Gnomedex 2007 will be sponsored by Microsoft, Live Search Maps, HP, AMD, Edgeio, b5 Media, Eyejot, Polar Rose, Google, Palm, Yahoo!, Ustream.tv,

It's actually UnGnomeCamp:

Can't get in to the sold-out Gnomedex? Can't spare $500-plus price of a Gnomedex ticket (may be higher on the scalpers' black market, your mileage may vary) Want more than a single-track format, with speakers at the front of the room? Want more interaction, a chance to present, multiple choices? Want to continue the conversations from Gnomedex and delve into more detail? UnGnomeCamp is a chance to do all that, and more. It's an unconference using Open Space format.

Since the main auditorium for Gnomedex 7.0 is now at capacity, community members have requested that we open the external Sound and Cove chambers for an in-house video feed - which we are now officially doing. There are now 50 additional passes available for the Gnomedex 7.0 conference.

I've configured a $4,167.60 MacBook Pro (that includes shipping, and hardware that could likely be purchased elsewhere for cheaper but time is OF THE ESSENCE). This unit will serve as the staging grounds for the video that will be sent out through Ustream. If you want your company logo (or URL) on the big sponsor sign at the front of the hall, I'm offering this purchase in exchange.

I'm keeping one speaking slot open for Derek Miller, who was recently diagnosed with a terminal form of cancer. God willing, if he has the energy to talk about what it's been like sharing this experience with the world, we would be (sincerely) overjoyed. Derek's been a gigantic Gnomedex supporter ever since it came to Seattle.

Jeff Barr introduced me to Robert Steele, and I believe he'll be kicking us off this year - and I think I'm more excited about him than I would have been with the other "keynote" possibilities: "Just want you to know that I am working toward a $2B a year Open Source Agency under diplomatic auspices that would nurture all the opens beginning with open source intelligence, open source software, and open spectrum, and quickly including open money, open culture, open society, etc."

Gnomedex is pretty much full-up this year. I've already received a few requests for "more tickets", but have already publicly stated that I dislike the idea of opening up the overflow room. I'm interested in your arguments for overflow'ing again, pro and con. It's going to cost us more to stream the video into the extra rooms...

For the first time ever, Gnomedex will have a live video stream of on-stage events - something I've wanted to offer from the very beginning of the event series (which started seven years ago). Ustream has opened up new business models, and will be pushing our conference experience to the connected world in real-time.

Sterling is the primary driving force behind FreeEnergyNews.com, PureEnergySystems.com, PESWiki.com, PESN.com, and more recently, NewEnergyCongress.org, which have been growing consistently, with increasing team participation.

His passion is to see clean, affordable, reliable, safe, and practical energy solutions proceed from research and development into market penetration. He has made the term "free energy" more acceptable by relating it to solar, wind, geothermal, and other well-understood technologies; while also making the more exotic approaches not seem so crazy.

As it always comes to pass, we're almost sold out for Gnomedex this year. In other places, we've stated our intentions to keep everybody in the main hall rather than splitting the energy between two rooms. The demand for this conference always exceeds the supply - which gives us all the more reason to continue to produce these events.