Lunch 2.0

Mary Jo Foley, author of Microsoft 2.0 and editor of the popular ZDNet blog All About Microsoft, will discuss her new book on the future of Microsoft and answer questions from veteran technology reporter and News.com editor-in-chief, Dan Farber. An audience Q&A and book signing will take place immediately following the session.

A big lunch will be provided, so come hungry. Arrive as early as 10:45 to get good seating.

The official RSVP is here:

http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/659957/

We have 150 spots open to the public. Please only RSVP if you plan on coming so we can have an accurate count.

See you in San Francisco tomorrow (Friday).

C|Lunch at C|NET. (Liquid Hot) Magma conference room which is as soon as you walk in the door before you get to security so we can spillover into the courtyard!

[Update: If for some reason you can't make it to CNET today, check out the live video stream up right now, and during the event.]

(Also, Andrew Warner tells us that 85 people have RSVP’d for the inaugural L.A. Lunch 2.0 at ThisNext on 9/7—that’s shaping up to be an amazing launch!)

Upcoming Lunch 2.0s

• Friday, August 24- CNET, SOMA, San Francisco
• Monday, August 27- Gimahhot GmbH, Hamburg, Germany
• Wednesday, August 29- spigit, Pleasanton, East Bay
• Wednesday, September 5- TBA, Sunnyvale, Silicon Valley
• Friday, September 7- Opson, Bangalore, India
• Friday, September 7- ThisNext, Santa Monica, Los Angeles
• Wednesday, September 12- Cardomain.com, Seattle
• Wednesday, September 12- TBA, Financial District, San Francisco
• Friday, September 14- TBA, SOMA, San Francisco
• Friday, September 21- Adobe, Seattle
• Wednesday, September 26- TBA, San Francisco
• Friday, October 12- TBA, Seattle
• Friday, October 19- TBA, Redwood City, Silicon Valley

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Owner of the brands: BNET, CHOW, CNET.com, CNET Channel, GameFAQs, GameSpot, International Media, MP3.com, mySimon, Search.com, TechRepublic, TV.com, UrbanBaby, Webshots, and ZDNet.

The grandaddy of Internet media companies.

What would posses them to make the mistake of hosting a Lunch 2.0 at their posh headquarters in San Francisco?

Yeah, they might have enough room…

I don’t know, but I’m not going to look at this gift horse in the mouth…

Hosts: CNET Networks
Address: 235 Second Street, San Francisco, CA Magma Conference Room (1st Floor)
Date: Friday, August 24, 2007, 12-2:30pm
RSVP on Upcoming.

So, before you head off to Burning Man, come meet the people who create the content you read. (If you’re favorite CNET blogger hasn’t mentioned Lunch 2.0 yet, be sure to bug them to show up to their own event…and blog that they’ll be there!)

Of course, CNET is hiring. And John would like to point out, CNET and ZDNet are always looking for bloggers as well.

Be sure to RSVP so they get an accurate headcount and don’t run out of food! If you can’t make it, you can see the live stream at the ZDNET live UStream channel.

Upcoming Lunch 2.0s

• Wednesday, August 15- Plaxo, Mountain View, Silicon Valley
• Wednesday, August 22- Spock, Menlo Park, Silicon Valley (TBA)
• Friday, August 24- CNET, SOMA, San Francisco (This event)
• Friday, September 7- ThisNext, Santa Monica, Los Angeles
• Wednesday, September 12- Cardomain.com, Seattle
• Wednesday, September 12- TBA, Financial District, San Francisco
• Friday, September 21- TBA, Seattle
• Friday, October 12- TBA, Seattle