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webblast Autumn 2012
May 11th
We’re just getting the sponsors to sign on the dotted line and planning the ticket release for early next week, hopefully on Thursday May 16. But of course you’ve already blocked off May 31st in your calendar, right?
We thought you’d like to know that the last webBlastSYD was a top Sydney Twitter trend that night. Considering the Foo Fighters were in town and it was the anniversary of John Lennon’s assassination (and we all remember who he’s “bigger than”) I think that was very special of you all to keep mentioning us. Thank you.
The next morning, we were still in the top ten Trends in Sydney, which was full of you all reporting great times and sore heads and excellent post-#webBlastSYD dinners. I’m still waiting to hear about babies conceived on the night but maybe that’s asking too much!
Look forward to new sponsors, new activities and hopefully, a fresh stack of embarrassing photos tagged in flickr!
See you there!
Spring into webBlastSYD
Sep 5th
The venue sorted, the sponsors lined up, the eventbrite listing almost ready to go and the mail-out poised for release. Full details to be published shortly but the tickets will become available on Wednesday Sept 7, midday, or thereabouts.
If you’re not already on the mailing list you might want to make sure you get on the list as the tickets for this upcoming webBlast, the webBlastSYD September 2011 edition is just around the corner. Sponsored by Campaign Monitor, Happener, Microsoft and Stamford Interactive the spring 2011 edition will be a very warming affair, in part from the drinks and nibbles the sponsors help with but also the fantastic atmosphere created by the attendees. J J Halans has some excellent pics from the previous webBlastSYD in June in case you want to spot yourself in the crowd.
Everyone is talking mobile this year, and while we’ve been noticing the huge wave of mobile activity for quite some time, it seems the field is quite mature now and the depth of understanding growing. The number of people I’m talking to who are involved in mobile projects has grown rapidly this past year, and I’m sure will continue to take up more of our attention as we get to the end of the year. Interestingly, the number of mobile sites and apps attracting ire has reduced, as more people learn to understand how to construct an experience that makes sense for people using the internet on the go.
All our sponsors this month are very interested in your mobile projects, and your opinions on their mobile projects, so be sure to bring your devices and betas to the party to share and get feedback.Oh and of course the back-channel at @webblastSYD, #webBlastSYD is always open to pre-, during- and post-event discussions as well.
See you there!
Just one more thing…
Oh, and speaking of mobile, one more thing, in the inimitable fashion popularised by Mr Jobs.
As some of you may know, I’m rather keen on two wheeled travel. I decided to put my wheels on the line and join up with 99 other people and raise funds for the very worthwhile organisation, The Black Dog Institute, who are in constant need of financial support due tho the current Australian government’s completely lacklustre investment in mental health. Full details on how to donate are on my own fund-raising site
To fundraise, I’ll be donning lycra and polyester and riding from Sydney to Dubbo, over The Black Mountains.That is 420kM, over three days, over a mountain. Day one: up a mountain, day two: further up the frikkin’ mountain, then over the other side, Day three: no more MoFo mountains thank you, but 115k still to go…. The full details of the route can be found on the organiser’s site, zoo2zoo if you’re interested.
The Black Dog Institute is an educational, research, clinical and community-oriented facility offering specialist expertise in mood disorders – a range of disorders that include depression and bipolar disorder (formerly called ‘manic depression’). The Institute is attached to the Prince of Wales Hospital and affiliated with the University of New South Wales.
Therefore I’ll be asking you to consider supporting my efforts and donate generously to the ride, in order to help the 50% of Australians directly affected by depression and mental health issues.
REmixAU winners
Jun 9th
Looking forward to seeing you all at #webBlastSYD tonight. Hopefully the lovely beers supplied by our most generous sponsors (and the gorgeous fireplace in the lounge area!) will help warm your webby toes.
I forgot to mention the @remixau winners from last week were: @mountainash and @benjamin_payne, who, I’m sure will tell you all about their experiences if you come along tonight.
Special giveaway from REMIX 2011
May 23rd
There are 2 tickets to the upcoming and awesome REMIX conference, 2 June at the Seymore Centre, a $310 value. For a chance at this excellent opportunity, tweet #webBlastSYD to @remixau, filing up the entire tweet, that’s right, all 140 characters, with why you should have the tickets.
For example, you could tweet:
I want to win the #webBlastSYD free ticket offer to June’s @remixau because it looks chock full of innovation & cutting-edge thought leaders
The best 2 tweets will be chosen by midday Wed May 25 and we will post details of the winner on our site, so you can gloat over your good fortune at webblast the following week.
Good luck and we’re all looking forward to seeing you there!
webBlast March 2011, REGISTER NOW!
Mar 7th
Happy New Year y’all!
Well, no sooner is summer over and done with, and the nights are drawing in, it’s WebBlast time again!
It’s on at the Pumphouse in Darling Harbour, and is as free as it always has been. Also, this time round we welcome a couple of great new sponsors – Stamford Interactive, and our main sponsor for the night – Ninefold . It’s great to have so much love for our event out there, makes our jobs organising it so much more enjoyable.
As well as our new sponsors, we’re equally pumped to welcome back our existing sponsors Campaign Monitor, Happener, Microsoft and Sassy SEO.
Tickets will be made available here from noon Tuesday, 8 March. Register Now!
Oh and a bit more housekeeping… Unfortunately, even after our pleas to not waste tickets last time, we still saw a significant absentee rate, so this time we’re trying something different – one ticket per registration. It helps us get a more accurate idea of who’s coming down to WebBlast, and more importantly who isn’t. You were great at sending your apologies so we could free more tickets last time, we still would appreciate that, but we’d also like to just release the right amount, so we can continue to keep the event free.
So if you need more than one ticket, you’ll just need to tweet it or email it to your colleague so they can follow the link to the registration page. If you have any better suggestions how we manage this, we’d love to hear from you!
webBlastSyd, xmas 2010, Dec 9, at the Pumphouse, Darling Harbour
Nov 25th
photo: JJHalans
Yes, once again, it is the time of year for all web-oriented people in Sydney, interested in creating web experiences the right way, to gather and talk and swap cards and generally make merry that another year has successfully passed with a few more interesting sites with your name on it out there.
The webblast team has been begging our generous sponsors on your behalf to help support your gathering, networking and mingling, and we will be putting the final touches on the details this morning but otherwise, please keep your ears open on the twitter-stream for news that #webBlastSyd, the Christmas 2010 edition, is upon us.
We’d like to take this first opportunity to thank Campaign Monitor, Happener, Microsoft and Sassy SEO for their generous support, both in this upcoming event and many previous events. We hope you all take the opportunity to thank each of them personally on the night for their sponsorship of a few beers and nibbles on the night.
Tickets will be available later today, and the link posted here on the site and forwarded on twitter, so keep an eye on @webBlastSyd for the notice.
And, as mentioned before, please be circumspect and magnanimous with your reservations. Thanks to the kindness of our sponsors, the tickets are FREE, so if you can’t make the night, please let us know so we can recycle them to people who missed out on the first run. It’s the only fair way to treat your colleagues and peers!
Enough with the lecture! Good luck fellow webinistas!
Joe (and Alan and Caryn)
