Mobile Bar Code Camp

qrcodeMobileBarCodeCamp is bringing together mobile enthusiasts, explorers, authors, designers, architects, producers and professionals in North America to share the current state and their visions for the future direction of mobile bar codes and other cellphone-readable physical hyperlinks. MobileBarCodeCamp hopes to support the many voices helping to unlock the potential of a “hyperlinked first life”. Topics may include – but are not limited to – mobile code formats, mobile code readers, mobile gaming, bar code art, entrepreneurship, social mobility and presence, near field communication, physical hyperlinking, the importance of open standards, protocols, and platforms, and mobile bar code usage on other continents.

We are extremely interested in having the various Bar Code Platform & Reader companies represented at this event.

MobileBarCodeCamp grows by word of mouth (and word of blog). Tell your friends and people that you think will enjoy sharing a day with likeminded.

Go to the BarCamp page for details and sign up.

For those who asked to be involved from a volunteer and sponsorship perspective – yes – we need your help.

Cheers,
David Harper
Founder, Winksite
Co-Founder, Mobile Monday NY

InformationWeek Interviews David Harper on Mobile SEO

Winksite’s 25K publishers rely on us to sort out Mobile SEO on their behalf. That’s a responsibility we take seriously.

Catch up on what we’re thinking and doing…

28 Aug 07: InformationWeek: David Harper Interviewed by Stephen Wellman
How To Optimize Your Mobile Website For Search

30 Jun 07: David Harper’s Different Things Blog (Winksite)
Winksite Releases Major Upgrade – Love the Mobile Web.

27 Jun 07: InformationWeek
Simple Web Design And Discoverability Are Keys To Mobile SEO

Additional Resources
Paul Bennett has started a mobile SEO blog where he maintains a list of useful resources. Paul also formed a Mobile SEO Group where I hope others will join us in further discussion. (UPDATE: Apparently membership is currently by invitation only so if you’re interested in an invitation, please introduce yourself to Bryson Meunier.) Paul writes over at Marketing Pilgrim reporting on Mobile Marketing news with Andy Beal. He was kind enough to write an article about Winksite, “Winksite Shares Some Mobile Love“.

Disclaimer: The mention of my name in the title of a post I wrote is intended for SEO purposes only. It should not be taken as an expression of self importance. I just dropped behind the Walton’s guy again. – David Harper

July 30th at Mobile Monday NY: Beyond Scores. Sports Brands & Their Mobile Game Plan.

Hope to see some of you on the 30th. Details below. RSVP here.
– David Harper

Beyond Scores. Sports Brands & Their Mobile Game Plan.

The format for this event will be a panel discussion with audience questions/discussion followed by networking with refreshments and snacks (graciously provided by our host Samsung.)

Agenda:

  • Welcome/Intro
  • The Moderator:
    • Evan Neufeld, VP and senior analyst, M:Metrics
  • The Panelists:
    • Oke Okaro, ESPN
    • Bhavesh Patel, NBA
    • Lincoln Hochberg, MLB
    • Rich LaBarca, Clearspring

Additional panelists pending.

Cost: FREE, please just RSVP here.

When: Monday, July 30th, 6:45-9 PM

Where:

Samsung Experience Center
Time Warner Center – Shops at Columbus Circle
10 Columbus Circle, 3rd floor
New York City, New York 10022
(map)

At the intersection of Broadway, Eighth Avenue, Central Park South and
Central Park West.

Subways to Shops at Columbus Circle: A/C, 1/9, B/D
to 59th Street/Columbus Circle

Mobile SEO – June 25th at Mobile Monday NY

Several days ago Bango published statistics which confirm that the United States is at the forefront of a mobile web growth with a three fold increase in usage over the last year. The report mentions in part, “This rapid rise, taking the US to second position behind the UK, is being fueled by the increasing popularity of mobile search as a way of finding new content and services.”

Join us at Mobile Monday NY on June 25th to discuss Mobile SEO.

Mobile SEO – Optimization of SEO for the small screen. The challenges. The opportunities.

The format for this event will be a panel discussion with audience questions/discussion.

The following are some of the topics the panel and audience will explore:

  • Where is the mobile industry when it comes to SEO?
  • How different is mobile search from the desktop search versions?
  • How does America search mobile?
  • What opportunities are available to marketers and content owners? What are the challenges to the people they are trying to reach?
  • Are there any efforts from a standards perspective?
  • Tips & Tricks to optimize your mobile site for SEO.

Networking with refreshments and snacks (graciously provided by our host Samsung).

Agenda:

  • Welcome/Intro
  • The Moderator: Michael Sharon, Socialight
  • The Panelists:
    • From the Search Engine Perspective –
      Sean Owen, Google
    • From the Agency & Brand Builder’s Perspective –
      Rachel Pasqua, iCrossing
    • From the Developer’s Perspective –
      David Harper, Winksite

Additional panelists pending.

Cost: FREE.

When: Monday, June 25th, 6:45-9 PM

Where:

Samsung Experience Center

Time Warner Center – Shops at Columbus Circle

10 Columbus Circle, 3rd floor

New York City, New York 10022

(map)

At the intersection of Broadway, Eighth Avenue, Central Park South and Central Park West.

Subways to Shops at Columbus Circle: A/C, 1/9, B/D to 59th Street/Columbus Circle