Tag: conference

The New Media Expo vs The Edinburgh Fringe (No Contest Really)

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Rather graciously, David Peck wonders where all the cool kids were at last month’s New Media Expo in Las Vegas – for some strange reason he includes me in that list. The simple answer, as anyone here should realise, is that the Edinburgh Fringe took priority (more on the Fringe shortly). It’s one of the major events that I cover each year and allows me to reach out to a huge range of people, many of whom aren’t in our little bubble. The second that I saw the dates last year, I knew that I wasn’t going to be at

Good News! PodCamp Boston Charging $50 A Head

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News from Penn and Brogan that the upcoming Podcamp Boston (July 19-20) will be charging attendees $50 per head. Do I agree with the decision? As someone who has organised big events, rationally I do. Attendance at any conference should be worth something, and $50 seems about right as a ‘token’ payment given that a good Hotel room is going to be $100 a night for potentially three nights, alongside some drink and food budget. Getting over the no-show problem, especially when a lot of sponsorship will be predicated on having a certain number of people attending. The last Boston