Photo by Alistair Croll

Alistair (good Scottish name!) Croll at Bitcurrent snapped a great picture of some of the Hubdub marketing material at DEMO 2008.

OK, we did put some copies in the rest rooms just to save taking them back to the UK on the flight. The newspapers went down really well at the conference and were included in the press room.

I am now in the lounge about to fly back to the UK from the week long trip where we launched Hubdub at Demo 2008. Nigel and Tom are remaining in the US for the rest of the week to meet with some of the people we met at the conference last week.

Firstly, I want to really thank the entire Hubdub team for the work they have put in over the last few weeks in getting ready, moderating the site and settling questions like mad!

DEMO is a great launchpad and it has really put Hubdub on the map – even to the extent of a fan forum – Hubdub Forum – being created within hours of launch.

The positive customer comments and press coverage has been flying in and it is taking the team a pile of time to get through it and put together a roadmap for new features.

A major thank you to Brian Solis and Miiko Mentz of FutureWorks who supported us at the event. I also noticed that Brian is a fantastic photographer and has really covered Demo and a pile of other events so so well.

I will post more about the people we met and the events we attended over the next few days while I get over the jetlag that I am so (not) looking forward to.

Nigel and the guys did a sterling job on prep for the Demo 2008 6 minute pitch.

Here is the full video from Bitgravity.

We are delighted that Techcrunch has covered Hubdub but so have many other news organisations and more to come.

Here is the screenshot that we woke up to yesterday morning – woo hoo!!

Here is some of the press coverage coming out this morning about Huddub launching at DEMO today

“Hubdub is another wisdom of the crowds tool, launching today at DEMO. Once a user decides to create a question around a topic, they have to cite a source for hubdub to follow. After that user has submitted a story to be discussed, the actual crowd wisdom comes into play when users begin voting on the direction in which a story will go.”

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DEMO is starting on Monday so the team were allowed to practice today at the conference centre.

I won’t spoil the presentation – but there was lots of last minute changes to get the pitch perfect.

Out for a few beers to relax now!

Well all arrived safely in Palm Springs and have spent this morning shopping for props for Nigel’s 6 minutes of fame at Demo this week. Here is a clue to some of the items used to predict the future.

This is DJ’s poem he had to learn for Burns Night

Extract from the Scotsman 

“A online news forecaster that allows people to follow their favourite news stories has been judged the best business idea in Edinburgh and the Lothians.

A team from Edinburgh University won the Business Gateway prize for Hubdub, which tracks major news stories and allows users to predict how they will turn out.”

http://business.scotsman.com/technology/News-39forecaster39-makes-headlines-at.3696544.jp