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Adam Kalsey — Sat, 08 Dec 2007 01:27:16 +0000

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Adam Kalsey — Sat, 08 Dec 2007 01:17:27 +0000

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Adam Kalsey — Sat, 08 Dec 2007 01:10:33 +0000

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Founder ads

Adam Kalsey — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 23:26:46 +0000

Advertising for a co-founder via Craigslist spam is bad, but Alex Muse found something worse.

BarCamp on the radio

Adam Kalsey — Wed, 30 May 2007 20:22:36 +0000

Friday afternoon I’ll be on KXJZ’s Insight talking about BarCamp. I’ll be on around 2:40pm. Hear me make a fool out of myself, either at 90.9 FM or via their audio stream.

Hansen acquired by Infor Global

Adam Kalsey — Tue, 15 May 2007 22:39:40 +0000

Hansen Information Technologies announced today they’ve been aquired by Alphretta, Georgia based Infor Global for $100 million. Infor Global’s parent company, Golden Gate Capital had already owned 48% of Hansen.

The Business Journal reports,

With its software applications for the public sector, Hansen helps governments manage work orders, inspections, customer complaints, sewer and water systems, building permits and other tasks.

A $50 million company, Hansen grew 61 percent year-over-year through the year ended Jan. 31, 2007. The company has recently been chasing deals ranging from $20 million to $100 million in size, competing with industry giants SAP and Oracle.

Help Promote BarCamp Sacramento

Adam Kalsey — Wed, 09 May 2007 05:50:05 +0000

The more people that come to BarCamp, the better it will be. So help us promote it! Put a banner like this on your site…

Paste this code on your web site and we’ll serve up an ad for BarCamp for you…

BarCamp Sponsorships

Adam Kalsey — Thu, 03 May 2007 19:55:34 +0000

BarCamp Sacramento is only a month away! We’re making some great progress and should be able to announce the location shortly. In the meantime, we’re working on landing sponsors.

If you’re interested in sponsoring, contact Adam Kalsey at adam/@/kalsey.com (remove the slashes) or 916.600.2497. We’ve got some more traditional sponsorship packages put together, or of course we’d be grateful for whatever you want to provide and we’ll work something out so you get recognized.

Platinum: $1000

Top billing on attendee t-shirts and any materials handed out.
Prominent signage at the event.
Mention in media interviews before and after the event.
10 free job listings on the SacStarts job board ($1000 value).
SacStarts.com sponsorship placement for two months ($2000 value).

Gold: $500

Prominent logo placement on attendee t-shirts.
Signage at the event.
5 free job listings on the SacStarts job board ($500 value).
SacStarts.com sponsorship placement for one month ($1000 value).

Silver: $200

Company name listed on attendee tshirts.
Name appears with other Silver sponsors on event signage.
One free job listing on SacStarts job board ($100 value).
1 week sponsorship placement on SacStarts.com ($250 value).

Verizon boosts wireless net speeds

Adam Kalsey — Wed, 02 May 2007 18:24:55 +0000

Sacramento-area users of Verizon’s wireless broadband cards will be getting a faster connection, according to the Business Journal.

The new, faster technology allows for uploading eight or nine times faster than the existing wireless broadband. Download speeds have improved to 600 kilobites per second and upload speeds are 500-800 kilobites per second for documents up to 1.4 megabits, meaning a 1 Megabyte document could be downloaded in eight seconds and uploaded in 13 seconds.

OpenCoffee at It's a Grind

Adam Kalsey — Tue, 01 May 2007 06:08:32 +0000

For tomorrow’s (May 1) OpenCoffee, we’ll be meeting at It’s a Grind on the corner of Blue Ravine and Folsom in Folsom.

As usual, I’ll be there from around 9:30 to noon.