I am comfortably certain that somewhere in a cornfield in Peaksville, Ohio, now lies 2008.
The New Year’s Eve ritual this year was more about sweeping 2008 under the rug and forgetting about it than it was about celebrating it. I cannot remember when the “celebration” part of the holidays was more about looking forward to the following year. As far as the world in general is concerned, I am very much looking forward to 2009, if only out of morbid curiosity.
Regarding Intercasting Corp, I am flat-out excited about 2009. The confluence of trends that we have been predicting for so long are now coalescing, and this year we will see a general redefinition of mobile data services and the way consumers interact with them. We are working with many developers, carriers and OEMs to leverage our ANTHEM platform to evolve the mobile communication experience, and the result is going to be awesome.
We are sharing some details of our new platform release in Q1 at various events, so if you will be at one of the following and would like to see the evolution of ANTHEM, please send us an email and we’ll set up a time to meet…
CES – We will be in Las Vegas from January 7th through the 11th. Qualcomm generously gave us space in their booth, so you can also stop by there.
Social Networking Conference – I will be co-presenting with Jen Byrne from Verizon Wireless at the social networking conference in Miami on January 22 and 23. It will be the warmest place in the country. Do stop by.
Mobile World Congress – Have you justified going to Barcelona on February 16-19? We have. Come see our new technology. In fact, I will personally be in Europe for two weeks visiting various countries, so if you have always wanted to meet in person but couldn’t get to sunny San Diego, I might just be in your country. (If your country is Spain, Germany, Belgium, France, Czech Republic or the U.K.)
Happy new year and success to all in 2009.