Another damned conference

Another damned conference

: I might have had conference envy with all the power gathered at the D confab but after reading this numbingly repetitive blather from panels about media and blogs, I’m glad I missed it. What these big guys need is an unconference where, as Dave Winer says, there is no panel, everyone is the panel, and the smart people in the room get to speak and not just listen.

: LATER: Bob Cox is properly pissed at Ana Marie Cox for biting the hand that fed her fame with blanket snarking at bloggers, of which she was one — the most notorious one, in fact.

5 responses to “Another damned conference”

  1. spinaltap Avatar
    spinaltap

    afaik, one of the first ultra-successful unconferences in the web industry was pubconference which has evolved into seoroadshow.

  2. Dave Winer Avatar

    Keep spreading the gospel brutha Jeff!

  3. Brad Avatar

    Your unconference idea sounds like an amish church service I attended. Great idea! Everything does come back to the simple, doesn’t it?

  4. The Lonewacko Blog Avatar

    “They’re cliqueish, they’re arrogant, they get things wrong.”
    I dunno, that seems pretty much on target. Think back, for just one example, to the al Qaqaa fiasco, as Bush supporters flooded the zone with inaccurate information and baseless speculation.
    Now, Wonkette denunciations will flood the zone. Has Insty linked to the nationaldebate post yet?
    I note also that Cox was invited to the John Conyer’s recent media bias forum but didn’t come for some reason.

  5. Stewart Avatar
    Stewart

    A Winer fan? Yikes, another link deleted from my daily read. ;-)