Ideas For Keeping Up With The VMware Launch Event On April 21
Just like with VMworld Europe 2009, I am again having to try to figure out the best ways to keep up with a virtualization event I can not attend in person. Even though the simulcast will be live the chances of me getting to sit and watch it look slim. So, here are my ideas on how I plan to to follow the April 21 VMware Launch Event from afar while I work my way through the day.
Hopefully I’ll get to watch as much of it as possible, but I expect not to be able.
VMwaretips Launch Event Coverage
Rick Schere will be at the event in person and has declared he will be shooting video, sending tweets, and blogging his experiences. Therefore, I will be watching Rick in the following ways:
- My RSS Reader (Google Reader is already subscribed to VMwaretips.com’s RSS Feed
- I already follow @rick_vmwaretips on Twitter.
- I’ve configured my cell phone for device updates, so Tuesday morning all I have to do is SMS “ON rick_vmwaretips” to Twitter to start getting text messages when Rick tweets. This will more than likely be my primary method of tracking the event if I am not able to sit at a computer. I’m sure other tweeters will surface on that day too, and the turning the device updates on for those accounts will be key while mobile. Once the event is done I’ll SMS “OFF [twittername]” to stop the text messages.
Tweetgrid
If you follow me on this blog you know I love Tweetgrid for events, and of course I’ve created a Tweetgrid for the Launch. I’ve built this one based on “rick_vmwaretips” and “vSphere” as the keywords.
Search vSphere
Assuming the Tuesday Launch is about vSphere
, I will attempt to the monitor the virtualization ecosystem and news related to the Launch by searching on keywords:
- Searching for vSphere on search.twitter.com
- Creating a global search in Tweetdeck for vSphere
- My vm /etc news page aggregates all Google News with a tag of virtualization, and I expect there to be plenty to follow on April 21.
Blog Aggregation
I probably do not need to mention it by now, but Planet V12N will be watched constantly for blogger reactions as usual.
Let me know if you have any better ideas, or one that I have not mentioned here.
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