9 things I learned at the next08 conference
Lots of talks seemed to ask why we are doing what we are doing and how we can cope with a faster changing world. This led to some very philosophical discussions I did not expect from this conference. Refreshing.- There’s no better way to wake up a businessy audience than throwing some nice technical slides at them early in the morning. Thank you Mike Jennings! (he talked about Google Android). Funny.
- Prof. Dueck rocks, easily the best talk, got to read his books now. He talked about technology adoption using some very charming examples featuring his wife. Awesome.
- When you’re so busy constantly mentioning you’re from Techcrunch, you do things like asking presenters the same question the person before you just asked. Pathetic.
- A good way to spook a Google employee is to have a journalist twist his lax remarks about a video ad he already watched 10 times into something like “who clicks on ads anyways”. Entertaining.
- You can use a wiki as a substitute for presentation slides, as Jeremy Ruston, inventor of Tiddlywiki proofed. Different.
- People you barely know become your best friends once you advanced half way in line to the buffet. Expected.
- I was dumb enough to check my email over unencrypted http on the open wlan, had to change all passwords when i got home. Irritating.
- Don’t even try to keep up with your Russian born co-worker when it comes to vodka ridden long drinks. Scary.
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