Less than a week since we deployed it, the Suggest a Session for OpenWorld 2008 offer made by the Events team on Mix has been a big hit. Traffic was up over 250% over the weekend, and the voting page is already among the top pages on Mix in terms of pageviews over the past… Read More
Month: May 2008
My First BarCamp
I spent portions of this past Friday, Saturday and Sunday attending my very first BarCamp, held here in Portland at CubeSpace. The origins of BarCamp are interesting; back in 2005, O’Reilly held a user-generated conference called Foo Camp that was invite only. Lots of people wanted an invite (kind of like Web 2.0 Summit, ahem),… Read More
Suggest a Session Topic for OpenWorld
Last night, as promised, Rich deployed some new stuff built by ENTP, right before they headed to a midnight Iron Man showing. On a side note, is he really a superhero? The shiny new feature is Suggest a Session. If you have an idea for a session you’d like to attend or present, bounce over… Read More
More Web 2.0 Expo: Worth the Time Investment
So, two keynotes from last week’s Web 2.0 Expo are worth watching, if you have a block of time. One is Clay Shirky’s keynote from Wednesday afternoon. His observations are keen, and his presentation is both funny and interesting, well worth the 16 odd minutes. The other is Dan Lyons’ keynote from Friday, which I… Read More