On the Ground at the MeeGo Conference
 

I thought it might be nice to have a place for those at the conference to babble amongst themselves/to include those who cant make it

Ive arrived 30 mins ago at the Ballsbridge Hotel, checked in and bought wi-fi access so Im all good to go. Plenty of excitement about the Ireland v Samoa rugby match, but no sign of anything MeeGo-ish going on. Supposedly there is an early bird event started 7 mins ago at 2pm (Hackaton: hacking on various Maemo/MeeGo projects, working on small group) - lady at the desk didnt know where it was so sitting in my room watching F1 qualifying instead. Going out in a mo' to use the atm and buy some groceries from the store next door.

Edit: Thanks Stskeeps, the Early Bird sessions are in the ballroom of the Ballsbridge Towers side of the hotel.

Quick tips for those still to arrive at the conference hotel:

• Closest ATM 1 min across the street
• Supermarket next door for groceries and essentials, can walk through hotel corridor into it
• Restaurant, bar, hair/nail salon on site.
• 35 Euros for 5 day unlimited wi-fi (uses something called bitbuzz) Edit: There IS free wi-fi for participants, hold off purchasing until you can find out more info (probably in a workshop or session)
• Bring a Linux OS laptop to enable you to better take part in the MeeGo SDK tutorials, save time by installing before arriving

Google map link for D4 to Aviva conference rooms
http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=d&so...5&ie=UTF8&z=18

Some quick pics:

Here's the entrance, if you see this you're in the right place:
http://twitpic.com/36hcq7

The bank is across the street (grey building, atm in bottom right corner):
http://twitpic.com/36hdec

If you recognise any of these cards you're well in luck:
http://twitpic.com/36hduy

Single (doublebed) standard room pics:
http://twitpic.com/36hcg9
http://twitpic.com/36hb55

"The Dubliner" bar and grill on left, D4 Stores (convenience store) on the right:
http://twitpic.com/36he2l

Early bird QT Hackathon session
http://i90.photobucket.com/albums/k2...101113_012.jpg

Werewolf Games
http://i90.photobucket.com/albums/k2...101114_001.jpg

Heineken BoF session after hours
http://i90.photobucket.com/albums/k2...101115_006.jpg

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I thought the wifi was free and included for us participants?

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Well, it is early birds atm..

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Regarding early birds, Jaffa's tweet claim it's in the 'ballroom'

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Ballroom of D4 Ballsbridge Towers (not Inn)

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Added some pics to the first post

Hmm I don't know, it might be free for those who are sponsored or those who booked through the conference website. I couldn't afford the premium of booking via the website, so I booked it myself via Expedia. It cost half the price I would have paid through the conference organisers, else I couldnt afford to attend it to be honest.

Ahh.. I wonder if all the early bird events are there? I don't think I can join in now at this stage, but I might take a sly nosey around to see if anybody turned up ;):)

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Found them :) Here's a group learning how to use Qt to develop MeeGo applications

http://i90.photobucket.com/albums/k2...101113_012.jpg

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I can see pycage in there! Say hello to Martin from me :)

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Sure thing. He says hello back, lol, and asked if you're at the conference

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ooo we need more pictures (with names!!!)