Why I love Gnomedex…

July 16, 2007 By

Chris Pirillo is a great friend. So, take this post with a grain of salt.

But, here’s why I love Gnomedex:

1) Every attendee uses a laptop computer during the event. It still is one of the few events where I’ve seen that happen.
2) No press passes.
3) I haven’t been asked to speak since 2001. Heh. Not quite true, cause I was on a Gillmor Gang panel last year, but I don’t count that as speaking.
4) It’s geeky, but not developer geeky. User geeky.
5) It’s not over your head or over your pay grade like TED or PopTech.
6) It’s in Seattle in one of their two sunny months.
7) Ponzi. Ponzi. Ponzi.

I’m not speaking. But I’m going to do something fun in the lobby. Facebook fun. Pownce fun. Twitter fun. Jaiku fun. More to come.

UPDATE: maybe I’ll be wearing my iPhone Name Tag. :-)

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  • http://www.dotnetjunkies.com/WebLog/paul/ paul

    No Bloghaus!

  • http://www.dotnetjunkies.com/WebLog/paul/ paul

    No Bloghaus!

  • http://iggyz.com/ Iggy

    “Every attendee uses a laptop computer during the event.”

    Hate to say it – but that statement truly shows your limited range of view. Many people don’thave laptops at the ready at Gnomedex. Although yes the majority have many geek tools at their disposal. I have attended Gnomedex since 3.0 without a laptop. Because frankly it wasn’t within budget until recently. So this will be my first time attending and being like so many of the others. But trust me on this. In the past I haven’t been the only one not typing away on some gadget while attending Gnomedex.

  • http://iggyz.com Iggy

    “Every attendee uses a laptop computer during the event.”

    Hate to say it – but that statement truly shows your limited range of view. Many people don’thave laptops at the ready at Gnomedex. Although yes the majority have many geek tools at their disposal. I have attended Gnomedex since 3.0 without a laptop. Because frankly it wasn’t within budget until recently. So this will be my first time attending and being like so many of the others. But trust me on this. In the past I haven’t been the only one not typing away on some gadget while attending Gnomedex.

  • http://scobleizer.com/ Robert Scoble

    Iggy: OK, I shouldn’t have said “every.” I should have said “every one except for Iggy.” Here, I have photographic proof: http://www.flickr.com/photos/scobleizer/179396700/

  • http://scobleizer.com/ Robert Scoble

    Paul: all of Gnomedex is a bloghaus.

  • http://scobleizer.com/ Robert Scoble

    Iggy: OK, I shouldn’t have said “every.” I should have said “every one except for Iggy.” Here, I have photographic proof: http://www.flickr.com/photos/scobleizer/179396700/

  • http://scobleizer.com/ Robert Scoble

    Paul: all of Gnomedex is a bloghaus.

  • http://scobleizer.com/ Robert Scoble

    Iggy: please provide photographic proof that I have a limited range of view. From every angle of the room almost every attendee at Gnomedex had a computer out and powered on. It’s the only conference where that happens that I’ve been to.

  • http://scobleizer.com/ Robert Scoble

    Iggy: please provide photographic proof that I have a limited range of view. From every angle of the room almost every attendee at Gnomedex had a computer out and powered on. It’s the only conference where that happens that I’ve been to.

  • http://www.seanbohan.com/ Sean Bohan

    It’s the only conference that thinks enough of the audience to have power for all of the users, instead of side rooms for recharging.

    Gnomedex is awesome!

  • http://www.seanbohan.com Sean Bohan

    It’s the only conference that thinks enough of the audience to have power for all of the users, instead of side rooms for recharging.

    Gnomedex is awesome!

  • http://chris.pirillo.com/ Chris Pirillo

    Scoble is as much a staple of Gnomedex as Ponzi. :) He’s the quintessential G’dexer.

  • http://chris.pirillo.com/ Chris Pirillo

    Scoble is as much a staple of Gnomedex as Ponzi. :) He’s the quintessential G’dexer.

  • http://visuallounge.techsmith.com/ Betsy Weber

    Yea! I love Gnomedex too! It’s like a ‘family reunion’. It’s the one time that I get to see some people.

    I go to many shows a year and this is one of the best ones.

    Looking forward to it…and am curious as to what you’re going to be up to in the lobby.

  • http://visuallounge.techsmith.com Betsy Weber

    Yea! I love Gnomedex too! It’s like a ‘family reunion’. It’s the one time that I get to see some people.

    I go to many shows a year and this is one of the best ones.

    Looking forward to it…and am curious as to what you’re going to be up to in the lobby.

  • http://cellecast.com/ Andrew Deal

    I had a good time this year… I used the awkward or less-relevant sessions to get started with Twitter and Facebook.

    Thanks Robert for exposing the value of facebook for business. I had clients on there that I was not aware they are using it.

    Let’s get the connection issue resolved once and for all though.

  • http://cellecast.com Andrew Deal

    I had a good time this year… I used the awkward or less-relevant sessions to get started with Twitter and Facebook.

    Thanks Robert for exposing the value of facebook for business. I had clients on there that I was not aware they are using it.

    Let’s get the connection issue resolved once and for all though.