Comments on: SXSW 2010 – It’s time to leave the echo chamber

By: DiowSi

DiowSi — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 21:08:31 +0000

You have hit the mark. I think, what is it excellent thought.

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By: Uwe

Uwe — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 16:50:48 +0000

Rob, networking opportunities could be good but how about co-working/collaboration opportunities? Solving problems together or, at least, discussing them together. Networking will be completely organic once you started working together.
Vasily, VIP events will always happen as long as companies have money to spend. We could have lived with a few less parties and used that sponsor money for a better cause. One of the panels that I saw talked about the low connectivity of rural areas and poor people. That’s definitely a worthy cause.

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By: Vasily Myazin

Vasily Myazin — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 21:26:36 +0000

It was my first one, so I can’t really compare 2010 against the previous years, but I agree with you. It almost felt like the giants of social media acted stingy about sharing actual technologies. Yeah, features and services are great, but what about workshops with hands-on coding?

What about VIP lists and upstairs patios for cool kids only at “tech” parties? What’s with the silly segregation? You need your private event—do not advertise it and certainly don’t perpetuate elitism. We’ve made our payments, booked our flights, we deserve equal treatment.

With this being said, I am happy I came and got to chat with some role models of mine. They were cool too, well, most of them.

By: Rob Smith

Rob Smith — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 17:25:54 +0000

I agree with you. I’m still here at SXSWi (just) and there were some great talks – there was some frank discussion of failure by Happy Cog in their ‘we f**cked up’ panel and Gary V’s talk I will always remember as being a breathe of fresh air.

Generally though there isn’t enough focus on connection in my opinion. Some more focused networking opportunities would have been good. The connections made in the evenings and at parties are good, but for me most people were in relax mode, not let’s network mode. Day networking sessions could help.