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Going to Nokia WOMWorld Workshop in Helsinki September 10-14

Tue, 2008-08-19 22:00 — Roland

Details have yet to be finalized, but it looks like I'll be going to a Nokia Mobile workshop (paid for by Nokia, including carbon offsets!) September 10-14,2008 being organzied by Nokia's WOMWorld folks. Sounds like fun. Maybe I can lead a session on Mobile Muse and SIFTTool.

Here's a portion of their invite:

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It's taking place in September between the 11th and 14th, and will be the first of its kind hosted by Nokia. We're contacting everyone from creative's, designers, video producers to open source software bloggers and mobile tech pioneers. There will be a number of workshops that'll see discussion with participants, and with Nokia guys, about the future of different online arenas and mobile technology. Workshops that we hope you'd like to join in with and make yourself heard.

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In the meantime, time to start my travel research. If anybody has been to Helsinki, love to have the following questions answered by a Helsinki person:

  1. Where can I get a pay as you go SIM Card with several gigs (2GB or higher) of data so I can blog, flickr, youtube, et with my Nokia N95-1 while at the workshop?
  2. Can somebody recommend the best place to rent a bicycle in Helsinki? I am a "born again" bicyclist who's been commuting to work for 16 months 5 days a week and who has taken thousands of photos from an N95 and uploaded to Qik while bicycling. So I'd want to do the same in Helsinki.

Comments

Fri, 2008-09-05 09:44 — Philip Campbell (not verified)

Hey, i'll be here too!

Looking forward to qiking and seesmic the event.   Please forward me your urls/qik etc if your going so i can follow and track you while you are there.   Getting excited now
Fri, 2008-09-05 00:53 — James Whatley (not verified)

Awesome!

Been completely snowed under at work lately and am only getting round to catching up with all the other folk who are heading out to Helsinki next week...

 

Really looking forward to meeting you dude!

 

:)

Thu, 2008-09-04 02:37 — Jussi-Pekka (not verified)

Nokia Open Lab in Helsinki, 11. - 13.9.2008

Hi Roland! The official name for the event is Nokia Open Lab.

Here's the offical pages for the event in Nokia.com -> http://events.nokia.com/openlab/

See you in Helsinki next week! :D

Wed, 2008-09-03 08:21 — Steve Rumsby (not verified)

Me too!!

Another one for the list! Does anybody know how big this event is going to be? I've been given no idea!

Wed, 2008-09-03 20:38 — Roland
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added you to wiki with full admin privileges

https://womhelsinki08.pbwiki.com/settings/users (login with your gmail address)
Tue, 2008-09-02 08:35 — erick "aka" gwapz (not verified)

Loving the Wiki

Hey Roland,

Glad to see that you have made a wiki of the people that are going..

Just some minor correction on my info..

Erick Macapagal from Elmhurst, NY

Already excited about this event... I just got the Event Iteinary and its looking good so far.

To see some more people headed to this event.. 

Check em out here..

http://www.howardforums.com/showthread.php?t=1408006

 

 

Wed, 2008-09-03 20:38 — Roland
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also added you with full admin privileges

to wii

 

https://womhelsinki08.pbwiki.com/settings/users

Wed, 2008-09-03 20:28 — Roland
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ooops

sorry pareng Erick! I fixed the spelling of your name, please email roland AT rolandtanglao.com with your email address and i'll give you full admin access to the wiki
Mon, 2008-09-01 13:49 — Rahul Nair (not verified)

See you there

I will be there as well.
Mon, 2008-09-01 21:34 — Roland
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looking forward to meeting you raul!

see you in helsinki
Mon, 2008-09-01 10:58 — Nick Bouton (not verified)

See you in Helsinki

Hey Roland - I've been invited to the same event. Maybe I'll see you on the flight headed out from YVR. :)
Mon, 2008-09-01 03:26 — Mike Maddaloni - The Hot Iron (not verified)

I will be there too!

Hi Roland - I will be there as well! And I too am looking forward to the opportunity. I just confirmed my trip and blogged on it - http://psurl.com/womworld - and added a link to this post.

mp/m

Sun, 2008-08-24 18:37 — ros (not verified)

womworld

I have no useful information for you but wanted to say have fun! Looking forward to all the information you gather in Helsinki! 
Thu, 2008-08-21 08:58 — gwapz (not verified)

Hope to see you there..

I got the same invite..

Hope to see you there...

 

 

 

 

Sun, 2008-08-24 21:07 — Roland
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definitely!

mobile bloggers of filipino heritage unite :-) ! see you in helsinki!
Wed, 2008-08-20 23:15 — anonymous (not verified)

Bike rental

Best bet is probably here:

http://www.greenbike.fi/index_eng.html

 

This article here points to the City bikes, but these can be hard to find (missing sadles etc), or might even have been put back in storage by September.

http://www.helsinkitimes.fi/htimes/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1669:helsinki-by-bike&catid=20:lifestyle-and-entertainment&Itemid=164

 

Check the links in the article, most have some limited information in English ;)

 

Sun, 2008-08-24 21:07 — Roland
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thanks ymb!

sounds like a fun city! look forward to bicycling there!
Wed, 2008-08-20 08:03 — Dale (not verified)

Go Roland!

Very cool, Roland!

Looking forward to resulting Flickr stream. 

Wed, 2008-08-20 14:42 — Roland
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prepare yourself

for a déluge of helsinki blurry flickr photos!
Tue, 2008-08-19 22:35 — Stefan (not verified)

Walk into any Elisa shop

Walk into any Elisa shop and ask for a "Kolumbus" prepaid sim card. You can get unlimited 3G for a week for only 6,90 euro.

No clue about the bikes.

Wed, 2008-08-20 07:45 — Roland
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thanks stefan!

love to meet you too, will you be in Helsinki at that time? Beers on me!

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