The Unconference
For some reason I've recently been thinking about running a conference. Not sure what, not sure why, but the idea appeals. This morning I stumbled across RussellBeattie's scathing commentary on the state of Wireless/Mobility conferences in the USA. Considering I've spent the last several years pimping 802.11b it was enlightening to hear what the Telephony side of the crowd is thinking.
Regardless, the best part of the article was the comment by DaveWiner about his UnConference format (see here) that he's trying use for BloggerCon. It addresses many of the frustrations that I've had at many of the conferences I've attended over the years. Nice.
Comments
There's a conference method that was developed out of the observation that what people often enjoy and get the most out of at 'traditional' conferences is the time outside of panels. See OpenSpace. --JohnAbbe
- Hey John, thanks for the pointer. I'll check it out. -- Adam.