conferences

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2011

Pathable Acquires The Social Collective

March 9, 2011
Pathable, the award-winning provider of social networking services for conferences and events, announced today that it is acquiring The Social…

2009

Procrastinators Rejoice: OpenWorld's Social Schedule Builder is Live!

October 9, 2009
If you're attending Oracle OpenWorld and you've waited this long to build your event schedule, boy do we have some good news for you! / You can use…

My Oracle OpenWorld Sessions

October 7, 2009
I'm going to be speaking in two different Oracle OpenWorld sessions on Sunday. They are OOW-S312303 -- Enterprise-Enable Dynamic PHP, Ruby, Python…

Social Collective, Inc. Featured on TechCrunch

August 12, 2009
Having "graduated" from the LaunchBox Digital program, which culminated with East and West Coast Demo Days last week, TechCrunch ran an article with…

The Social Collective to Provide Social Media Software for Experient's e4...

July 20, 2009
Today we are pleased to announce that Experient, Inc., a full-service solution provider for conferences and events, has chosen The Social Collective…

Letter of Commendation from NAFSA

May 29, 2009
We received a letter of commendation from one of our newer customers, The National Arts Festival of South Africa. Tony agreed to allow us to post it…

Social Collective, Inc. Joins Launch Box Digital Class of 2009

May 20, 2009
Co-founding CEO Chris Bucchere and CTO and Lead Developer Mike Buckbee of Social Collective, Inc. just accepted a seed round of funding from Launch…

Adding Context to my.SXSW Tweets

February 4, 2009
There has been quite a bit of chatter that we've been following in the SXSW community about the launch of my.SXSW. Fortunately, most of it has been…

SXSW Launches my.SXSW Powered by The Social Collective

February 2, 2009
Austin, Texas – February 2nd, 2009 – Today South By Southwest (SXSW), announced the launch of my.SXSW, the official social networking and scheduling…

2008

SXSW to Use The Social Collective for SXSW 2009!

September 4, 2008
I am very pleased to announce that today bdg and SXSW have decided to partner to use The Social Collective to create a new registrant community for…

Sneak Preview of Chris Bucchere's SXSW RSS Preso at the Oracle Open World...

September 2, 2008
For anyone attending Oracle Open World, I'm planning to give a preview of my SXSW 2009 talk entitled "Not So Simple Any More: RSS's Bleeding Edge" in…

Conference Social Networking Made Simple

August 31, 2008
Three and a half months have transpired since our stellar debut at BEA Participate. (In internet time, that's a lifetime.) But better late than…

New Video: Demo of Conference Social Application

August 5, 2008
This is a 30-minute clip from the general session at BEA Participate from back in May. Jay Simons and I demo the social application that bdg built…

RubyNation Community Site Accepting Registrations!

July 18, 2008
bdg is very proud to be a RubyNation sponsor! The sold-out conference is just two weeks away. However, whether you're registered or not, if you want…

Nominate Chris Bucchere for an Oracle OpenWorld Session

June 12, 2008
I've presented at seven Plumtree Odysseys, one BEA World and two BEA Participates. Help keep the streak alive by voting up my Oracle OpenWorld…

This Just In -- BEA Participate Social App Stats

June 3, 2008
I find this a little hard to believe, but the numbers don't lie. We had a whopping 75,000 page views the week of the conference! / That's more than…

First Week Numbers Are In

May 8, 2008
There's nothing better than reviewing usage data for an application you just launched, especially when those data show that people are loving it! /…

Announcing the Launch of the Social Applications for BEA Participate '08

April 30, 2008
You've heard the phrase "social applications" being kicked around by BEA and bdg. But what exactly does that mean? / In a nutshell, it means that…

BEA Participate is Only Two Weeks Away

April 29, 2008
There's still time to register for this great conference and take part in a one-of-a-kind social computing experiment. / Register now! / Comments /…

Countdown to BEA Participate

April 22, 2008
Here at bdg, we're working tirelessly to bring you a revolutionary social networking application that will drive your interactions with BEA…

2007

Getting Social at BEA Participate 2008

December 21, 2007
This week BEA launched the Participate 2008 blog and revealed more about their plans for what is shaping up to be a great event. Perhaps the most…

The Enterprise Relevance of Web 2.0

October 26, 2007
Register Now! / The concepts behind Web 2.0, social networks, and collaboration are now poised to transform your enterprise, providing solutions such…

BEA Participate 2008 Announced

October 24, 2007
From an e-mail I just received: / Mark your calendar today to attend a gathering of BEA customers, partners and product experts in Chicago, Illinois…

bdg gives away a Video iPod

May 23, 2007
Here I am on the last day of BEA Participate awarding a Video iPod to Niren Patel, who accepted the winning iPod on behalf of his coworker Karl…

Live from BEA Participate: Mark Carges Keynote

May 6, 2007
I already held Mark Carges in very high esteem -- but my respect for him grew immensely this morning when I found out that he wrote the source for…

BEA Participate Rapidly Approaching

April 22, 2007
All of us at bdg are starting to get excited about BEA Participate! As you already know, we're sponsoring this year's ALUI and ALBPM event and I'm…

Portals and SOA: Portals in a Service-Oriented Architecture

March 12, 2007
I've been invited to give the following talk at BEA Participate: / Why is a Service-Oriented Architecture important to an IT infrastructure and what…

bdg Sponsorship of BEA Participate 2007 Confirmed

March 12, 2007
Here's some more shameless self-promotion (isn't that what blogging is all about?) -- we've just been confirmed as a sponsor for BEA Participate…

BEA Announces ALUI/ALBPM User Conference

February 11, 2007
This just in: BEA has announced that they will be hosting a user conference for ALUI and ALBPM customers and prospects. This conference is called…

BEA Participate

February 11, 2007
A quiet little announcement was made last week: BEA plans to host an ALUI (formerly Plumtree) and ALBPM (formerly Fuego) user conference!…

2006

Public Sector Breakfast Seminar: Ajax, Java & Mission Critical Applications

November 1, 2006
I'm very pleased to announce that I've been selected by Nexaweb to sit on a panel of Enterprise Web 2.0 experts. My co-panelists include: / Brant…

bdg gives away the iPod

September 23, 2006
On the last day of BEA World, bdg gave Robert Gill a brand new 4Gb iPod nano (in black of course). Accepting the iPod on his behalf is Robert's…

Meet team bdg

September 23, 2006
From left to right, that's Rich Weinhold, Andrew Morris, Chris Bucchere, Jennifer Dunleavey and Andrew Bays. Not present: Howie Bagley, Eric Bucchere…

BEAWorld 2006: Mark Carges Keynote

September 20, 2006
Mark Carges, who is reponsible for the Business Interaction Division (BID) of BEA, just finished his keynote address. He focused on SOA 360/Workshop…

BEAWorld 2006 General Session

September 19, 2006
Alfred Chuang (the "A" in BEA) said that 20% of BEA's business comes from AquaLogic. He parlayed this into a nice talk about the realization of SOA.…

Day one comes to a close

September 18, 2006
Now the team is off to have a fabulous dinner at Bix.

My 15 Minutes of Fame

September 18, 2006
Well, 20 actually. I just gave my talk on taglibs to a nice crowd of about 100 people. It was very well received!

Your name in lights

September 17, 2006
I got up early this AM and set up our booth. Here is the finished product.

Kurt Frieden

September 17, 2006
I had dinner with BEA Engineering Manager and long time friend, Kurt Frieden.

Surf's Up

September 17, 2006
I had an excellent surf session at Linda Mar in Pacifica. Conditions were perfect -- just as I remember them.

Memories

September 17, 2006
Even my rental car reminded me of Plumtree.

IN-N-OUT

September 17, 2006
You can't make a trip to California without stopping at an IN-N-OUT. My order? A 3x3 animal and protein style. If you know what that is, you're…

Sunburn :-(

September 16, 2006
I spent most of the day today on the beach playing sand soccer with my brother and cousins. Now I look like a boiled lobster. I should know better…

Bulkhead rules!

September 16, 2006
I "upgraded" to bulkhead on my flight out to SF today and I must say, it's about as close as you can get to first class on jetBlue. Plenty of room to…

Blogging from my Treo 650?

September 15, 2006
Yes, it's true. I can now post to our blog from my PDA/phone. How cool is that? Stay tuned for live updates from BEA World!

BEAWorld 2006 Speaking Engagement

September 15, 2006
This just in: my talk on ALUI Taglibs begins at 1:50 PM on Monday the 18th at the ALUI Developer User Group Meeting, which will be held in one of the…

Our relationship with BEA + BEAWorld 2006

June 28, 2006
I often get asked the question: what's your relationship with BEA? / Without lapsing into buzzword bingo (e.g. synergy), let me just say this: bdg is…

2005

bdg launches world's first Plumtree podcast

October 13, 2005
I'm very pleased to announce that bdg has officially kicked off our very much irregular and irreverent Plumtree podcast! / Please download and listen…

Plumtree Odyssey+ADC 2005 wrap-up

October 12, 2005
With a resounding victory this morning in the Booth of Pain, bdg put the wraps on what will probably be the last Plumtree Odyssey. / We sent five…

bdg takes Plumtree Odyssey+ADC by storm

October 5, 2005
We're going for a big splash this year at the final Odyssey+ADC while Plumtree is still, well, Plumtree. / Plumtree just released the onsite guide…

bdg co-sponsors Odyssey+ADC 2005

August 16, 2005
I'm very pleased to announce that bdg has been selected by Plumtree as a co-sponsor of this year's Odyssey+ADC, which is Plumtree's User Conference…

CSS -- who knew?

May 22, 2005
I went to the final set of sessions at NVSS today which included a gem of a presentation by Eitan Suez, a Java programmer who also happens to be a…

My new hero, Ted Neward

May 21, 2005
I'm at the Northern Virginia Software Symposium this weekend, and after hearing Ted Neward speak yesterday on "The Fallacies of Enterprise Systems…