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Surj.

i really really really want to go…..

1) I am a .NET developer but am teaching myself Python simply because I find AppEngine to be a very interesting development platform. Attending I/O will help me get up to speed much quicker.

2) In order to help others who are also trying to learn more about AppEngine and Python I setup a Ning site at (link) containing how-to videos.

3) I have contributed to an Open Source project for almost five years now and it would be nice to be on the receiving end of a freebie for a change.

4) I snagged the username “appengine” on Google AppEngine … that has got to count for something…

Seriously though, because I’m bootstrapping my startup. I would love the chance to meet and mingle with industry leaders, and learn an amazing amount of information in a short time from a great line up of familiar faces and technical sessions.

I insatiably crave more information about AppEngine and Android. With all of these great technologies at our fingertips, more than ever we need all of the knowledge we can get to write the best applications we can for our users (as developers.)

That, and I’ve only been to California once. I need the warm weather in my east coast bones!

Thanks for taking the time to read and consider my entry.

I’m doing it by myself and on minimal money. Neither of those are by choice, and I would say that “by myself” is the biggest challenge. I’m currently located in the central US where the cost of living is low, and so is the density of potential co-founders.

On top of the obvious AppEngine knowledge gained, attending the conference would also give me a chance to meet like-minded individuals who might be a fit for my project.

Being forced to work with minimal money has actually been a blessing. It has forced me to be creative with issues that you would otherwise throw money/servers at to solve.

I’ve got enough local data to get started, I’ve got a decent url and naming structure, and I’ve created a localization routine that is fast, flexible, and extensible. (Editors – Feel free to ask me more on this via email).

Basically every conference topic applies to what I’m building. I can do it with little money. I believe I can do it by myself if that’s how it has to be. I cannot do it without knowledge, and I believe this conference would be a big boost to that.

• we are frugal like hell
• garage stage building social apps on opensocial and android..
• we contribute back to developer community
• I am pissed google is charging anyways for the developers conference.. cant fathom why?

Some questions I would explore at the conference:

• As a national social fraternity, how can I leverage new social technologies to connect our members across the nation and recruit new members in new ways?
• How can I use Google’s emerging mobile technologies to enhance our own events, conventions, and conferences, where we manage registrations of dozens of people?
• Using Maps/Geo technologies, how can I take our current membership data, apply it to Google Earth/Maps, so our decision makers can visualize where our members are moving over time, and where we have the highest alumni density, so we may be able to identify low risk areas to cultivate new chapters and colonies?
• As a nonprofit, our tight budgets require creativity in finding cheap but effective solutions to our business needs. How could I use Google App Engine as a platform for our organization’s data and web applications such that they can be deployed quickly and at a much lower cost than we have today?

I believe I deserve to go because I can already see the potential of how these technologies could impact my organization and others like it, and attending Google IO will throw me straight into the deep end and give me knowledge I need to begin turning these visions into solutions.

Thank you for your consideration!

I probably can afford $400, but free would be fun and a motivation to go :-).

Thanks for the offer.

Frankly, I DO NOT see how google will be able to rally forward the developer community with it’s code labs. Yes, yes, I see the value in GWT frameworks, built a proto or two for others to pitch. Played around with the Android some - wicked good samples and tools. Love it (quite a turnaround for an sdk that was just skids late last year..) @thesame time Dalvik seems neither open nor standard. App Engine promises much.

But is there real momentum behind all this: That rock solid creator guru at the far end of the pipe in a google campus/posting near by, when shit hits the fan? Are users asking the right questions or just fishing ? How does google go from providing a bunch of interesting tools to being a platform provider with real wind behind; Replicate something like say, java or eclipse (ibm) or what open source has been able to in recent times. (Conceded that it does have the rallying force/trust of being the world’s homepage…)

Regardless, that’s GOOG’s gambit. The game’s begun. I like what it is doing to the mobile community and to the web too.0h.. Time to see the creators in flesh & blood and flush the mktg from the real and blog away..

.. just curious.

I am working on a concept with ad-sense for Speech and I am sure attending Google I/O will be very very beneficial.

Actually, I have no good reason. I work full-time as a Senior Programmer Analyst plus run side business as a IT consultant. Barely have time to even sit down and read my magazines or hundred rss feeds. I enjoy just reading articles and having conversation about inspiring ideas about our global community.