PC Forum

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• sold in 2006

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I attended in 2005

oy the lists below are way too long: so many people go to this thing!

Met

• Jon Callas (and wife Tamzen Cannoy) from PGP corp. They're making an interesting Proxy Server-based system so that you get auto-managed encryption/signing across protocols...

• Mitch Kapor f2f finally, having traded a few emails in the early OSAF days...

• Got to meet Joe Kraus and see JotSpot demo.

• others: Buzz Bruggeman, Kim Polese....

People I already kinda know who will be there:

• Doc Searls

• David Weinberger

• Marc Canter

• Bob Frankston

• Robert Tolmach

• Dan Gillmor

• Arthur Einstein

• Jason Calacanis

• Thad Kowalski: hmm, doesn't seem like he made it

People I should have tried to meet there:

• Carol Diamond: NYC, Markle Foundation Connecting For Health (HealthCare) (speaker)

• Marty Tenenbaum, Alain Rappaport (speaker): HealthCare (MedStory)

• Larry Augustin (speaker): HealthCare (MedSphere) (was Va Linux)

• Caroline Kovac (speaker): HealthCare (IBM) http://www-1.ibm.com/industries/healthcare/

• Lonny Reisman (speaker): HealthCare (Active Health)

  • May'2005: getting bought by Aetna

• Johannes Ernst (speaker): HealthCare (NetMesh)

• Dawn Lepore (speaker): HealthCare (Drug Store Com - they do Mail Order, do they do Uni Dose?)

• Kirk Loevner: NYC, HealthCare (EPocrates - showing)

• Cris Popenoe: NYC, HealthCare (wellness)

• Greg Treichel (already contacted) and Randall Kirk: HealthCare (Direct Supply Inc, eldercare supplies)

• GordonSellers: HealthCare (X Tria, EMR)

• Joe Kraus: JotSpot (showing)

• Impinj (showing) - RFID

• Mitchell Baker (speaker): Mozilla/OSAF

• Adam Rifkin - does cool stuff

• Stephen Smith: NYC, Register Com

• Dick Hardt: SXIP, Ludi Corp,

• Ross Mayfield

• Mitch Ratcliffe

• Dave Sifry: Technorati

• Scott Heiferman: NYC, MeetUp, FotoLog

• Stewart Butterfield: Ludi Corp

• John Patrick

• John Borthwick, NYC, Time Warner

• John Hagel (speaker)

• JaySears: NYC,

• Andrew Kraft: NYC, Ryze

• Jared Remington: NYC, finance

• TJCardenas: NYC, consulting

It's possible I suggested the Long Tail drinking game on the Back Channel...