A small recap

I'd like to write a bit about the events Yaika! has visited. Two of the biggest events were the Erlang Exchange in London and Startup Essentials, which was organized by Sun Microsystems.

First - the Erlang Exchange. It took place on 26-27 June in London. The main idea was to introduce the Erlang programming language to a wider audience. The language itself is a highly reliable software developing environment with the main target group being all kinds of emergency applications (e.g. hospitals). The events required two large halls, one of which Yaika! did some live broadcasting. During the two days people were able too see numerous speakers via Yaika! platform, among others the creator of the Erlang language Joe Armstrong. All the visitors had a change to get their books signed and later on, they could speak to Joe about their own applications. Other noteworthy speakers were Motorola's and Ericsson's representatives Nicholas Gunder and Torben Hoffman. The latter we're interesting to listen even for the technologically non-savvy people.

People from all around Europe were watching the events unfold live with the help of Yaika! There was a funny incident - on the second day a gentleman came up to one of the Yaika! team and said he had thought the conference to be too boring for him to attend, but after having seen the live footage, he had decided to show up anyway. We also talked to the organizer of the event, the founder and CEO of Erlang Consulting Ltd. Marcus Taylor, who told us he was very satisfied with the way the event had turned out.

The other big event was Startup Essentials, which helped new and small IT-projects to gain some credibility and become known around the community. As you might have guessed, Yaika! was there and was one of the few who actually got a permission to provide live coverage. The guys from fav.or.it were also there (we met the a week before at the Being-Digital conference). We also made a few contacts with the intruders.tv team. People are saying that they're going places, so keep an eye on them :) As it was with the Being-Digital conference, Yaika! roamed around the halls, introducing all kinds of technological marvels and at the same time showing off their own capabilities.

Here's a calling to all the people promoting their newfound companies or products - you just need a computer and a webcam to show your products and services to potentially the whole world. Remember, a bigger audience can only mean good!

Yaika!'s team also visited a swedish political conference a week ago. It's called Almedalsveckan and it takes place the island of Gotland (just east of Sweden). It was a high-profile event with loads of security and the Swedish prime minister himself was a among the speakers. Yaika! was once again the owner of exclusive broadcasting rights.

Be sure to keep an eye on this blog as there are more upcoming events in the future!