http://www.newsome.org/2006/03/unconferences-out-of-chaos/ Kent Newsome on technology, music and life Sun, 05 Feb 2012 23:43:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.newsome.org/2006/03/unconferences-out-of-chaos/comment-page-1/#comment-4710 Mathew Ingram Tue, 28 Mar 2006 22:53:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/newsome/?p=2855#comment-4710 Hey Kent. I wrote a bit about this too recently (http://www.mathewingram.com/work/index.php/2006/03/27/when-is-a-conference-not-a-conference/) because I'm involved in setting one up for Toronto -- www.meshconference.com. We're trying to find a happy medium in there somewhere -- a Middle Way. You should come. Hey Kent. I wrote a bit about this too recently (http://www.mathewingram.com/work/index.php/2006/03/27/when-is-a-conference-not-a-conference/) because I’m involved in setting one up for Toronto — http://www.meshconference.com. We’re trying to find a happy medium in there somewhere — a Middle Way. You should come.

]]> http://www.newsome.org/2006/03/unconferences-out-of-chaos/comment-page-1/#comment-4711 Seth Finkelstein Tue, 28 Mar 2006 04:39:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/newsome/?p=2855#comment-4711 Did I post this a little while ago? My favorite he-said-it-not-me on this point:<a HREF="http://getreal.corante.com/archives/whats_wrong_with_bloggercon.php" rel="nofollow">http://getreal.corante.com/archives/whats_wrong_with_bloggercon.php</A>"The format is problematic in reality. A lone session moderator begins with a presentation of various ideas on the topic, and then a free-for-all ensues, where the 50 to 250 people in the group raise their hands, ask a question, elaborate on some issue, or whatever. Often, you might have to wait 10 minutes or more to actually get to speak on some topic now 10 minutes cold.However, Winer and the other conference insiders reserve the right to break into the flow of the sessions, and so Scoble, Searls, Steve Gillmor, and the like seem often to be having their conversation in the session and not the halls, but not everybody else." Did I post this a little while ago? My favorite he-said-it-not-me on this point:http://getreal.corante.com/archives/whats_wrong_with_bloggercon.php“The format is problematic in reality. A lone session moderator begins with a presentation of various ideas on the topic, and then a free-for-all ensues, where the 50 to 250 people in the group raise their hands, ask a question, elaborate on some issue, or whatever. Often, you might have to wait 10 minutes or more to actually get to speak on some topic now 10 minutes cold.However, Winer and the other conference insiders reserve the right to break into the flow of the sessions, and so Scoble, Searls, Steve Gillmor, and the like seem often to be having their conversation in the session and not the halls, but not everybody else.”

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