culture. However, if you pull back from that, I think Twitter itself was a tipping point. A platform that enables us to leapfrog past words like “the social media” or web 2.0. The internet as we knew it has changed. Welcome to the NOW Internet.

How did this happen? By a number of things. But one of them was the accidental genius was in asking Twitter users one simple question: “What are you doing?”

The millions of answers to that question reflect the real-time social sculpture of the Internet. The answers change by the millisecond. These answers are powered by individuals and not servers. It’s like the simplicity of the Google search box but in reverse. We went from asking questions to answering them. And by answering these questions we helped to define new “now” and the era of the real-time social Internet.

At the moment I am writing this, I am flying on board Virgin America flight 404 from LAX to JFK. Sitting next to me is someone who saw I was on twitter and we just had a conversation about how the tweets of their friends are often more than a bit mundane. “I’m making coffee”, “I’m going to bed”, “I’m watching TV”, “I’m flying today on @VirginAmerica flight 404 from LAX to JFK” - but the great thing is that those are the answers that remind us we’re all in this together. And when someone I know via Twitter does something special, I acknowledge them on and am in turn I am inspired to do more.

And while the effects of large number of people just answering the question of “What are you doing?” has already disrupted a number of industries, this will continue to disrupt other industries in the near future.

The future IS now. Friendships are strengthened because of the immediacy that a ‘disruptive’ platform can bring. If it’s technology like Twitter that shakes up the old world, then good. It’s about time. Seems I have been waiting a lifetime for this to happen.

When I started working on the 140 Characters Conference, I like to think that I am pretty clued up about Twitter and what it means to business, but when I look at some of the people on the schedule at the 140 Characters Conference, then I know I’ve only scratched the surface. And that’s as it should be. Twitter is people powered - each of those people has more ideas than any of us can index. I’m happy to have the opportunity to dip into just a fraction of that and be encouraged and inspired.

It’s not about what happens next - it’s about what is happening NOW. There’s the place I have decided to focus. And this is why the new tag line for 140 Characters Conference tag line is: “Exploring the State of NOW.”

Turns out, the 140 Characters Conference is not just about Twitter - it is really all about us.

I hope you can join me in New York City on June 16th and 17th where I am hosting / producing the first 140 Characters Conference and where together we will explore “the State of NOW.”

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The 140 Characters Conference, taking place June 16th and 17th in New York City has attracted a very dynamic cast of characters.

This is an open “casting call” looking for people who are on twitter who would like to record a “shout out” to the people who will be joining me in New York City at the 140 Characters conference. These “shout out” videos will be shown during the breaks in the conference program.

If you are character and would like to be seen and heard at the 140 Characters Conference, please use 12Seconds to record
record your “shout out” to the people attending the 140 Characters Conference.

Please be sure to include your name and location in your 12Seconds video. Once you have recorded your video, please tweet it with #140conf hash tag.

The deadline to have your “shout out” video considered is June 11th.

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Jay Moonah, @jmoonah entry came in first place in the 140 Characters Conference, “I’m a Character” contest.

Second place went to @FrankAdman and third place was awarded to the following people: @roald, @ladyleet, @dudetodad, @KwanzaHall, @scandalous.

I look forward to catching with these characters at the 140 Characters Conference taking place in New York City on June 16/17th.

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Source: Doug Mohney - Summary: 29 things I learned at the HD Communications Summit

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“1) Jeff Pulver can still pull over 100 of the “right people” to an event just after InterOp and just before the U.S. Memorial Day weekend.

2) The baseline for a PSTN/POTS phone call hasn’t changed since 1937 or so – unlike everything else in the modern world.

3) Pulver plans an FCC petition this fall to upgrade PSTN to HD; digital TV provides a case justification to move to a new technology.

4) Frequency range for a PSTN call is 300-3000 Hz

5) AudioCodes Google Search on “HD Voice/VoIP” – Past 10 years, 190,000 hits. Past 12 months, 82,000 hits, so the trend line is going up and to the right.

6) Depending on who’s talking, HD audio would use a range between 100-7000 Hz. Diminishing returns after 7000 Hz delivery.

7) The tighter PSTN clips consonants.

FM radio sounds better than a PSTN call.

9) HD Connect is the working name of the HD Communications trade association Pulver is starting because a) Polycomm has a trademark on HD Voice and b) AudioCodes has a trademark on HD VoIP

10) Everyone wants a “HD Connect” logo to put on their boxes

11) When HD voice (generic) happens [in North America], it will happen really really fast, predicts everyone.

12) But right now, [North American] service providers are on the fence waiting to see who jumps first.

13) Nobody can agree on a single HD codec, but most agree we need fewer codecs and there seems to be sufficient codecs out there

14) More codecs = more part cost, more support costs, so the fewer, the better

15) Ain’t no such thing as a “free” codec. Support costs and potential indemnification issues lurk.

16) Wireless and wireline will likely use different codecs because the cellular carriers need to get the most out of their leased spectrum (i.e. spectral efficiency)

17) Transcoding will be necessary to move between HD codecs; AudioCodes is happy.

18) North American cable companies are getting ready for HD, but until the business case is clear (i.e. “Show me the money”), they aren’t in any rush.

19) Cable may have a leg up by locking in DECT CAT-iq as a standard so service providers can provide an end-to-end experience without transcoding or other tweaking.

20) The Europeans are ahead of us (again). BT, France Telecom, T-Mobile are all deploying HD today in their respective territories.

21) France Telecom expects to be able to exchange HD voice calls with other carriers by the end of the year.

22) Enterprises are likely to be the earliest adopters of HD. They control their own infrastructure, are deploying VoIP, HD gets rolled out as “just another app” onto the existing infrastructure.

23) Avaya has incorporated wideband codecs in all of its phones; Polycom is adding wideband codecs to all of its phones.

24) HD is a “killer app” when it comes to talking to a non-native language speaker and you can’t understand his/her accent. The broader range means you can understand what someone is saying rather than having to work at interpreting (i.e. filling in the blanks) as to what they are really saying.

25) HD on cell phones is happening – in Europe. France Telecom is (once again) leading the way with mobile HD.

26) Truphone says it is working with HD in the lab and is ready to roll when the time is right.

27) Qualcomm has done demos/field trials of HD on cellular.

28) In the trials, Qualcomm used the Swiss-army-knife of IP telephony – Digium’s Asterisk – to transcode between its 4GV-WB codec and G.722.

29) Qualcomm is still trying to fight the EVDO/LTE battle.”

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Since announcing the 140 Characters Conference, while working on the event, I have been thinking about the moment in time we are experiencing, in what feels like the early days of something new and different.

Living and experiencing information in The Now is just different when compared to the way we are used to experiencing things. Since the launch of the commercial internet in 1993 we may have been on-line in real-time, but we experienced access to information that was slightly old to ancient. Today access to information has changed so much in the past year that today we are now living in “The State of Now.”

And while the event is called the 140 Characters Conference and is bringing together a worldwide twitter community together, the phenomena of The State of Now is much bigger than twitter. I believe when we think about what businesses have been effected by the disruption caused with the ability for just about anyone to be able to experience information in real-time isn’t something that is going away anytime soon, regardless of what eventually may happen to who ends up owning the twitter platform. We are not about to go back in time, but only forward and I look forward to having a chance to better understand the way things are and the way they may become because of the change agent known as twitter.

Some thoughts about #140conf and exploring the “State of Now” in my mind:

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During the past week I have a received a number of entries from Characters in the “I am a Character” contest.

Some of the videos being considered this weekend include:

From: @FrankAdman:

@FrankAdman on twitter from Frank Adman on Vimeo.

From: @jmoonah

From: @roald

From: @ladyleet

I have fallen in love with a conference… the 140 Characters Conference from LadyLeet on Vimeo.

From: @dudetodad

From: @KwanzaHall

From: @scandalous

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Special thanks to everyone who took the time to enter the contest. The winner will be contacted by June 1st and announced on or before June 2nd.

“Winners will be selected on the basis of (1) content (25%), (2) creativity (25%), (3) technique (25%), and (4) humor (25 %).”

This said, feel free to take a moment and vote on YOUR favorite video:

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Every once in a while you owe it to yourself to stop what you are doing, look around and enjoy your moment in time.

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Next week I will be spending time on the West Coast as I will be attending and participating at two Venture focused conferences: Silicon Summit 2009 and The Israel Conference.

On Wednesday June 3rd I will be in Palo Alto and speaking at Silicon Summit 2009 on the ”Early Stage Investment: Where do we go from here?” panel together with: Ken Elefant, Opus Capital; Eitan Bek, Pitango Venture Capital; Ryan Floyd, Storm Ventures; Jennifer Fonstad, Draper Fisher Jurvetson and Josh Green, Mohr Davidow Ventures.

On Thursday June 4th I will be in Los Angeles and helping at The Israel Conference where I will be providing commentary during their five minute “Fast and Cool” company presentations.

Both of these conferences are bringing together Venture Capital together with some pretty amazing Israeli Technology companies and some pretty amazing people. I am looking forward to being a part of both events and catching up with friends who will be in attendance.

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On May 21, 2009 something special happened in New York City at the HD Communications Summit when the VoIP Industry started to rebooted itself. If not the entire industry, at least the 100+ people who were in attendance who represented elements of the HD VoIP ecosystem. It is my belief that HD VoIP represents a second chance for my original vision of “purple minutes” to actually happen and a chance for VoIP technologies to finally help redefine how voice communications is heard over IP networks. (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purple_minutes for definition of purple minutes)

News Flash: VoIP will be cool again. It will be colored purple and will help lead to the eventual restoration of the market caps within the worldwide telecoms sector and in time will generate billions of dollars of revenue from both equipment sales and voice services by those companies who decide to invest in HD VoIP technologies.

Since 1937 the voice quality of a phone call has not improved. The advent of HD Communications will change the way people expect their voice communication to sound like and over time we will reboot the telecom industry. Orange France is leading the world with their work in helping to redefine what a phone call sounds like and is the first major carrier in the world to roll out HD Voice communications.

I believe that over the next 5 to 7 years there are billions of dollars of revenue at stake for the equipment vendors who are successful in selling their HD VoIP vision. Service providers should also see renewed revenue opportunities as consumers discover what they can experience with HD Communications.

Related blog posts and stories:

Jeff Pulver: The day the VoIP Industry Rebooted

John Gallagher: There’s a Lot More to HD Voice than the Codec

Alex Goldman: eff Pulver wants to be HD’s ambassador

Anatoli Levine: HD Voice is Here?

Jan Linden: More on the HD Communication Summit

Robert Messer: HD Communications the Turning Point for VoIP

Doug Mohney: HD Communications Summit: Analysis – Will international needs bootstrap HD voice?

Doug Mohney: HD Communications Summit: HD Cellular is happening

Doug Mohney: HD Communications Summit: Islands of HD, trending upward

Doug Moheny: HD Communications Summit: Cable bides its time

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Tags: VoIP, HD Communications, HD VoIP, Jeff Keni Pulver

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As a follow up to the success of last week’s HD Communications Summit, an event which explored issues associated with the widespread deployment of HD VoIP, I am happy to announce the next HD Communications Summit will be taking place September 15-16, 2009.

I believe HD voice holds the same promise for the telecom industry as format changes in the entertainment industry. With enough interest, together we can trigger a replacement cycle like the one observed currently with HDTV.

At the HD Communications Summit there will be vendors demonstrating their products and their platforms and we will take a look at the issues and challenges for the transformation of the existing communications infrastructure into one which supports HD.

From mobile handsets and Enterprise desktop phones to the core infrastructure that drives the communication network, the advent of HD VoIP can and will transform communications. If we dont invest the time to change the communications infrastructure, traditional communication networks will be at risk of becoming disintermediated as better sounding means of communication naturally evolve without the restrictions imposed by the legacy of the AT&T network.

There has been no substantial improvement of voice quality on telephony networks since 1937. It is about time for change to happen and to be implemented.

There is a lot of work ahead for all of us. From helping to educate the worldwide consumers about the promise of HD VoIP to the issues surrounding widespread adoption and implementation issues.

One thing is clear to me - if we as an industry to sit idle and not address this topic, nothing will happen and it will be another generation or two before there is a chance to introduce HD VoIP into the communications network. After the events last week in New York City I am convinced there is now a core group of people who together can and will effect change.

So Im putting out this Call for Speakers and looking for creative, out-of-the-box thinkers to come forward and pitch me about a HD VoIP topic they are passionate about and would like to speak about. (Practical talks are also welcome.)

So please think about what YOU could contribute to the dialog regardless of where you see yourself inside the ecosystem - be it - end user / handset maker / carrier / telecom equipment maker / next generation services provider and pitch me to have your voice heard at this event.

What I hope to do is once again bring together is a gathering of people with a variety of backgrounds and together explore the future of where things are going and what business models will be used to provide the dollar returns needed to get us there.

If you are interested in speaking at the next HD Communications Summit, and or would like to suggest a speaker, please contact me ASAP. The deadline for speaking proposals is Friday, June 19th but the first to approach me will be the first I consider for the event. (Sponsors and exhibitors are also welcome to contact me.)

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Tags: HDVoIP, HD Communications Summit, voip, Jeff Keni Pulver

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The 140 Characters Conference will be taking place in New York City June 16th and 17th. This event has evolved into the “Davos of twitter” and will be a worldwide gathering of people whom collectively are the pioneers who are amongst the first to use twitter for business.

- If you would like to attend, you can REGISTER right now.

- You can apply for a conference scholarship. Up to 30 scholarships will be awarded prior to the commencement of the vent.

- Enter (and win) the “I am a Character” contest. (Entries due by May 29th).

- If you are a startup, you can apply for our “equity=cash” option.

I hope to see you in New York City in June.

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I enjoy feeling the passion of entrepreneurs who dream about doing their own startup. During the past few years, during my trips to Israel, I have met with quite a number of entrepreneurs and have made investments in a number of early-early stage startups.

In 2007 when I first met fashionista and part time indie-fashion designer, Daria Shualy while she was telling me about the problem she saw with online experience of Fashion, when I started to feel the passion she used to tell her story, I felt she was onto something that could become BIG. Daria explained to me that while in the offline world, indie fashion was very much a social experience, where friends go shopping together, shoppers become trendsetter as they wear and promote their favorite designers, and where young designers are also shoppers themselves, the online experience remained segregated and incomplete. In the online world you either had selling platforms, or platforms for fashionistas showing off, or groups within existing platform which were UGC, but lacked the tools they needed. And so the idea came to her head, to imitate the very organic and live experience of offline indie-fashion, in the online world, by creating a home to indie-fashion fans and designers, a place where everyone can show, sell, buy, and interact freely.

After hearing her pitch I told Daria that I was interested in helping her get her startup started and Sense of Fashion was born. As a result, I made an investment and I am happy to have Sense of Fashion as part of my active portfolio of Israeli Hi-Tech startups.

If you were to ask Daria to describe what Sense of Fashion has evolved into since she first pitched me in 2007, Sense of Fashion “…is now a place where anyone can open a page, add a limitless amount of fashion photos – from what you wear, your favorite fashion items, fashionable people in the street, and of course you’re designs if you’re a designer – and everyone can shop, and sell (for a small sales commission).

Everyone on Sense of Fashion is a trendsetter, showing off their style and promoting any designer they wish. The designers get a real live clientèle base, which responds quickly and freely to their designs, and all users get the social shopping experience, using such unique features as Fashion Emergency, enabling you to ask all friends to vote and help you decide which dress looks better on you, or which of two sneakers to buy.”

Daria’s two co-founders are the CTO, Yariv Habot – which was the sole founder of Israblog – Israel’s first and most successful to date blog service, which was sold to Netvision in 2006. And Yael Givon – who was former VP of Product and Marketing for Speedbit and Director of Marketing for AOL (in ICQ).

Daria herself has experience as creative director for content on the Web, print media and TV.

The Sense of Fashion web site was launched a month ago, and already has been recognized by killerstartups.com and on Sao Paulo Fashion Week website.

I congratulate Daria and her team for just completing their second round of seed funding. I look forward to watching the Sense of Fashion grow in significance within the fashion industry.

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Tags: Sense of Fashion, StartUp, Tel Aviv,Israel, Daria Shualy, Social Media, Jeff Pulver

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On Wednesday, May 20th I had the pleasure to be one of the speakers (via Skype) at the Media140 conference in London. A few hours after my presentation I captured some of my thoughts about Social Media and “The Media” in the following video clip:

After watching the clip, please feel free to share your answers to the questions raised in the comments below.

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Looking back, I believe May 21, 2009 will be known as a milestone date in the history of the VoIP Industry. For certain it was one of the most significant gatherings of the communications industry in 2009. It was a day that 100+ people from: Across the United States, Israel, Canada, France, Germany and Russia gathered to explore the state of the HD VoIP ecosystem.

Special thanks goes to Daniel Berninger who helped organize the event and the support our sponsors: AudioCodes, Global IP Sound, Gigaset, Polycom, Snom and the DECT Forum. Thanks also to all the speakers who each shared their HD VoIP Pearls of Wisdom while they were on stage. And thanks also goes to everyone who took the time to twitter the event and share their experience with others who were not able to be with us in New York City.

Yesterday at the first HD Communications Summit was a moment in time when the VoIP Industry got together, compared notes, explored the state of HD VoIP and started a down a path I believe will have a positive effect for the future of the industry as a whole. Yesterday ushered in an era of coopitition in the HD VoIP space, a time where competitors realized it was time to work together to promote a common goal. Together we forged a bond which us take us forward as HD VoIP gains widespread adoption.

While I had strong feelings about the possible significance of the day, I was never really sure how to express this reality while promoting the HD Communications Summit. I was certain whatever I said would have been looked at as promotional language in support of the event and not heard in terms of the possible historical significance of what the day represented.

I opened the day by sharing some of my thoughts about “Hyper Communications” and the absolute need for HD Voice to become the norm. Along the way I announced the formation of a new HD VoIP marketing association, HD Connect and our plans to go to Wall Street and help educate the Buy Side and Sell Side about the possibilities of HD Voice. I also shared my plans to reach out to the FCC later this year in support of a High Definition Voice / HDV initiative and I announced the next HD Communications Summit will be taking place September 15-16th. Plans are also underway for both a European and an Asia Pac event for later this year.

On a personal note yesterday was a reunion of sorts for me. For the first time in a number of years, some of the pioneers from the early days of VoIP gathered again and while it was great to reminisce about the past, the conversations quickly moved to the future and the open possibilities of what we can help make happen.

So it turns out that the “purple minutes” I first spoke about at Spring 2002 VON are really HD VoIP Minutes. It took seven years to get there, but I left the day feeling positive about the future of VoIP and feeling re-energized. It turns out that sometimes the answers we are looking for are sometimes hiding in plain sight..and sometimes the answers we seek are hiding in our own denial. For the communications industry I believe the way we will see the restoration of billions of dollars in both market cap and (eventually) in sales is the embracing of HD VoIP technologies and the realization that this represents a future of things to come.

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Since 1999, over the years, I have offered qualifying startups wishing to register to my conferences, sponsor and/or exhibit at my events an alternative payment option, something I called the “Equity=Cash”(tm) option.

I did this back in 1999 to help support the nascent VoIP industry and I am back with a similar offer to show my support for the people involved in helping to define the social media ecosystem.

Starting today, I am once again offering a new payment method for: delegates, exhibitors and sponsors who wish to be involved the 140 Character conference.

What’s the catch? The startups that qualify for this alternative payment method are determined solely at my personal discretion. Second, equity can only be used to pay for up to 50% of the amount due.

Over the years, I’ve been asked by a number of start-up CEOs to consider an alternative payment method for our conference delegates (and exhibitors). By taking advantage of this payment option, additional start-ups will be able to take advantage of the business networking opportunities the 140 Characters Conference will be known for.

If you are interested in learning more about this, please contact: jeff@pulver.com

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Join Jeff Pulver and friends in NYC on June 16-17 as he will be exploring the state of twitter and it’s effect on: Celebrity, The Media, Advertising and Politics. For more information and to register, please visit: http://140conf.com.

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What started out as a one day summit focused on the state of HD Communications has turned into a reunion of sorts for some of the people directly responsible for disrupting the state of the telecom industry during the past 15 years.

Looking at the names of the people who are speaking and those who are attending, this will be an international gathering of people who together have helped shape the communications industry. At the HD Communications Summit there will be people visiting New York City from across the United States, Canada, Germany, Israel and Russia. I believe that together we can chart a course for the future which will help restore billions of dollars of market cap in the Telecom sector and start to take the actions necessary which in turn will help generate what I expect will be billions of dollar of revenue over the next 5 to 7 years ahead in Telecom.

I plan to use Thursday, May 21st as my opportunity to share my theory about the evolution of communications and what happens next.

Friends who have a vested interested in the future of communications should consider coming to New York City and joining the discussion.

For more information and to register, please visit: www.HDComms.com.

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Tags: VoIP, HD Communications, HD VoIP, Jeff Keni Pulver

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The 140 Characters Conference will be taking place in New York City June 16-17, 2009. I have managed to bring together some of the most interesting people involved in: Media, Business and Marketing to talk about how they are using twitter and what this means to business.

Never before has such a fusion between thought leaders, forward thinkers and the people who get their fingers dirty in utilizing twitter as a platform happened.

Some of the people who are part of our “Cast of 140 Characters” include:

John Bell, 360° Digital Influence team, Ogilvy
Diane Birch, Recording Artist
Chris Brogan, President, New Marketing Labs
John A. Byrne, Editor in Chief, BusinessWeek.com
Ana Marie Cox, National Corresponded, Air America
Steve Greenberg, Founder, S-Curve Records
Jeffrey Hayzlett, Chief Marketing Officer, Kodak
Jim Jones, Recording Artist
Jason Linkins, Political Reporter Huffington Post
Natalie Gulbis, Professional Golfer, LPGA Tour
Peter McKay, Writer, Wall Street Journal
Troy Murphy, Forward, Indiana Pacers
Tim O’Reilly, Founder and CEO, O’Reilly Media.
Shelly Palmer, President of the Emmy Awards in NY
Gavin Purcell, co-producer, “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon”
Lindsey Reed, “Rock and Roll Mama”, Mommy Blogger
David Saranga, Consul for Media and Public Affairs, Israeli Consulate
Fred Wilson, Managing Partner, Union Square Ventures

(see: http://www.140conf.com/characters to review the entire “cast of characters”)

Click here to see the event schedule.

Register today to attend 140 Character Conference and take advantage of this unique opportunity to meet and network with people across multiple industries who are pioneering the way twitter is being used in business.

I hope to see you in New York City in June.

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A promising and funded startup based in Tel Aviv is seeking a qualified VP R&D to join its exciting & innovative team.

Strong people skills and web development experience is mandatory to tackle ever growing challenges.

In addition, such candidate should have .NET background (Hands-on as needed).

Working experience managing Agile/Scrum methodologies & previous experience working on scalable backend is a big advantage.

Interested? Please feel free to contact me and I will forward your details.

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Tags: Kinnernet, KinnernetUSA, Yossi Vardi, Jimmy Wales, Werewolf, Jeff Keni Pulver

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Ever since attending Kinnernet for the first time in 2006, I have felt that if I could only travel to one event a year, (if invited), it would be to Kinnernet. For me, the Kinnernet experience provides digital food for my soul and is something to be experienced to be understood.

Influenced by Tim O’Reilly’s Foo Camp, Yossi Vardi’s Kinnernet is all about “bottom up” community, “bottom up” content and offers the people who make up the community the opportunity for “extreme social networking” in a non-virtual sense and in the end provides an opportunity for ideas to be exchanged, friends to meet, friends to socialize and an opportunity to learn something new, inspire someone, get inspired and in the end leave with a new perspective on a wide range of topics and some new friends.

It took a year of planning and preparation and the efforts of Yossi Vardi and a number of dedicated volunteers to make it happen, but last weekend the magic of Kinnernet was shared with the 100+ people from Israel, United States, Canada, Finland and Germany who gathered together for the first time in Potomac, MD for KinnernetUSA.

I enjoyed having the honor of co-hosting the event with Yossi and having a chance to connect with some very interesting people for the first time and share the Kinnernet experience with friends. Some of the planned highlights of KinnerentUSA included: Gadgethon, Midnight Cooking Madness, Extraganza. Music, Discussions and Workshops.

Kinnernet USA had some great content and I enjoyed sharing thoughts about the state of social media in the “Living with 140 Characters and 5,000 Friends” session I hosted. It was during this session that I had the thoughts I shared earlier this week in my twitter: For Legacy and Family blog post.

One thing KinnernetUSA will be known for is the introduction by Jimmy Wales of the game Werewolf into the Kinnernet culture.

It turns out that in a world of hyper connectivity, there is still nothing that replaces the experience of face to face interactions. Phrases like: “I am just a Villager” and “I am not a Werewolf” were heard throughout the night. While I participated in one of the first games played on Friday Night, about one third of the camp took place in Werewolf game playing on Saturday evening. Some of these people become so connected with the game that they played the entire night and until about 10 AM on Sunday morning. Why did people stay up the entire night playing? From what I can tell from their passion for the game and the reality that each time you played a round of Werewolf you learned something new about the people you were playing with and maybe something new about yourself too. Werewolf can be a pretty intense game which brings out the emotions of a great poker game but it is played without chips and without a board and just people who form a village and go at it. Despite all of the advances in technology that I have observed, I do not think there will ever be a replacement to sharing face-to-face experiences like what is felt by those who played Werewolf during KinnernetUSA.

Special thanks to our sponsors: Best Buy, Mintz Levin and the other sponsors whose contributions helped make this event possible but who asked to remain anonymous.

KinnernetUSA was a lot of fun and I am already looking forward to the opportunity to co-host KinnernetUSA again in 2010.

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The 140 Characters Conference is hosting a contest and looking for inspired people to create video clips that says to anyone who watches the video that “I am a Character.” If you are interested in participating, please be sure to mention the 140 Characters Conference in your submission. (You might also want to reference twitter in your video.)

To get started, record your video clip (or episode of your Internet TV Show) and then Submit your Contest Entry and be sure to include a link to 140 Character Conference (http://140conf.com) in the show’s notes. tweet the entry (including #140conf) before 11:59PM (ET) on May 29, 2009, and you’ll be entered into the contest. Winners will be announced around June 2nd and we expect all of the winners will make it a point to attend the 140 Character Conference June 16-17 in New York City. (Winning prizes are not transferable.)

GRAND PRIZE: VIP Access to 140 Characters Conference + Round Trip transportation from any jetBlue or Virgin America city to NYC. (up to US $2,000 value)

SECOND PRIZE: VIP Access to 140 Characters Conference (US$ 1,200 value)

THIRD PRIZE: Full Conference Access to 140 Characters Conference (US$ 900 value)

For more information, please see the “Contest Rules” page.

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Daniel Berninger’s recent GigaOM column, “HD offers a way to save wireline argues high definition voice can restore interest in wireline. It seems strange there even exists a need to point out bad things happen to industries that do not innovate. The lack of innovation translates to stagnant or shrinking revenue and layoffs like in the case of BT and the dismantling of Nortel. The bright spots that exist happen to be areas enjoying rapid innovation, in particular, new modes of communication like Twitter and the still growing iPhone ecosystem.

The Twitter phenomena illustrates the tremendous unmet demand for communication. Telco’s pitch telephone calls as the means to reduce travel costs, but where are the voice quality improvements making telephone calls better approximations for in-person meetings? The telecom industry can start investing in voice quality improvements or suffer the same fate as the automobile industry. Innovation is optional only to the extent customers lack alternatives. Japan gave car buyers alternatives. The Internet provides communication alternatives.

We will be exploring the progress and prospects for voice quality innovation at the HD Communication Summit on May 21st in NYC. Please consider joining the 25 companies and 50 leading experts working to make innovation the basis for a newly prosperous telecom industry.

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