Monday Morning

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" rowspan="2" width=210 BGCOLOR="#CC9922" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="03dd2962dakdei.gif"> <div> <B>The first presenters</B></div> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" height=452 colspan=2 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <B>Demo 2002 Album</B><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >     |    </FONT><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#0000BF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="default.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Demo 2002 Album"><U> home</U></A></FONT></div> <div> <A HREF="daybefore.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Day Before"><U>Day Before</U></A>   |   <B>Monday Morning</B>   |   <A HREF="mondayafternoon.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Monday Afternoon"><U>Monday Afternoon</U></A>   |   <A HREF="tuesdaymorning.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Tuesday Morning"><U>Tuesday Morning</U></A>   |   <A HREF="tuesdayafternoon.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Tuesday Afternoon"><U>Tuesday Afternoon</U></A>   |   <A HREF="otherproducts.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Some Other Products Demoed"><U>Some Other Products Demoed</U></A></div> <div> Monday Morning</div> <div> Chris Shipley started the conference.  Over 500 attendees. Here she is on stage and on the big screen, and thanking the sponsors:</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="153bdad0.jpg" border=0 width="189" height="173" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">  <IMG SRC="1558dad0.jpg" border=0 width="141" height="173" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">  <IMG SRC="157d5ad0.jpg" border=0 width="213" height="173" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> The first presenter was Linden Lab, with their shared, streamed, 3D environment. It was very smooth, very quick, and with dynamic modification by the people going through the world, such as the last picture here where the viewer is changing the music played in the disco while others dance:</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="159af810.jpg" border=0 width="175" height="129" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">  <IMG SRC="15b9a810.jpg" border=0 width="154" height="129" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">  <IMG SRC="15da2810.jpg" border=0 width="162" height="129" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">  <IMG SRC="16089800.jpg" border=0 width="137" height="128" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> Next was Boingo and Sky Dayton showing 802.11b cards:</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="162158c0.jpg" border=0 width="277" height="140" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">  <IMG SRC="164818c0.jpg" border=0 width="129" height="140" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> Next was Embrace Networks showing their device-to-wireless stuff:</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="166e5560.jpg" border=0 width="229" height="86" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> There is a part of the conference called the "Hot Seat" where a company has 60 seconds to tell you about itself and why you should visit their booth later. Which goes on when is random with this screen showing all the names real quickly and then stopping on one:</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="1689a780.jpg" border=0 width="154" height="120" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> Zinio showed real magazines with a cool reader -- downloaded at about 10MB each:</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="16d20a20.jpg" border=0 width="288" height="162" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">  <IMG SRC="16f1da20.jpg" border=0 width="285" height="162" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> Microsoft showed some use of web services with their MSN Money Professional, which ties financial advisors to stuff and people:</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="171c7710.jpg" border=0 width="199" height="113" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> Since you can't use the computers or much for the Hot Seat 60 seconds, this company had people hold up a large printout and cue cards:</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="173ba850.jpg" border=0 width="186" height="133" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> Octave Communications showed Improv (where have I heard that name before?), a voice driven voice conferencing system. Really cool. </div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="175a9850.jpg" border=0 width="169" height="133" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">  <IMG SRC="17703850.jpg" border=0 width="259" height="133" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> Salesforce.com showed how they've improved their system:</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="179d28a0.jpg" border=0 width="210" height="138" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> Expressiv showed their Presto development system for simplifying the connecting of web services:</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="17ba67c0.jpg" border=0 width="166" height="124" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> Sprint Labs showed their voice driven interface (images driven by LifeFX):</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="17d60780.jpg" border=0 width="96" height="120" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> Finally, Bill Gross showed off Evolutions Robotics software platform and breadboard robot ($995 plus your laptop). It was really, really cool. This is a $995 tax on all those people who watch RobotWars, etc. Definitely check it out on their web site (<A HREF="http://www.evolution.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.evolution.com"><U>www.evolution.com</U></A>). Here's Bill with the robot, and the laptop screen showing what the robot sees, including the edge detection, etc. It has a full programming and a simple click and drag programming interface.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="17fdaba0.jpg" border=0 width="218" height="186" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">  <IMG SRC="181e6ba0.jpg" border=0 width="230" height="186" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">  <IMG SRC="183c7ba0.jpg" border=0 width="199" height="186" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> That's it for the first morning. 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