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Posts from Gina Bovara (Intel) 
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Gina Bovara is a Developer Marketing Manager on the Intel Software Network Marketing team in Chandler, Arizona. Her current project is the Intel Atom Developer Program (http://appdeveloper.intel.com). Gina quite frequently finds herself doing a little bit of everything, including event planning; webpage, graphic, & Flash design; social media marketing; conference staffing, and traditional Intel marketing activities. Gina is a true ambassador of Intel and loves talking with conference attendees about Intel products, services and future ventures. Her favorite developer shows are the Intel Developer Forum, GDC San Francisco, and SIGGRAPH. Gina's hobbies include playing video games, building her own PCs, going crazy for Coach purses, and attending developer conferences across the United States. Gina obtained her BS in Computer Science from Ball State University in Muncie, IN in 1998 and has had the pleasure of being employed at Intel since January, 1999. |
What does your laptop or netbook skin look like?
By Gina Bovara (Intel) (39 posts) on August 3, 2010 at 6:37 pm
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Hi everyone, just a fun post to brighten up your week! My laptop "art" was featured as the Shwaag Sighting of the week this week - click the link to view it! Of course, I've got the big Intel logo on there ... would you expect anything less? :-) It got me wondering ... how many [...]
Category: Art, Music, & Animation, Intel® AppUp Developer Program
Tags: artwork, Intel Atom Developer Program, laptop skin, skin, sticker
Join us for the Adobe & Intel Application Lab, July 21
By Gina Bovara (Intel) (39 posts) on July 9, 2010 at 4:00 pm
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If you are an Adobe AIR developer and will be in San Francisco on July 21, make sure to come join us for our first Adobe & Intel Application Lab, happening downtown at the Adobe offices!
Category: Events, Intel® AppUp Developer Program
Tags: Adobe, app lab, application lab, AppUp, bovara, IADP, Intel Atom Developer Program, san jose
Our first Intel Application Lab was a big success!
By Gina Bovara (Intel) (39 posts) on June 10, 2010 at 12:54 pm
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We held our first Intel Application Lab a few weeks ago in San Jose, California and it was quite a success! We had over 100 attendees come to the San Jose Marriott to learn about all the benefits of enrolling in the Intel Atom Developer Program. Attendees also learned how to use our Windows and Moblin C/C++ SDKs to easily upload their apps [...]
Category: Events, Intel® AppUp Developer Program
Tags: app lab, apps, AppUp, event, Gina Bovara, intel application lab, Intel Atom Developer Program
Intel Atom Developer Program going "Into Tomorrow"!
By Gina Bovara (Intel) (39 posts) on March 19, 2010 at 2:54 pm
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My very smiley headshot! I had a blast at GDC 2010 last week and wanted to share with you the most fun part of the conference for me; my interview on "Into Tomorrow with Dave Graveline"! I've known Dave, Rob and the crew for awhile, but I've never had the opportunity to be on the program. [...]
Category: Events, Game Development, Graphics & Media, Intel® AppUp Developer Program
Tags: app developers, AppUp, conferences, dave graveline, Events, game developer's conference, game developers, GDC, GDC 2010, Gina Bovara, guru, Intel AppUp Center, Intel Atom Developer Program, into tomorrow
Visit Intel Atom Dev Program @ GDC 2010
By Gina Bovara (Intel) (39 posts) on March 4, 2010 at 8:06 am
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Next week is going to be an exciting week for the Intel Atom Developer Program; we're going to the Game Developer Conference in San Francisco! We hope to see you all there at booth #1212 in the main expo hall, Moscone South. The booth is open Thursday, March 11 and Friday, March 12 from 10AM to [...]
Category: Events, Game Development, Graphics & Media, Intel® AppUp Developer Program
Tags: AppUp, conferences, contest, event, Events, Game developer conference, GDC, GDC 2010, Gina Bovara, IADP, Intel AppUp Center, Intel Atom Developer Challenge, Intel Atom Developer Program, Million Dollar Development Fund, netbooks, Omar Rodriguez, Orion Granatir, san francisco
Developers, here's your chance to win a netbook!
By Gina Bovara (Intel) (39 posts) on November 20, 2009 at 2:51 pm
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What do you have planned over the holiday break next month? In your free time, how about coding a small app and then entering it for a chance to win a netbook? If that sounds interesting, head over to our Intel Atom Developer Challenge to learn more. Create a netbook application to submit to the challenge and if you are one of the [...]
Category: Intel® AppUp Developer Program
Tags: challenge, contest, IADP, Intel Atom, Intel Atom Developer Program, Intel® Atom™, moblin, netbook
Developer Ignite 2 brings "nerd" to Gilbert, AZ
By Gina Bovara (Intel) (39 posts) on November 11, 2009 at 10:02 am
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Ever wonder what would happen if you gathered your community's most wild & crazy (and influential!) developers together and let them present whatever they want for 5-minutes in front of a large audience? We'll be finding out on November 11 @ 6PM at the second Developer Ignite event in Gilbert, AZ! From Javascript to crowdsourcing, GPS to database [...]
Category: Events
Tags: arizona, chandler, Community, developer ignite, devignite, event, Facebook, gilbert, ignite, intelevents, phoenix, Social Media, socialping, twitter
The countdown to IDF 2009 has begun!
By Gina Bovara (Intel) (39 posts) on September 18, 2009 at 6:33 pm
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Hey everyone! We have been very busy planning an amazing show for you at Intel Developer Forum 2009 next week in San Francisco, CA. If you're in the area, purchase a 1-day pass and come on down to hear a keynote and tour the Technology Showcase ... you'll be glad you did! If you can't make [...]
Category: Events
Tags: conferences, Events, idf, idf2009, Intel Developer Forum, keynote, new legends wanted, renee james
Want a free exhibition pass to SIGGRAPH?
By Gina Bovara (Intel) (39 posts) on July 9, 2009 at 6:38 pm
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We are sure getting excited to meet you all in-person at SIGGRAPH in New Orleans on August 3-7! Want to attend the show but can't afford a pass? No problem! Come by and join our Facebook group at http://www.facebook.com/intelsoftwarenetwork. Then write a message on our wall asking for your complimentary SIGGRAPH pass courtesy of Intel and I will [...]
Category: Academic, Events, Graphics & Media
Tags: acm, conference, Events, free event, free pass, free siggraph pass, siggraph, visual adrenaline
"Just Ask" Us Anything About Software
By Gina Bovara (Intel) (39 posts) on July 1, 2009 at 8:09 am
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Want to win a $25 gift card to the ultimate nerd paradise, ThinkGeek.com? It's easy with Intel Software Network! Just Ask us anything about software running on Intel Architecture and you'll automatically be entered in our drawing. That's it! No strings; we just want to know what you're curious about and how we can help [...]
Category: Academic
Tags: contest, Help, just ask, questions, Support
Become an Intel Software Network Fan on Facebook!
By Gina Bovara (Intel) (39 posts) on June 23, 2009 at 8:53 am
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Howdy Developers and Facebookers! Yesterday Intel Software Network created a brand-new Facebook fan page and we're excited for all of you to join! We'll be using the fan page to post updates, relevant news & website highlights to keep everyone informed of all the great things we're up to. If you have suggestions about our [...]
Category: Academic, Events
Tags: contact ISN, contact us, Facebook, fan page, FB, Social Media
Get Excited About Developer Ignite!
By Gina Bovara (Intel) (39 posts) on June 19, 2009 at 1:30 pm
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Hey Arizona developers! I hope you'll come join Intel Software Network for our Developer Ignite event on July 22, 2009. It proves to be a very interesting evening! This is a free event where you can listen to short presentations from developers about a wide range of topics. Or, if you're feeling adventurous, you can [...]
Category: Events
Tags: arizona, chandler, developer ignite, event, Events, ignite, meetup, tempe, tempe nerds
Intel Game Demo Challenge Judges Announced!
By Gina Bovara (Intel) (39 posts) on May 29, 2009 at 1:59 pm
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Howdy gamers! I am very pleased to say the judges for this year's Intel Game Demo Challenge have been announced and what a superstar panel it is! (AND I'm not just saying that because I am one of them!). Will Wright? Sid Meier? I've got those two gaming rockstars to thank for a large missing [...]
Category: Game Development, Graphics & Media, Parallel Programming
Tags: challenge, civilization, contest, game demo, Gaming, GDC, judges, judging, level up, Level Up 2009, sid meier, sim city, spore, will wright
SIGGRAPH is coming up; make plans to attend!
By Gina Bovara (Intel) (39 posts) on May 14, 2009 at 8:55 am
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SIGGRAPH 2009 in New Orleans, LA is coming up August 3 through 7 - I hope you're busy making your plans to attend now since it will be a blockbuster show! 25,000 professionals and students are expected to attend this year - I cannot wait to see everyone! Intel will have a large booth in the [...]
Category: Events, Game Development, Graphics & Media
Tags: acm, Animation, conferences, Events, graphics, siggraph, Visual Computing
Game Dev Educators: A contest for your students!
By Gina Bovara (Intel) (39 posts) on May 12, 2009 at 4:57 pm
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Calling all game development educators! Your students can benefit from being involved in our Intel Visual Adrenaline Game Demo Challenge going on right now! Students from a wide range of disciplines can enter, including those with a focus on video game development, art, computer science, music/composition, computer programming, and much more. Students can form small [...]
Category: Academic, Game Development, Graphics & Media
Tags: Academic, contest, educator, game demo, game developer, Gaming, Level Up 2009
Repeat Coolness: Emotiv Systems @ GDC
By Gina Bovara (Intel) (39 posts) on March 31, 2009 at 3:41 pm
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After making big news at the GDC 2008 show, Emotiv Systems made GDC 2009 a repeat performance with a big splash in our Intel Lounge area! Emotiv Systems is part of the Intel Software Partner Program and took the opportunity in our Lounge to showcase the Emotiv mind control headset, allowing attendees to control objects with their minds. I had [...]
Category: Events, Game Development, Graphics & Media, Intel SW Partner Program
Tags: emotiv, game developer, game developer's conference, GDC, headset, intel partner program, Intel SW Partner Program, ISPP, tan le
Tune in to hear "Into Tomorrow" from GDC!
By Gina Bovara (Intel) (39 posts) on March 25, 2009 at 9:10 pm
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Tomorrow we will have a very special broadcast from the Intel Lounge area in Moscone West (3rd Floor)! Dave Graveline will be doing the "Into Tomorrow" radio show and interviewing Intel and GDC folks. If you're not at the Game Developer's Conference in person, you will be able to download the show MP3s from Dave's website. Scheduled to appear: [...]
Category: Events, Game Development, Graphics & Media
Tags: conferences, dave graveline, Events, game demo challenge, game developers, GDC, into tomorrow, level up, Level Up 2009, radio show
GDC 2009: From the Show Floor!
By Gina Bovara (Intel) (39 posts) on March 23, 2009 at 7:46 am
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Hey everyone! It's that time of year again for the Game Developer's Conference! Post a comment on this blog if you're at the event with your comments and updates from the show! If you don't know what to comment on, answer the question: "As a developer, what resources would you like to have access to from [...]
Category: Events, Game Development, Graphics & Media
Tags: conference, Events, game developer, Game developer conference, GDC
Get your Visual Adrenaline pumping by entering our contest!
By Gina Bovara (Intel) (39 posts) on March 22, 2009 at 7:15 pm
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Check out our newest contest to kick off the great week ahead here at the San Francisco Game Developer's Conference! Enter the Intel® Visual Adrenaline Sweepstakes at http://intelvisualadrenaline.perfectprize.com. You can enter each week now through May 24, 2009 to win copies of today's hottest PC games including Call of Duty World at War*, Tom Clancy’s Hawx*, Unreal Tournament* III, [...]
Category: Events, Game Development, Graphics & Media, Intel SW Partner Program
Tags: contest, Game developer conference, Game Development, GDC, ssd, visual adrenaline, x25m
You're invited to join us at GDC; in-person or virtually!
By Gina Bovara (Intel) (39 posts) on March 20, 2009 at 9:22 am
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The San Francisco Game Developer's Conference begins in few short days and what a show it is going to be! Intel is presenting plenty of technical sessions, chalk talks, demonstrations, walk-throughs and much, much more. We'll be tweeting live from the event at http://www.twitter.com/intelevents, so follow us and keep up to date with our lounge educational [...]
Category: Events, Game Development, Graphics & Media
Tags: conferences, contests, Events, game contest, game demo, game demo challenge, game developer, Game Development, GDC, twitter
7 weeks until the Game Developer Conference 2009!
By Gina Bovara (Intel) (39 posts) on January 29, 2009 at 2:02 pm
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The Game Developer Conference 2009 in San Francisco is a little over 7 weeks away! Intel is planning some exciting sessions, some of which have been finalized and are viewable at our event website. If you don't already have your GDC show passes yet, remember to sign up at the official website before February 12, 2009 to [...]
Category: Events, Game Development, Graphics & Media
Tags: conference, conferences, Events, Game developer conference, GDC
Intel Software Network and the Intel Small Things Challenge!
By Gina Bovara (Intel) (39 posts) on January 22, 2009 at 8:46 am
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Hello Developers - I wanted to make sure all of you had heard the news about our Intel Small Things Challenge! Intel Software Network folks are positively buzzing about this program, so I wanted to spread the word about the difference you can make and how you can get involved today. First, right now while [...]
Category: Uncategorized
Tags: challenge, connected classrooms, craig barrett, global warming, intel small things challenge, kiva, loans, make a difference, making a difference, matt flannery, microloans, small things
Readers: Talk to us about 2009!
By Gina Bovara (Intel) (39 posts) on November 10, 2008 at 9:49 am
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Hello everyone! Does it seem like 2009 is already upon us? Where did 2008 go!? I am really looking forward to meeting all the attendees at our Intel events next year; the most major of which will be the Game Developers Conference in March (San Francisco), SIGGRAPH in August (New Orleans, LA), the Game Developers [...]
Category: Events, Game Development
Tags: conferences, Events, Game developer conference, GDC, idf, idf2009, Intel Developer Forum, siggraph
The New ISN Website is Live - What Do You Think?
By Gina Bovara (Intel) (39 posts) on September 30, 2008 at 1:10 pm
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Hey all - the new backend on our ISN website is now live with many new features; what do you all think? You can post comments at the bottom of this text with all of your thoughts & suggestions. Here at ISN Customer Support we've been getting general inquiries about the new interface from users [...]
Category: Uncategorized
Tags: assistance, Customer Support, Help, new forums, new ISN
The Scoop from Attendees at Austin GDC!
By Gina Bovara (Intel) (39 posts) on September 16, 2008 at 6:56 am
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Hi all! This week we're at the Austin Game Developers Conference 2008 and blogging straight from the show floor in the lounge. View the comments from attendees below!
Category: Events, Game Development, Graphics & Media
Tags: austin, conferences, Events, Game developer conference, GDC
Intel Developer Forum: From the Show Floor
By Gina Bovara (Intel) (39 posts) on August 19, 2008 at 3:35 pm
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Wow - pure excitement is buzzing here on the show floor of the Intel Developer Forum in San Francisco! Come by booth 102 to see Gunjan Rawal and I in person and to chat a bit about Intel Software Network! Show attendees - leave your blog comments below! We'd love to hear from [...]
Category: Events
Tags: conferences, event, idf, IDF2008, Intel Developer Forum
Intel Developer Forum: Best Year Yet
By Gina Bovara (Intel) (39 posts) on August 18, 2008 at 9:20 pm
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It is so exciting to be here at Intel Developer Forum in San Francisco! I've been down at the show floor tonight setting things up in the Intel Software Showcase area and things are looking so awesome this year. I think it could be the best year yet! The feeling of electricity on the show floor before [...]
Category: Events
Tags: conferences, Events, idf, IDF2008, Intel Developer Forum
SIGGRAPH 2008: From the Show Floor!
By Gina Bovara (Intel) (39 posts) on August 12, 2008 at 6:19 am
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The SIGGRAPH Exhibition is open from Tuesday through Thursday this week, and we are lucky to have a machine at the Intel booth collecting all the thoughts and comments from SIGGRAPH attendees. If you're not at SIGGRAPH, enjoy reading the comments and seeing what everyone is up to; and if you [...]
Category: Events, Game Development, Graphics & Media
Tags: conferences, Events, Gaming, siggraph, Visual Computing
Come see Intel Software Network in person!
By Gina Bovara (Intel) (39 posts) on July 22, 2008 at 3:05 pm
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What are you doing this fall? Come out to meet your favorite Intel Software Network personalities (myself included!) at some of the upcoming conferences we will be participating in. We'd love to hear about how you use our Intel Software Network website & services - bring your ideas and comments to share with us! SIGGRAPH (Los Angeles, CA) [...]
Category: Events, Game Development, Graphics & Media
Tags: Adobe MAX, adobemax, conferences, Events, forum, gcdc, GDC, idf, in person, Intel Developer Forum, siggraph
Getting into PC gaming? You're not alone.
By Gina Bovara (Intel) (39 posts) on April 23, 2008 at 10:49 pm
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It seems that lately everyone has been getting into my favorite hobby ... PC gaming! It's so cool to have this interest becoming more mainstream - I can actually talk with people who play the games I play and I don't get weird looks like I'm from Mars. Well, of course sometimes I still do - but that's [...]
Category: Events, Game Development, Graphics & Media
Tags: crysis, game demo, game-on, games, Gaming, gcdc, GDC, pc games, siggraph, unreal tournament, UT3
Ask ISN Your Questions!
By Gina Bovara (Intel) (39 posts) on April 10, 2008 at 9:11 am
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Do you have a burning question you've always wondered about and wanted to ask someone at Intel? Well now is your chance! I'm opening up this blog to gather customer questions about the Intel Software Network, Intel Software Products, or general Intel questions that I will try and answer for you. No technical questions [...]
Category: Uncategorized
Tags: feedback, Intel, ISN customer support, questions
HELP! How do I find customer support at Intel?
By Gina Bovara (Intel) (39 posts) on March 27, 2008 at 11:17 am
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Here at Intel Software Network, our customer support team prides itself on providing excellent customer service. For those of you who have needed ISN Customer Support before, you are already aware of this fact! I just wanted to jot down a few links so if you need help from Intel you can find it! HOW DO I FIND CUSTOMER SUPPORT [...]
Category: Uncategorized
Tags: assistance, contact, customer service, Customer Support, email isn, Help, links
Letmebemobile.com Reviews: Part 2 - Jajah, Talkhouse & Elephant Drive
By Gina Bovara (Intel) (39 posts) on March 19, 2008 at 1:42 pm
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Welcome to the second part of my blog series on the cool software offerings at Letmebemobile.com! In my previous blog, I talked about Tazti, the useful voice recognition software that's easy to install and use - and takes up oh-so-little space on your hard drive. This blog is about the three other software products you [...]
Category: Mobility, Parallel Programming
Tags: Elephant Drive, Jajah, LetMeBeMobile, letmebemobile.com, MID, Mobility, Talkhouse, Tazti, umpc, voice recognition software
Send Intel Your Best Game Development Tips & Tricks!
By Gina Bovara (Intel) (39 posts) on March 14, 2008 at 7:27 am
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I'm sure all of you game development aficionados already know about our Intel® Game Demo Contest going on now, but what you might not know about is our special Game Development Tips & Tricks prizes! From now through July 25, 2008, enter a special coding or game design tip into the contest as an entry and [...]
Category: Game Development, Graphics & Media
Tags: contest, game demo, Game Development, GDC, prizes
Your thoughts on Intel @ Siggraph 2008 ...
By Gina Bovara (Intel) (39 posts) on March 12, 2008 at 2:02 pm
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I know, I know. Siggraph 2008 is still 6 months away ... but here at Intel we are busy planning up a storm! I'm reaching out to you, my dear blog readers, to see if anyone out there has ANY suggestions for our Intel® Software Network Siggraph 2008 event planning team. Here are a few questions to get [...]
Category: Events, Game Development, Graphics & Media
Tags: 2008, conferences, development, siggraph
Letmebemobile.com Reviews: Part 1, Tazti
By Gina Bovara (Intel) (39 posts) on March 6, 2008 at 8:10 am
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Welcome to the first of a two part blog series on the cool software at Letmebemobile.com. Go check out the software selections yourself and post comments below to tell the world what you thought as well! The first software I am reviewing from the site is Tazti (pronounced 'Tasty'). It is voice recognition software that listens for [...]
Category: Mobility, Parallel Programming
Tags: letmebemobile.com, MID, Mobility, Tazti, umpc, voice recognition software
A Dream Come True - Win a Skulltrail System!
By Gina Bovara (Intel) (39 posts) on February 19, 2008 at 4:17 pm
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Hot news from a hot announcement from Intel at the Game Developer Conference 2008 (read more at http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20080219/tc_pcworld/142610) ... Skulltrail has been released and is now called the Intel Dual Socket Extreme Desktop! I know I am excited, and so are gamers and computer enthusiasts around the world! What a powerful platform! Make your dreams come true and [...]
Category: Events, Game Development, Graphics & Media
Tags: contests, eight core, game demo, game developer, Game developer conference, Gaming, GDC, skulltrail
GDC 2008: Attendees Blog Here!
By Gina Bovara (Intel) (39 posts) on February 18, 2008 at 8:18 am
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You've experienced the Game Developer Conference 2008 -- now blog about it! Feel free to post your comments about anything at GDC 2008 at the end of this blog post. What did you think about the classes you took? How did you like the Intel Studio 45 Lounge? Did you visit the Intel [...]
Category: Events, Game Development, Graphics & Media
Tags: COLLADA, conference, event, Game developer conference, GDC
Come visit us at the Game Developer Conference 2008!
By Gina Bovara (Intel) (39 posts) on February 15, 2008 at 10:39 am
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Hey everyone! I just wanted to extend you all a personal invitation to the CMP Game Developer Conference 2008 in San Francisco next week. I will be there along with other members of the Intel Software Network team - so come by and meet us in person! We are going to be having a ton of fun in [...]