If you hang out with enough speakers, you’ll end up hearing this (dreaded) line: “I only go to events I speak at.” To me, this is a selfish and borderline exploitative take on the role played by a speaker at an event. I’m a big…
FOO Camp 2010- A Humble Recap
FOO Camp, an ‘unconference’ yearly held in Sebastopol, California.
What is FOO? Friends Of O’Reilly. Started in 2003 it seems to have been a really good excuse to get all the smart people that work with or in near industries of O’Reilly together for…
The Death of Modern Conferences, Review of Boulder Startup Week
Last week we tried a little experiment out. We planned a conference that was 100% distributed, 100% volunteer, 98% free and open (one event had tickets that went to charity). We called it Boulder Startup Week.
The result? We had coffees, coworking, hikes, bikes, Ignite Boulder, demo nights, and a…
Why Speakers Shouldn’t Be Paid
Hey there, about to stick my head up here and get shot at, but I had some interesting converstaions this weekend and feel like someone should post them.
Conference speakers should not be paid.
Woah. Back down tiger. Let me explain a bit more before you finish sharpening your pitchforks.
I’ve been to quite a few conferences. I can cut…
Open Source Bridge in Portland This Summer
Portland will be hosting the Open Source Bridge Conference June 17-19th 2009.
The card says it is ‘connecting developers across projects, languages and backgrounds.’ Also of note, this being planned in a very open and honest way (by an all volunteer army).
Looks really interesting. Rick has more (as…