Foursquare is going to be a big part of VMworld 2010 this year. You will be able to check-in locations all over the place!
First up, what is this Foursquare thing?
From Business insider:
"Foursquare is primarily for letting your friends know where you are and figuring out where they are. Secondarily, it's for collecting points, prize "badges," and eventually, coupons, for going about your everyday business."
Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/how-hit-location-based-social-app-foursquare-works-2010-1#ixzz0xkh15URk
As you can see, this can be great fun at a conference because you can see where your friends are and get tips about the cool things going on at the show. Many sponsors are offering special deals and tips for checking into their spaces. Most sponsors have setup their booths in Foursquare and you can quickly learn about them from the list below.
If you find a booth that is not on the list please enter it using the following format.
Name: [Company Name] VMworld Booth #[1232]
Address: 747 Howard Street
Cross street: Booth #[1232]
City, State, Zip: San Francisco, California, 94103
Twitter: [Main VMworld Twitter Account]
Hopefully by keeping this format everyone will be able to find it and check-in.
Please be sure to:
1) add VMworld as a friend to your Foursquare account:
http://foursquare.com/user/vmwareevents
2) add #VMworld to your shout when you check in
3) Add a Tip to places that you check into to share cool info with others!
Some places to check-in:
VMworld 2010 http://foursquare.com/venue/6595319
VMware's Booth #701 http://foursquare.com/venue/8114024
VMware Blogger Lounge (where the social media team will be) http://foursquare.com/venue/8117418
Cisco Booth #801 http://foursquare.com/venue/8114101
Dell Booth #401 http://foursquare.com/venue/8115160
EMC Corporation Booth #1001 http://foursquare.com/venue/8115364
NetApp Booth #601 http://foursquare.com/venue/8115450
Compellent Technologies Booth #1022 http://foursquare.com/venue/8115509
CSC Booth #1014 http://foursquare.com/venue/8115598
HP Booth #1008 http://foursquare.com/venue/8115666
IBM Booth #709 http://foursquare.com/venue/8116304
Intel Booth #509 http://foursquare.com/venue/8116350
Novell Booth #931 http://foursquare.com/venue/8116395
Symantec Corporation Booth #513 http://foursquare.com/venue/8116841
VCE Booth #809 http://foursquare.com/venue/8116919
Wyse Technology Booth #521 http://foursquare.com/venue/8116999
Brocade Booth #1307 http://foursquare.com/venue/8219476
Please send me the URL and I will add the "Make sure you add #VMworld to your shout when you check in!" tip from the VMworld Account to encourage the booth check in to appear in the main #VMworld hash stream. Happy checking in!
Questions, comments and anything else you can reach me at: Twitter: @lkilpatrick
See you at VMworld!
Luke Kilpatrick
