In 2009 Russia became of of the most increasing markets for Expedia - for example, the amount of russian visitors of Expedia and Hotels.com who made reservationof Russian hotels increased in 27%.

Besides Expedia, in Russia already fully represented such companies like dutch Horse21.com, Booking.com, Hotelscombined.com and most of other major travel-services.

During the 2009, two thousand people responded to the weekly question: “What news stories interested you the most this week?”.

Just move timeline below from January till December to see the main stories of 2009. Click on event to see the details.

Infogram by Gorbunov Design Bureau. Data courtesy of the Public Opinion Foundation of Russia.

In the fresh Fortune Magazine from 10 February 2009 discussion about Google-Yandex battle and it’s future for market in Russia and globally.

«Google’s Russian threat»

Feb 10 · Fortune Magazine · By Julia Ioffe
Tech Daily: Yandex is opening offices in Google’s backyard. Is the Moscow-based Internet search company searching for more than just engineers?

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Great time! Great people! Great orgteam! See you soon on next BarCamps! Thanks Joha, Max…Thanks everybody!

BarCamp IDOL! is similar to American Idol : 5 minutes, Idea! and creative jury : two crazy and creative teams of jury. Every 4 presentation they are switching to another creative jury of Art-Directors, Chiefs and other crazy guys.

Each member of jury make marks, the are 5 criteria to be valuated:

- innovation
- business model
- presentation level
- social impact
- and what ever

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Let’s go!

1. Pozor.lv

Timeline: the projects are going to be lunched in few weeks.

Background: everybody know that right now the political situation are not so good and I would like to suggest the project Pozor.lv (”shame” of Latvia) : everybody can suggest some politics to discuss and then to vote about them. It’s opportunity to make population vox.

It’s the opportunity to determinate the “anti”-hero.

The business model: it’s nonprofit project, just for fun. There are such “positive” projects like “Name of Latvia” and this project suggest the opposite opportunities - to put away all negative emotions and to avoid aggression on streets.

Marks: 3 - 4 - 2

2. VeryPositive

auther: Pavel

Timeline: pre-alfa already launched on http://rep.ly

Idea: answer on questions, questions on answers, deep discussions, totally anonymous.

Features : smiles like real-time photos from your webcam.

Business model: only investment is beer, we don’t need money, but always open for beer and your questions

Marks:
4 (”because better when the first one, but I don’t see the busiess model besides adspots…)
3 (”I would like to give more because I’m fond that you do something, but I don’t see the matter…but it’s so nice that you do something)
4 (”I’m fond because first time I could say nothing as understood nothing, but it’s fun)

3. Dicipus.net

Background: Open Source is good thing but in real life most of projects developed by small group of people and onl this small group of people develop it and if somebody want to improve it they need to mail them their solution.

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Idea: the system of code-sharing when everybody have own thread and can write. So, the owner can combine different threads and use it for final realize. Second thing - Open Source usually is like hobby and developers have no money from it. Our suggestion: if user want new feature - he have 100 euros and go to project and tell about it, then other people also take part i this payment and also agree to pay 100 euros as well. As result- everybody have satisfactions, developer receive 500euros from 5 users and then this feature bacome developed and free of charge for everybody.

Timeline: pro-alfa http://www.dicipus.net

Marketing: to interact with some already famous projects

Business model: from money which are paying by useres who want new feature, some share go to developers, some share go to special testers and some go to us.

Marks:

3,5 (good idea to combine two good things, good that use think globally, disadvantages - you told at least 5 times that you’ll make better, that means that it’s easy even with good concept to loose game if there are already some good and famous compatotors + the idea is easy to be copy/pasted. You need to understand how to be better of competitors )

3 (good idea, ambitions, but big probem how to involve visitors and developers)

3 (totally agree, important is not only how you’ll do it, but how to make marketing and to increase market share)

4. Buzzzz presentation: Where is my glasses?

Author: Igor

Case study… where is my glasses??

Mission: find glasses!

There are no glasses!! I became MEGA sad!

I asked everybody, orgteam…returned home..buzzzz - they are on my my head!

Marks: Buzzzz- 5 for presentation and 1 = for everything else

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it’s time to change jury-team

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5. Datorster.lv

Idea: from USA, one man made from old PC new PC, so idea - to collect old PC install on them Linux and give it to people who need them. Every gamer or developer have at least 2 old PC or different parts of them.

In USA there are such system.

Business model: mostly nonprofit, donations

Timeline: project are going to be on Datorster.lv

Possible problems: how to deliver old device? In USA they receive payments to utilize display like it have to be according to standards.

Marks:
0 for business idea… stop = this idea already work in Sweden
5 - because of idea, social impact ca be great, in ideal situation government is responsable for such things, but in real only people can do it and they can help lwith ooperation with special “crises centers”
5 =good idea

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Opera on BarCamp Baltics 2009

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One Russian team created this video. Because there some things which make meaning. Yesterday, today, tommorow. Every day.

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