It’s important to present a balanced view of things. I guess that’s the journalist training. If you are hearing strong emotions going one way, try to find out the other side of the story. I don’t always do that and when I don’t, and I really am honest with myself, and go back and look at it later, my audience is always underserved. So, I’ve been looking for a positive view of Le Web. Hugh Macleod gave one. Thanks Hugh. That brings back memories of last year’s Le Blog conference.
Personally I agree with Hugh. The time for blogging conferences to end is here. I’m getting tired of them. Why? I rarely learn something new.
But there is something in the air. Spending a few hours at Google got me excited again. I’m playing with a Blogger blog just to play around away from public view.
I am playing with JavaScript and all the latest gadgets and gidgets and widgets and code (Mark Lucovsky hates calling them anything but code, by the way, cause he says looking at it any other way starts to limit your thinking. He pointed out that most gadgets on blogs are rectangular. He asked me “why do they need to do that?” Then he showed me lots of examples where code sprayed results into the page in a totally non-rectangular way. And the stuff he demoed on maps is cool. I’ll get that video up for Christmas so we can all spend Christmas break copying JavaScripts from each other and playing around.
I want to go to a conference that Mark Lucovsky plans. One where he just shows me tip after tip of things I could do on my blog with code.
Why is JavaScript interesting to me? Because I can go to a site like Google’s Code site, check out the samples, have it generate code for me, and copy and paste that code into my blog’s template.
If I start to get more advanced, I can even built a little gadget for Windows Vista’s sidebar. Or, build a gadget for inclusion in Goowy, Pageflakes, Live.com, MyYahoo, or a raft of other gadget hosts.
I’m seeing a TON of innovation hitting in this space. Even Microsoft, who is seen as behind in the Internet space, has something like 470 gadgets, most of which were created by folks in the community.
The recent Gadget conference planned by Niall Kennedy sold out, without much PR or marketing.
So, maybe it’s time for “Blogging 2007 Style.” Hint: it ain’t your standard old blog anymore.
Nobody died…..Yet to read the blogs you would think the Geneva Convention had been violated.
All conferences have that fine print legal statement – we reserve the right….
Loic could have thrown a party one night for his political friends to speak while everyone was drinking fine French wine.
Nobody died…..Yet to read the blogs you would think the Geneva Convention had been violated.
All conferences have that fine print legal statement – we reserve the right….
Loic could have thrown a party one night for his political friends to speak while everyone was drinking fine French wine.
Paul: Gnomedex and other blog-centric conferences have had politicians speak with much better results. But when Jon Edwards came to Gnomedex he took questions (and pretty harsh criticism) and spoke in the language that most of the attendees spoke. He also didn’t come in last minute and push other sessions out or down. He also didn’t give a political speech, er, lecture.
Paul: Gnomedex and other blog-centric conferences have had politicians speak with much better results. But when Jon Edwards came to Gnomedex he took questions (and pretty harsh criticism) and spoke in the language that most of the attendees spoke. He also didn’t come in last minute and push other sessions out or down. He also didn’t give a political speech, er, lecture.
That sounds to be a bit the style of the Widget get-together that GigaOm had in november?
That sounds to be a bit the style of the Widget get-together that GigaOm had in november?
That sounds to be a bit the style of the Widget get-together that GigaOm had in november?
That sounds to be a bit the style of the Widget get-together that GigaOm had in november?
That sounds to be a bit the style of the Widget get-together that GigaOm had in november?
That sounds to be a bit the style of the Widget get-together that GigaOm had in november?
Martin: yeah, didn’t GigaOm and Niall plan that together?
Martin: yeah, didn’t GigaOm and Niall plan that together?
Martin: yeah, didn’t GigaOm and Niall plan that together?
Martin: yeah, didn’t GigaOm and Niall plan that together?
Martin: yeah, didn’t GigaOm and Niall plan that together?
Martin: yeah, didn’t GigaOm and Niall plan that together?
Loic a fait un jeu politique.
Loic a fait un jeu politique.
Loic a fait un jeu politique.
Loic a fait un jeu politique.
Loic a fait un jeu politique.
Loic a fait un jeu politique.
Blogger conferences should be held over IM or Video chat.
Blogger conferences should be held over IM or Video chat.
Blogger conferences should be held over IM or Video chat.
Robert, I think one of the biggest problems with Le Web 3 was that the conference objective, as described by Hugh, was never really clearly explained on the Le Web 3 website. So, I’m sure the introduction of the politicians felt right in Loic’s head, but not in the view of some attendees, all of whom had different expectations.
Robert, I think one of the biggest problems with Le Web 3 was that the conference objective, as described by Hugh, was never really clearly explained on the Le Web 3 website. So, I’m sure the introduction of the politicians felt right in Loic’s head, but not in the view of some attendees, all of whom had different expectations.
Robert, I think one of the biggest problems with Le Web 3 was that the conference objective, as described by Hugh, was never really clearly explained on the Le Web 3 website. So, I’m sure the introduction of the politicians felt right in Loic’s head, but not in the view of some attendees, all of whom had different expectations.
Robert, I think one of the biggest problems with Le Web 3 was that the conference objective, as described by Hugh, was never really clearly explained on the Le Web 3 website. So, I’m sure the introduction of the politicians felt right in Loic’s head, but not in the view of some attendees, all of whom had different expectations.
Robert, I think one of the biggest problems with Le Web 3 was that the conference objective, as described by Hugh, was never really clearly explained on the Le Web 3 website. So, I’m sure the introduction of the politicians felt right in Loic’s head, but not in the view of some attendees, all of whom had different expectations.
I LOVE WIDGETS! I also love the whole beyond the rectangular window. It makes so much sense to round off the corners or even turn it into a blob, information is a very blobby substance I think.
I started playing with what is now Yahoo Widget Engine, formerly Konfabulator (Why drop the cool name?) a couple of years ago, a cool JavaScript host engine. Life monopolised my time elsewhere before I had that “Ahhh, so if I do this and this… Woooo Coool” moment and went from fumbling around in the code darkness but I love the whole “Cool little things that tell you cool little things” idea.
You have very fun times ahead Robert, can’t wait to see what code we see in January. My idea, probably old and done to death but a widget that plugs into Amazon’s wish list API, tracks individual wish list’s, gives you a count down to last deliverable order date for the chosen gift date, stock availability etc. all done in cool AJAX data drill down style.
I LOVE WIDGETS! I also love the whole beyond the rectangular window. It makes so much sense to round off the corners or even turn it into a blob, information is a very blobby substance I think.
I started playing with what is now Yahoo Widget Engine, formerly Konfabulator (Why drop the cool name?) a couple of years ago, a cool JavaScript host engine. Life monopolised my time elsewhere before I had that “Ahhh, so if I do this and this… Woooo Coool” moment and went from fumbling around in the code darkness but I love the whole “Cool little things that tell you cool little things” idea.
You have very fun times ahead Robert, can’t wait to see what code we see in January. My idea, probably old and done to death but a widget that plugs into Amazon’s wish list API, tracks individual wish list’s, gives you a count down to last deliverable order date for the chosen gift date, stock availability etc. all done in cool AJAX data drill down style.
I LOVE WIDGETS! I also love the whole beyond the rectangular window. It makes so much sense to round off the corners or even turn it into a blob, information is a very blobby substance I think.
I started playing with what is now Yahoo Widget Engine, formerly Konfabulator (Why drop the cool name?) a couple of years ago, a cool JavaScript host engine. Life monopolised my time elsewhere before I had that “Ahhh, so if I do this and this… Woooo Coool” moment and went from fumbling around in the code darkness but I love the whole “Cool little things that tell you cool little things” idea.
You have very fun times ahead Robert, can’t wait to see what code we see in January. My idea, probably old and done to death but a widget that plugs into Amazon’s wish list API, tracks individual wish list’s, gives you a count down to last deliverable order date for the chosen gift date, stock availability etc. all done in cool AJAX data drill down style.
Robert,
You may think it’s time to end blogging conferences. That may be because you were one of the original bloggers. Perhaps you’re really simply bored with blogging?
With 94% of companies still not entering the blogosphere (ie. transparency), the word is NOT out and people don’t understand the underlying technology nor the benefits. If anything, blogs are simply the evolution of the net… but the rest of the net really hasn’t grown up yet.
We still need to get the word out!
Respectfully,
Doug
Robert,
You may think it’s time to end blogging conferences. That may be because you were one of the original bloggers. Perhaps you’re really simply bored with blogging?
With 94% of companies still not entering the blogosphere (ie. transparency), the word is NOT out and people don’t understand the underlying technology nor the benefits. If anything, blogs are simply the evolution of the net… but the rest of the net really hasn’t grown up yet.
We still need to get the word out!
Respectfully,
Doug
Robert,
You may think it’s time to end blogging conferences. That may be because you were one of the original bloggers. Perhaps you’re really simply bored with blogging?
With 94% of companies still not entering the blogosphere (ie. transparency), the word is NOT out and people don’t understand the underlying technology nor the benefits. If anything, blogs are simply the evolution of the net… but the rest of the net really hasn’t grown up yet.
We still need to get the word out!
Respectfully,
Doug
Robert, you are absolutely right to do a little digging to ensure you get the full picture. I’d like to shed a little light on the subject as I was at the conference.
The political episode was a surprise not just to the audience, but to the panels of participants who were told they had to merge and change around with less than 10 minutes notice – all because the schedule was completely changed.
So, it’s not just a bunch of guys giving out, quite a few well respected people were annoyed by the way day 2 was managed in its entirety. Some people (myself included) spent a lot of time out of their diaries and spent a lot of money on travel and accommodation. Some people even made the journey just to see Mike Arrington. Mike, by his own admission decided on the 11th hour not to attend as the organisers refused to pay for his flight! Consider TechCrunch was a sponsor I find that a little odd to say the least.
Surely 99% of the blogsphere that attended the conference can’t be wrong?!
All that said, I personally didn’t think much of the conference itself – but I never attend them to speak or listen (to people on stage). I attend them to meet people in the corridor and to build deeper relationships with those I know already. With this in mind, I had a worthwhile trip and am delighted I attended – it’s about the people.
Ok, now onto the juicy stuff, did you know that Sam Sethi has been fired by Mike Arrington? TechCrunch UK & Ireland is now closed for business. I was on a Skype call with Sam throughout the email exchange with Mike, so I’m in possession of the facts – check out my blog posts on Web2Ireland and Mike Arrington’s response.
http://www.web2ireland.org
Robert, you are absolutely right to do a little digging to ensure you get the full picture. I’d like to shed a little light on the subject as I was at the conference.
The political episode was a surprise not just to the audience, but to the panels of participants who were told they had to merge and change around with less than 10 minutes notice – all because the schedule was completely changed.
So, it’s not just a bunch of guys giving out, quite a few well respected people were annoyed by the way day 2 was managed in its entirety. Some people (myself included) spent a lot of time out of their diaries and spent a lot of money on travel and accommodation. Some people even made the journey just to see Mike Arrington. Mike, by his own admission decided on the 11th hour not to attend as the organisers refused to pay for his flight! Consider TechCrunch was a sponsor I find that a little odd to say the least.
Surely 99% of the blogsphere that attended the conference can’t be wrong?!
All that said, I personally didn’t think much of the conference itself – but I never attend them to speak or listen (to people on stage). I attend them to meet people in the corridor and to build deeper relationships with those I know already. With this in mind, I had a worthwhile trip and am delighted I attended – it’s about the people.
Ok, now onto the juicy stuff, did you know that Sam Sethi has been fired by Mike Arrington? TechCrunch UK & Ireland is now closed for business. I was on a Skype call with Sam throughout the email exchange with Mike, so I’m in possession of the facts – check out my blog posts on Web2Ireland and Mike Arrington’s response.
http://www.web2ireland.org
Le Web 3 and Loic Le Meur
So, I’m back in London from Le Web 3, the conference organised by Loic Le Meur, Executive VP and Managing Director of Six Apart Europe. Le Web 3 is being heavily discussed in the blogosphere at the moment (see Technorati…
Doug: if you notice I didn’t really call for an end to blogging conferences. Just that the next conferences I want to attend should be different than the ones I’ve attended so far (more code, more code, more code).
Businesses will come in, and they’ll be behind. The next blogs are going to be interactive and far more community driven than what exists now.
Yeah, I want to be on the bleeding edge. Talking about stuff that’s eight years old gets pretty boring.
Doug: if you notice I didn’t really call for an end to blogging conferences. Just that the next conferences I want to attend should be different than the ones I’ve attended so far (more code, more code, more code).
Businesses will come in, and they’ll be behind. The next blogs are going to be interactive and far more community driven than what exists now.
Yeah, I want to be on the bleeding edge. Talking about stuff that’s eight years old gets pretty boring.
Doug: if you notice I didn’t really call for an end to blogging conferences. Just that the next conferences I want to attend should be different than the ones I’ve attended so far (more code, more code, more code).
Businesses will come in, and they’ll be behind. The next blogs are going to be interactive and far more community driven than what exists now.
Yeah, I want to be on the bleeding edge. Talking about stuff that’s eight years old gets pretty boring.
Curious to see your Javascript / mapping hacks. We have some of our own, which I hope can improve sites and blogs in a ‘non-rectangular’ way too.
Try for instance pasting this in your site/blog:
A map + GPS track + geotagged picture thumbnails served from our site. The idea is to make sharing this type of data real easy, it just takes copying and inserting the iframe code in a blog post.
(working on most browsers, not yet on Safari)
Curious to see your Javascript / mapping hacks. We have some of our own, which I hope can improve sites and blogs in a ‘non-rectangular’ way too.
Try for instance pasting this in your site/blog:
A map + GPS track + geotagged picture thumbnails served from our site. The idea is to make sharing this type of data real easy, it just takes copying and inserting the iframe code in a blog post.
(working on most browsers, not yet on Safari)
Curious to see your Javascript / mapping hacks. We have some of our own, which I hope can improve sites and blogs in a ‘non-rectangular’ way too.
Try for instance pasting this in your site/blog:
A map + GPS track + geotagged picture thumbnails served from our site. The idea is to make sharing this type of data real easy, it just takes copying and inserting the iframe code in a blog post.
(working on most browsers, not yet on Safari)
Curious to see your Javascript / mapping hacks. We have some of our own, which I hope can improve sites and blogs in a ‘non-rectangular’ way too.
Try for instance pasting this in your site/blog:
A map + GPS track + geotagged picture thumbnails served from our site. The idea is to make sharing this type of data real easy, it just takes copying and inserting the iframe code in a blog post.
(working on most browsers, not yet on Safari)
Curious to see your Javascript / mapping hacks. We have some of our own, which I hope can improve sites and blogs in a ‘non-rectangular’ way too.
Try for instance pasting this in your site/blog:
A map + GPS track + geotagged picture thumbnails served from our site. The idea is to make sharing this type of data real easy, it just takes copying and inserting the iframe code in a blog post.
(working on most browsers, not yet on Safari)
Curious to see your Javascript / mapping hacks. We have some of our own, which I hope can improve sites and blogs in a ‘non-rectangular’ way too.
Try for instance pasting this in your site/blog:
A map + GPS track + geotagged picture thumbnails served from our site. The idea is to make sharing this type of data real easy, it just takes copying and inserting the iframe code in a blog post.
(working on most browsers, not yet on Safari)
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