Places: May 2008 Archives

We've decided to try a little experiment here. Could we assemble a list of places around an event by using a well-known person as our base criteria?

It turns out that even if "trust in peers" trumps A-List, using a proxy to derive interest works quite well (we know, we have been working on this for a while).

So we picked Fred Wilson (and his extended network) to help us choose places in NYC for our trip to the Conversational Marketing Summit. That works quite well, because he's a prolific blogger and shares a lot of places in social/conversational media. He's even using these smartlinks to refer automatically to defined concepts and we thought places would be a great addition to his collection of links. And since he has already blogged about taste neighbors, we believe he would love the concept.

Here's a few select NYC picks from blog posts (with source blog post in via link)

Share your favorites for other CMsummit attendees by searching, voting, commenting and tagging with cmsummit2008.

Federated Media's 2008 Conversational Media Summit will be held at the Ritz Carlton, Battery Park.  According to the organizers, "There are a limited number of rooms available at The Ritz Carlton, Battery Park for CM Summit attendees at a discounted rate of $475.00. Book your reservations by MAY 9th, 2008 by calling 212-344-0800, and reference Federated Media. We cannot guarantee the discounted rate for rooms booked after May 9th."

Other nearby hotels (walking distance) include:

Wall Street Inn
9 S William St, New York, New York
(212) 747-1500

Millenium Hilton

55 Church Street, New York, NY
(212) 693-2001

Wall Street District
15 Gold St, New York, NY
(212) 232-7700

Exchange Hotel
129 Front Street, New York, NY
(212) 742-0003

Embassy Suites Hotel NYC
102 North End Avenue, New York, NY
(212) 945-0100

Praized Media's CTO and co-founder Sylvain Carle is attending Where 2.0 conference next week in Burlingame from May 12 to May 14.  For that purpose, the Web2Places.com website is now morphing into a Where2Places website showcasing nearby businesses, venues and local events happening around the Where 2.0 conference.

The conference is at the San Francisco Airport Marriott, right next door to SFO.  I had the chance to stay there last December and it's great!  Check out the indoor pool.

If you're attending and would like to connect, send him an e-mail at sylvain AT praized DOT com.

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