If you're not leaving Chicago right away, check WIRED NextFest exhibition at Millennium Park http://www.wirednextfest.com/ On Wednesday, the exhibition closes at 7pm and it's walking distance from the library.

Jonathan Blackburn: From 6-8 on Wednesday, there is also a "brain bowl" where Wired editors and Chicago celebrities go against each other in a battle of the minds. Also, there's a distinct possibility of 'free beer' at the happy hour immediately preceding (http://www.wh... [read more]

Please post your thoughts here or on Yelp (one of the IDEA 2008 sponsors) on the restaurants you've attended for the group lunches. Restaurants included Tamarind - http://www.yelp.com/biz/tamarind-chicago Cavanaugh's - http://www.yelp.com/biz/cavanaughs-chicago Beef & Brandy - http://www.yelp.com/biz/beef-and-brandy-chicago Russian Tea Time - http://www.yelp.com/biz/russian-tea-time-chicago Amarit Thai - http://www.yelp.com/biz/amarit-thai-restau... [read more]

So, designing RIAs in Flex, Silverlight, Flash, AJAX or other technologies is undoubtedly different than designing flat HTML applications. The page-based metaphor for browser-based interactions has been displaced by the ability to create Web-based applications that provide more of a "desktop" experience to users. At the same time, we've seen Adobe AIR and other platforms / runtimes push Web content to the desktop. How have you and your teams adap... [read more]

Curious to know what others are using for multi-touch large-screen applications. We've been working with Perceptive Pixel's stuff and are getting close to Microsoft Surface and MS's Virtual Wall. Have you built your own? Found something better? I'd love to know.

After happy hour (AKA The Manifest Digital Reception) this Tuesday night -- http://idea2008.crowdvine.com/posts/show/2108784 -- some of us will go to Blue Frog for some karaoke madness. Join the brave at Blue Frog located at 676 N. La Salle Drive. Google map: http://tinyurl.com/4klygr

That's right, 3 weeks to go until IDEA in Chicago! You are some very, very quiet people... Does that mean we'll have no one to talk to in the hallways? OMG! WTF? OMG! Chicago is a fantastic town--the weather is great this time of year, the food is suitable for all tastes and we've got a great big giant bean-looking thing right smack in the middle of downtown. And you. Where do you plan on eating while you're in town, when you're not doing IDEA-re... [read more]

Valeska O'Leary: I appreciate gourmet food, sightseeing & night clubs (not in this order). Accepting suggestions from the "locals".

Valeska O'Leary: I see some new faces in Crowdvine. BTW, you're right. I hear the buzzzz from Boston. Not the quiet crowd I thought -- it is a compliment.

I'm looking forward to a couple days of great ideas. I'll be tweeting from the conference and using #idea08 to make it easy to follow. I'll also be using http://spy.appspot.com/find/idea08/48 to keep track of everyone's tweets, blogs, etc.. I'll see you in Chicago!

Hi, is anybody organizing a come together (restaurant, bar...) on the 5th or 6th of October ?

Linda Nakasone: Hello Sylvain -- A few of the volunteers and myself will have dinner Monday night (the 6th) near the conference. I'm thinking maybe we should meet at the lobby of Hotel Blake around 7 - 7:30pm and walk to a restaurant together. I'll confirm the detai... [read more]

Sylvain Cottong: Hi Linda, sounds good, waiting for the details then...

Linda Nakasone: We'll decide what restaurant when we meet at 7 - 7:30pm at the lobby of Hotel Blake -- 500 S. Dearborn Street. It's a few blocks away from the Harold Washington Library. I'll be there (unless my flight is delayed) as well as Melissa Weaver and Yulia ... [read more]

Hi Folks, I hope this message finds you well. I am excited to announce Manifest Digital’s Platinum-level participation in the 3rd annual IDEA Conference, this year held in Chicago, October 7-8. We are sponsoring the Happy Hour event held on Tuesday, October 7th from 6p to 8:30p at 350 N LaSalle St., at IIT’s university facilities. Free trolley transportation (between 5:45p and 8:45p) will be available to and from the conference venue and IIT. Thi... [read more]

There should be a bulk friend request.