If you haven't already heard, the FreeSWITCH book was officially released yesterday! We will have five copies to give away at ClueCon this year.

We also want to announce that Barracuda Networks is giving away a CudaTel model 270A to one very fortunate attendee.

Can't wait to see you all next week!

Also, be sure to check out the Transformers 3 stuff that will be happening on Wednesday night in downtown Chicago: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/38445945

-Michael

Here's a heads up on the stuff we'll be giving away. In addition to the awesome iPads and Macbook Pro we have these:

Sangoma A200 with 2FXO and 2FXS ports (qty: 4)
Sangoma A104DE single port T1 (qty: 4)
Snom M3 cordless phone (qty: 8)
Snom 300 desk phone (qty: 10)
Snom 320 desk phone (qty: 10)

Hope you all show up and win something cool!

-Michael

We are happy to announce that Philip Zimmermann will be speaking at ClueCon again this year! Philip will be speaking on this topic:

Secure VoIP Explained - Why You Need Secure VoIP and the Best Way to Get It

Philip will be speaking Tuesday morning at 10:30AM.

Philip is a great advocate of digital security. We encourage everyone who has not yet signed up for ClueCon to do so right away. You don't want to miss out on this or any of the other great presentations!

-Michael

Check out the news that Meraki is sponsoring ClueCon this year and is providing WiFi equipment and engineering assistance.

Brian West and I went to Chicago this past Monday to visit the Trump Hotel. In a word: INCREDIBLE. You all will LOVE this place. It is truly a luxury hotel. It's new, modern, tasteful, practical, and just plain awesome. The are wonderful views of the city from all over the 16th floor where the conference is being held. Even the exercise room has a five-star view of downtown Chicago!

Be ready for some more updates very soon!

-Michael

We are happy to let you know that we have finally finished all of the transcoding of the video files and there is a torrent file available. Thanks to all those who are seeding the files for us and thanks to William King for creating a nice torrent file that makes it easy to pick out the exact videos you wish to download.

The torrent file is here:
http://files.freeswitch.org/cluecon_2009/presentations/cluecon_2009.torrent

The presentations are in the same location:
http://files.freeswitch.org/cluecon_2009/presentations/

Enjoy the videos and get ready for ClueCon 2010!
-Michael

FYI,

Just wanted to give you all a few more updates. Bandwidth.com has finished publishing the interviews with Anthony. Here's a Digg link to part 3, which has links to the first two parts of the interview as well:
http://www.bandwidth.com/blog/2009/07/passionate-pioneer-iii-anthony-min...

It's a great read, we definitely recommend that you check it out.

In other news, iCall is taking RSVPs for their meet and greeting on Tuesday night. If you haven't already clicked on their banner near the top of the page, please do so and RSVP right away.

Only two more weeks! We are all eagerly anticipating this year's event. The ClueCon team has been busy:

Everyone please give a special thanks to Brian K West for doing all the difficult work of making arrangements with the hotel both for rooming and for the conference facility. We've been able to extend the early bird special through July 21st. Hotel rooms are still available but they are definitely going fast.

Anthony's hard work as also paid off: ClueCon now has Nokia as a sponsor! Nice work.

I wanted to keep everyone updated on ClueCon happenings. First off, if you look to the left you'll see that we've posted the breakfast and lunch menus for all three days of the conference. Please check it out. Second, we have a synopsis of the talk to be given by Irv Shapiro of IfByPhone:

I thought I would give everyone a quick update as to what's been happening with ClueCon 2009. Preparations are still in the works and the schedule is still being tweaked but suffice it to say that we've got lots of great speakers and the schedule will be FULL.

We've added two new media sponsors recently: Biz-News.com and Avicom. Please click the links on the right side of the page and check them out.