Adam Curry to Keynote Gnomedex
Well, well. It looks like Chris has signed The PodFather to keynote Gnomedex. I’ve paid attention off and on to LockerGnome (Chris Pirillo’s web content company) for some time now, but was most impressed by his presence and speaking at the Northern Voice blogging conference in Vancouver.
Gnomedex is in Seattle this year which is good, since I live near Vancouver, but the date is a little close for comfort with a very important date: the due date of our second child! I can’t imagine getting stuck and my wife having to go into labour south of the 49th. Since our first was 3 weeks early, we have to be ready for anything.
But if things are going well, we may still slip down there.
Meanwhile, yesterday’s RocketBoom explains what I’ve been wondering for awhile now; why has Adam Curry not mentioned Dave Winer on the Source Code in months? It seems the two lovebirds had a falling out. What, Dave Winer not getting along with someone? Say it isn’t so.
[Update] Chris, you’ve got to be joking! $400 US per registrant? It sounds like a fun conference, but I can’t fathom spending that much money to go hang out with other people that were stupid enough to spend that much money to hang out together. Yikes.
March 22nd, 2005 at
First, that’d be $349, as I’ve offered a discount to Northern Voice attendees. Second, if you can find another way to provide what we’re providing for everybody for a lower cost, I’d welcome it.
March 22nd, 2005 at
Well, that’s what I get for posting at 2am. But seriously, it doesn’t look like the registration fee includes a hotel room… add that on and it gets ridiculously expensive. Maybe I’m missing that though?
March 28th, 2005 at
Unfortunately Chris is right. For some perspective, consider Microsoft’s MEDC 2005 (Mobile and Embedded DevCon, in Las Vegas this coming May) – According to this post on the Windows Mobile Team Blog, the “super early bird price” was $795.
March 28th, 2005 at
The thing is, every review I’ve ever read of Gnomedex (or any other such conference) says that the biggest value of the conference happens in the hallways and lounges – networking in the people sense of the word. That can be done just as well at a cheap venue; consider Northern Voice. $20 CDN for one day. Great venue, great speakers. Granted, it was only one day, but when a conference is being put on without an eye towards profit or brand building / brand recongnition, it appears obvious that it can be done at a much more reasonable rate than the “industry standard”. If these kind of prices are “industry standard”, then there’s no doubt why the bubble burst, or that it will again.
March 28th, 2005 at
Power strips, seating, breakfast, lunch, snacks…?
Trust me, it’s not as easy or cheap as it sounds.