Off to LIFT…

“Tuesday is probably going to decide who the nominees are” – maybe on the Republican side, but I think you’d be hard-pressed to find a pollster or pundit who thinks that either Clinton or Obama will clinch the Democratic nomination tomorrow.

Enjoy the time, Robert. That’ll be a blast with the whole family.

Aaron: good point, but I can definitely see some scenarios where even on the Democratic side of the house it’ll pretty much clinch it up. It’s down to Hillary vs. Obama now. If either gets significant wind out of Tuesday it’s pretty much over.

You’re going to miss the parade tomorrow through the canyon of Heroes to honor the New York Giants!

Paul: now THAT would be something I’d want to put on Qik!

Like the Europeans care about your elections. Hell we don’t even care up here in Canada.

Looking forward to welcoming you and your family to Geneva! Hope to see you around…

Wish you a save trip and maybe we run into each other at the conference. You should plan a trip to Milano as well – even though your son is still young, he could already start absorbing Italian culture

Looking forward to seeing you in Geneva, I guess during the venture night panel.

Robert Scoble finally becomes the Truman Show. Does every minute of your life and its thoughts need to be documented on the web?

Significant wind is not going to end the Democratic race tomorrow. A rout, might, but that’s not probable. Stay tuned.

Significant wind is not going to end the Democratic race tomorrow. A rout, might, but that’s not probable. Stay tuned.

See you at LIFT then…

Looks like a cool event. You bringing the D3 along for pix? Give my best to Maryam, and I hope you guys have a blast!

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The only reason to attend those conferences nowadays is for the person to person networking.

The same information is available over the Web via blogs, video sites and research papers.

What essentially is being done is an audience of thousands of people traveling thousands of miles and paying thousands of dollars to watch a group of people give an impersonal lecture or group debate, then take a few questions at the very end – where they give quick answers. How many times have they given this essentially same lecture.

If there are exhibits, you are getting a standard marketing overview by low level salespeople.

All of this information is available or will be available within hours on various social media and news organizations.

In a few decades, these sort of inefficiencies will probably no longer be in vogue. Hopefully technology will allow most of this to be accessed virtually in real time around the globe.

When you think of how frikin primitive this era is that we are living in compared to what our grandkids will experience.

Here’s hoping Obama wins… I cannot seem to brng myself to vote for anyone else at this point.

Things I hope to see in my lifetime:

1. Flat tax
2. Universal healthcare
3. Popular vote
4. Affordable housing
5. Return of union jobs and US manufacturing
6. EU-like free secondary education like so many countries have
7. Offshoring jobs when there are Americans available (no matter the cost) illegal. After all, a rising tide lifts all boats. The higher the salaries, the more taxes get put into the system to benefit all.

Two flights back and forth to Switzerland in the space of two weeks to cover conferences?
Was it not possible to stay Europeside in the intervening time?
You’re lucky you didnt bump into Al Gore at Davos.

no one cares what flight you are taking

Hey Robert, I’ll be there too, happy to meet up: http://www.liftconference.com/person/robinwauters

When in Geneva take the McDonalds/Coke Test.
This is when you travel a lot and where ever you are in the world gauge the local economy by looking at the price of a Big Mac, and a a coke. They are higher in Geneva than anywhere else in the world.

Today will be too close to call for the Dems. Get ready for super delegates, time to get weird.
If it goes to super delegates hilary will win the nomination if left to the people it would be obama.

Unless Edwards endorses one or the other.

d2: really? One person did. He picked us up at the airport. I expected to have to get a taxi. He said he showed up because of my blog post.

Hi Roberts, there’s another issue we should discuss at the LIFT conference. There’s a discussion going on overhere why you have been invited to the World Economic Forum, and not a single Swiss Blogger. The WEF-Organizers argue, we dont have the same reach as US-Tech-Bloggers, thats why also next year we will be excluded. What do you think about this?

(At least we pay the taxes, that the World Economic Forum can take place in Davos every year…)

Hi Robert.

I would have picked you up from the airport as well if I had gotten to your post earlier (thanks to shareslide.net) If ever you need anything while in Geneva, seeing you are the admin here, send me an email and Ill get back to you!

David