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It's time, gang — for another one of my conference live-blogs, this time for DEMOfall. Once again, as I have for the last several events I've covered, I'm using the "Cover It Live" app (see window below).
With more than 20,000 technologies reviewed and 1,500 companies selected to launch on the DEMO stage over the past 20 years, DEMO has continually searched the globe to find innovation where it lives. The DEMO Team has logged millions of miles to uncover technology '"diamonds in the rough. Some of the companies that have launched at DEMO include Salesforce.com, Netscape, VMware, TiVo, Skype (for mobile handsets), WebEx, Jajah, Boingo Wireless, BuzzLogic, Vringo, and many more. The DEMO conferences have earned their reputation for consistently identifying tomorrow's cutting-edge technologies, helping its presenting companies secure venture funding, establish critical business relationships, and influence early adopters.
The first session of this year's DEMO Fall conference at the Hyatt Santa Clara kicks off at 8:30 am Pacific on Tuesday, September 13, when my live-blogging will begin in earnest. Here's the agenda. I also have my Twitter stream set to appear in my live-blog below… meaning occasional tweets from me during the event, like to attach photos — but most of my posts will be in this live-blog iframe below.
I'm also aggregating all the real-time chatter going on by way of the #democon tab in the box to the right (powered by FanChatter), which include both Facebook and Twitter posts. You can jump in and start posting, right there, after you connect your Twitter and/or Facebook accounts! You just have to "Like" my company Facebook page first. That's the love I get for posting this great tool… :-) It's the same technology some professional sports teams are now using on their web sites, as well as such customers as the E!Online network, for red-carpet events like the Golden Globes, the Grammys, and the Oscar Awards.
I'm looking forward to a great conference! When the event is completed, I'll archive this live-blog, which switches it around to proper chronological order. And the link for this blog post will remain permanent for the live-blog archive. That's the big advantage for me to document a conference with this live-blogging tool, compared to just tweeting the event. (Have you tried going back to get an archive of your tweetstream for a certain day or event? Good luck.) Plus the fact that I can do posts longer than 140 characters. Hope you like it! Look forward to hearing your comments.
The embargo just ended! This year's DEMO Fall conference, being held in Santa Clara, CA, September 12-14, features some 80 companies taking the stage to launch their new products or concept, ranging from innovators in the enterprise space to the coolest new consumer technology. 
The companies are listed below alphabetically, and linked to their applicable web site (which sometimes is a product name). In addition to this great group of demonstrators, DEMO will feature some exciting speakers and panelists, as noted in my previous post (see links to speakers and agenda.)
Presenting Companies:
1calendar
1Ring
Angelsoft
Aurasma
Bees and Pollen Ltd.
BringShare LLC
Built Bits LLC
ClrTouch
Coeus Solutions GmbH
Conferize
Creaza Inc.
DailyDigital
DHE Media
EmmaActive Advertising
Fav.tv
Fitting Reality
Fluxxlabs
Get.com Inc.
Gimme!
GoSteals
Gust
HABU CO. LTD.
HE LIKES ME, HE LIKES ME NOT
Hold-Free Networks
Hookflash
Iconfinder
Imovation Inc.
INSCOS Inc.
I-POSTMORTEM
JobOn
Kleintech Inc.
KMC Software Inc.
Lifecrowd
LiveLoop
MashON Inc.
Medication Intelligence
MeMeTales
Métier
ModiFace Inc.
MyFinance LLC
Needium
Neighbor Marketing Inc.
Newman Infinite Inc.
OfferedLocal
OLogic Inc.
Orange Silicon Valley
Pinevio
Playkast
Poosh Inc.
Qwip Inc.
Schedulicity
SenseAide LLC
Shimba Technologies Ltd.
Socialbakers
Stroome.com
TEEspy Inc.
Tradepal Inc.
Upverter
uTemporis
Vidquik
Visual Software Systems
VOIPswitch
voyurl
Wantlet
We Are Cloud
Whodini Inc.
Xinosys Co. Ltd.
Zazu
zero2one
Zirtu
Alpha Pitch Companies:
Compare Metrics
disrpt (no web site yet)
GT Media
LiveAdvisors
midnox
OneSchool Inc.
TappMob
The App House LLC
trueRSVP
WinoBot (web site not yet available)
Xtreme Innovations Inc.
The big event gets underway later today at the Hyatt Regency Santa Clara and runs through Wednesday evening September 14th. I just arrived and am covering the entire event — front to back and inside out! :-) See my coverage of the last one if you need some proof. This is my 12th DEMO in a row, and 13th overall.
It's stacking up to be another blockbuster: some 80 companies launching, 100+ members of the press, 900+ attendees… and, as a recent @DEMO tweet said, it's "100% focused on product launches, no drama!" Haha, rimshot! … a bit of inside-baseball. Love that.. 🙂
The most important thing of all if you can't be there? That would be the hashtag! It's #democon and it will be one active son-of-a-gun for several days. But my live blog will give you so much more than just short tweets, so bookmark that (when I post the link) and keep coming back for all the DEMO goodness. Note there's no live stream video broadcast of the event this time — guess they decided those lazy people with fat pipes who watch it at home or in the office actually should pay to attend the event instead? Hey, it costs a lot to put these extravaganzas on!
Here's a link to the excellent lineup of speakers, and to the complete agenda. It all takes place here at the Hyatt over the next two and a half days.
I'll be live-blogging the event again using the Cover It Live app (that link will be in my next post), and I'll start doing that in earnest tomorrow (Tuesday) morning, just prior to the first day's sessions. I'll be live-tweeting, too, as I can. I've been using the #democon hashtag now for several days — as you can see on my Twitter page, @graemethickins. You can either continue to see my tweets about DEMO there, or they'll also show up in my live-blog as they happen. I'll tend to tweet more during breaks, when my live-blog is paused. I'll also post some iPhone pix via tweets from time to time, since it's faster posting photos that way, versus fumbling with my big camera. As always, I'll post all my event photos to Flickr in batches as I can upload them during each of the next few days. Oh, and I'll be posting some short videos this time, too — a first for me at DEMO — which I may do by attaching clips to some entries in my live-blog, and also will post 3-4 minute video interviews of presenting company founders as separate posts on this blog during the week.
Itching to get this party started! My next post (in a few hours) will be the one where my live-blog will be located — and will remain there as an archive afterwards. Then, tonight around 9:30 or 10:00 pm Pacific, I'll post the whole list of presenting companies with links to their web sites — right after the DEMO news embargo lifts! Don't miss that — the first coming-out party, as it were…
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