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SXSW 2008 Highlights

03.14.2008

Post SXSW, I’ve thought about some of the inconsistencies highlighted by the event:
Just because you can doesn’t mean you should. By now few people haven’t heard about the Zuckerberg/Lacy keynote. For those unfamiliar with the details, Jeff Jarvis does a fair write up. At its core, the crowd’s reaction wasn’t about actively joining a conversation, [...]

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The Gap Between Talking and Acting

02.29.2008

I’ve never been to TED, the $6,000 conference extravaganza that sells out every year. However, I’ve seen many different posts that either point to TED presentations or talk about how great TED is. So I was caught off guard by Umair Haque’s recent post at Bubblegeneration:
So, let me be a bit more blunt than I’d [...]

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Conferences as Conversations

11.09.2007

Normally, when I attend a conference I try to blog about the different sessions I attend. However, I must admit that my attendance at BlogWorld in Las Vegas, and thus any related posts, has been spotty. I blame this fact on all the great people I’ve met who’ve made me forget the time, resulting in [...]

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