MetaPlaces 2009
So its been a while since I posted anything here. After a summer hiatus, you can expect to see more frequent, albeit potential more brief tidbits on happenings around the LBS world.
I have been wanting for a few years to go to the Where 2.0 conference, but have yet to make it, but next week I am looking forward to heading out to San Jose to the MetaPlaces conference which should be a good one… held all day Tuesday and Wednesday of next week.
It’s certainly worth checking out the complete agenda, but the focus seems to be more on the business and monetization of all those cool things that are being done with location these days. For some folks its cool to see all the whiz bang creativity that goes along with a slick hipster mobile location aware social networking application, but what seems a lot more challenging and thus more interesting is how the heck folks are going to turn those into real revenue generating businesses…
Besides the standard sessions on the privacy issues and market overview type stuff, there are more than a few sessions which will focus on making money… Jon Spinney leading a session on how to make the map pay, and Loopt will share how it is monetizing its service… and on day two more than a few sessions on location based advertising including local search.
I am really looking forward to hearing the discussions and meeting a bunch of like minded folks, if you’re planning to attend drop me a line.
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