An audience of two

Wednesday October 10, 2007

Closing Session
Dan Berg keeps banging on about Second Life. Apparently it's been very popular. Granted it's very pretty, but I still don't get it.

Chat show featuring representatives from EBay, EDS, Microsoft and Fox pontificating on "the end of computing as we know it". But it doesn't seem to be capturing the attendees' interest - the room is half empty and a lot of people are walking out.

Don Grantham. I didn't realise he was British. Lots of rah-rah: The stock is up, we are delivering on our commitments, we are growing and making profits at last. We're on track to make 10% margin in FY09 as promised. The room is getting emptier; this should have been yesterday's session with Jonathan closing it out.

He also spoke about Sun Connection and how important it is - that's two major plugs in general sessions. He even mentioned SRS :(

Here we go, he's about to say what the plan is for next year - he's signed the contract to hold it in Las Vegas again next November. He wasn't specific as to exactly where - will it be here at Paris/Bally's again? Probably; I'll try to find out. I admit I'm ambivalent about that - on the one hand Vegas is a good location, I've had a great time, and I love that it takes just moments to walk from my room to the various sessions, but on the down side security has been a nightmare simply because (as I think I blogged earlier) it's not just a hotel, it's a massive hotel that's open 24x7 and actively encourages people to wander in. We've had equipment go missing and all kinds of technical issues specifically caused by not being in a true convention centre.

Update:Dan confirmed - same place.

I have no idea who put together the closing video, but I'm sure he's on crystal meth. I've never seen so many speeded-up clips and ultra-fast zooms and pans - I thought I was watching a Blipvert. I'm surprised that nobody had a seizure or exploded.

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