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Re: Who do you want to see at mesh 2009?

Kevin Restivo — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 13:56:41 -0000

More representatives from companies that can prove the utility of Web 2.0 applications (e.g. Dell but not Dell) on an ROI basis or otherwise. It may be boring stuff but given the economic environment I believe attendees will appreciate the case studies.

Re: Who do you want to see at mesh 2009?

Michelle Sullivan — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 10:24:26 -0000

Can we get the guy from the Free Hugs campaign? Injecting a little philosophy into Mesh could be very zen ...
Him or maybe a flash mob organizer or Improv Everywhere. I'd like to hear from someone involved in starting a movement .. and not just a marketing campaign.
Cheers!

Re: Who do you want to see at mesh 2009?

scrawledinwax — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 20:46:19 -0000

I think Rex Sorgatz would have a lot of interesting things to say about the cult of personality online and what he calls 'making public fodder of the private' (though I freely admit I partly want him to come to Mesh so we can get drunk together). Waxy is always cool, especially on seemingly obscure, arcane stuff and the Web as cultural archive. And Clay Shirky always seems interesting.

Last year, it was also cool to have some Canucks who had 'made it' - though I guess that does tend to make the crowd more entrepreneur/VC heavy. Regardless, I'll be there!

Re: Who do you want to see at mesh 2009?

Christopher Golda — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 20:17:53 -0000

I recommend Gary Vaynerchuk and Brian Solis for social media marketing and personal branding; Umair Haque and John Hagel for strategy -- don't know what stream they fit in, but they are both absolutely brilliant.

Re: Who do you want to see at mesh 2009?

Geo Perdis — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 18:25:55 -0000

Mathew, since you asked, some suggestions off the top of my head:

Jemima Kiss, Charles Arthur, Aleks Kortoski or Bobby Arthur from guardian.co.uk for a tech/biz perspective from across the pond.

Don Gilmor, Adrian Holovaty, Steven B. Johnson on local/community net journalism or whatever they call it these days.

geo

Re: Who do you want to see at mesh 2009?

Amrita — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 18:10:01 -0000

I would like to see: Sanjay Singhal of graboid.com and simplyaudiobooks.com , Guy Kawasaki and Hugh McLeod