Gnomedex IV: Geeks gone wild
Hey gang - mind if I have a virtual heart-to-heart with you? As you probably know, life has been very busy for me down here in Southern California. I’m four years removed from Iowa, and eight years into producing Lockergnome. We announced our fourth-annual conference a few months ago, and I’ve watched it blossom into something completely different than what it was in the beginning. I hope you don’t mind my decision to bring Gnomedex back to its roots: the people.
No open bar, no Comedy Central - just a whole bunch of geeks gone wild on their own volition. Since ~50 people had signed up when we were still promoting the “liqueur” angle, we’ll be honoring that offer with drink tickets. It’s Gnomedex 4, plain and simple. Yes, we’ll have parties. Yes, we’ll have speakers. Yes, we’ll have panels. Yes, we’ll have fun. Yes, we’ll have sponsors. Yes, we’ll have WiFi. With these two adjustments, we’ll also keep the original spirit that made our convention so successful in years past. That’s what I really want (more than anything else).
So, there you have it. Gnomedex 2: Attack of the Gnomes. Gnomedex 3: Fellowship of the Geeks. Gnomedex 4: Geeks Gone Wild.
[Lockergnome]
God i hope it’s not normal.
I am gettign SO TIRED of sitting in audiences, listening to the same peopel say teh same thing and then waiting for the :30 seconds you’re given to ask one question. That format is SO DEAD!
Last week we just debated for 2 hours. That worked.
Chris has the opportunity of doing something new and different. I sure hope he does.
Meanwhile Supernova is this week - let’s see how the hecklebot and the backchannel disrupt the flow and create something new.
