Carsonified

The Future of Web Apps is coming back to Miami and we’ve got an amazing lineup for you.

You’ll be hearing from the best of the web including:

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Mike has been working his ass off on designing and producing a very special gift for all of you coming to FOWA. It’s something we’ve made for everyone and I think you all are going to love it.

Here’s a little sneaky peek for you …

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Kevin Rose (digg, Pownce and Revision3) and Dave Morin (Facebook Connect) have recorded a lovely little video message for you all. Enjoy!

Mike, Keir and Elliott have been working really hard on a complete redesign of our event sites. I’m SO excited about them so I wanted to give you a sneak preview.

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We’re extremely excited to welcome Mark Zuckerberg, founder of Facebook (as if you didn’t know), to the Future of Web Apps stage. I’m going to have a 30 minute on-stage chat with Mark on October 10th, and I’d love to know what you would like to ask him. If you had one question, what would it be?

Don’t miss the workshops …

Don’t forget we’ve got some killer workshops lined up for October 8th. They are …

1. “Advanced techniques for designing web app interfaces” (18 seats left)

2. “How to scale your web app” by Joe Stump of digg (16 seats left)

3. “Implementing the Social Web with OpenID, OAuth, and All That Jazz” by David Recordon of SixApart (16 seats left)

4. “Why and how to measure the success of your site” by Rufus Evison of Dunnhumby (30 seats left)

5. “Best practice techniques for Rails developers” by James Adam of Reevoo (34 seats left)

6. “Copywriting fundamentals for the web” by Relly Annett-Baker (13 seats left)

7. “Enterprise 2.0 and you, and you, and you …” by Euan Semple (8 seats left)

8. “PHP5 for an easy coding life” by Keir Whitaker of Carsonified (25 seats left)

More Student passes. Yay!

There was an angry outcry when the Student passes ran out, so we added another 100 passes yesterday and there are only 44 left. They’re £45 (including VAT) so better book yours now if you’d like to come. Don’t forget we’ll ask you for your student ID at the registration desk.

I’m very excited to announce the acquisition of DropSend, our web app for sending large files. The buyer is Webminds, Inc.

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UPDATE: We have a winner!! Jakub was picked as the winner, live on Ustream.tv. Congrats!

Want to win an all-expense paid trip to any Carsonified event?

Of course you would :)

If you’d love to travel around the world, meet amazing speakers and attend fun conferences, here’s your chance. The winner of the Carsonified Golden ticket will receive …

1. A free ticket to ALL Carsonified 2009 events. This includes Future of Web Design, Future of Web Apps, Future of Mobile, Fuel and all Carson Workshops.

2. Pick one Carsonified event and we’ll fly you there and put you up in an amazing hotel, for FREE*

3. An all-access backstage pass at all 2009 Carsonified events

4. An invite to the VIP speaker dinner at one Carsonified event of your choice

Here’s how to enter

1. Write a blog post about wanting to win the Golden Ticket, linking to this post

2. Drum up 25 comments on the post (they can’t be you or spam and only one comment per person)

3. Submit the URL by October 1st at Midnight UK time

4. Watch the live draw on UStream on Thursday, October 2nd at 5pm London time

5. Party accordingly!

* Annoying legal terms: Your hotel and flight can be up to a maximum value, including taxes, of £1800. The Golden Ticket is non-transferable and cannot be re-sold or traded. It is only valid for Carsonified events that occur during 2009. We will give the winner seven days to claim their prize. Phew.