Comments on: Of community conferences, camps, pits; blowing things up

By: Like It Matters

Like It Matters — Sat, 04 Feb 2006 07:49:02 +0000

More Unconferencing: SF Tech Sessions

Hey Jeff Jarvis, more words on exploding the conference scene. As Chris and Alex pointed out last week, all the [X]camps are a great example of the power & value of hungry up & comers to use social media tools…

By: Christopher St. John

Christopher St. John — Tue, 31 Jan 2006 19:08:50 +0000

Depends on the type of corporate conference. Certainly big trade shows like CES aren’t threatened, but stuff like http://www.nofluffjuststuff.com/ (which is actually kind of fun) are certainly going to have to do some serious thinking. The realization that the people doing the work are the best ones to talk about it (as opposed to pseudo-expert celebrity commentators), and will talk at length for free if you just give them a venue, leads to some interesting consequences.

By: Neil Drumm

Neil Drumm — Tue, 31 Jan 2006 08:44:41 +0000

I wouldn’t say this is replacing corperate conferences, just filling a niche that has been ignored.

By: luxuryluke

luxuryluke — Mon, 30 Jan 2006 21:25:26 +0000

Perhaps you haven’t heard of this last and final (or?) type of camp.
Dan found it some time ago:
http://flickr.com/photos/simplebitsdan/41010928/

By: Erwan

Erwan — Mon, 30 Jan 2006 14:30:43 +0000

It reminds me of scientific conference and journals… Researchers have to pay editors to be published, and then to buy the proceedings from the editors to read their collegues’ work!

Scientific publications also need some freedom from the big editors (Springer and the rest).