Saturday, January 24, 2009
I walk a higher path
I had an interesting discussion the other day with a fellow manager about conferences this year. Normally a few key staffers get to attend mainland trade shows relative to the broadcast industry, and while there get primed on the latest concepts, practices and trends in the biz. It's obviously also a chance to swap ideas and horror stories and network.
I've never been so fortunate, so I figure I'm due.
A slew of events were lobbed my way...each of which I summarily dismissed for the main reason that I'd not like to attend a news industry shindig - I want one of the more abstract technical conferences like the Web 2.0 Summit or the Future of Web Apps conference. These shows aren't geared to any particular industry, but deal with the bleeding-edge ideas that will revolutionize all lines of work.
Also, I shy from news industry meetups because of the fact that the industry is historically terribly behind in embracing, adopting and implementing new media, I'd likely spend three days walking a venue looking at stuff we've already been doing for years. Rather than have some media exec talk at me about what plaforms we have to run to be competitive, I'd like to interact with smart folks about cutting-edge concepts and return to base, free and motivated to use them in my own operations. I prefer this method over having the New Big Thing rammed down my throat.
So although I wonder/worry about how the conference folks are going to do in this depressed economy, hopefully I'll get a nice breather this year and make it out to a show.
I've never been so fortunate, so I figure I'm due.
A slew of events were lobbed my way...each of which I summarily dismissed for the main reason that I'd not like to attend a news industry shindig - I want one of the more abstract technical conferences like the Web 2.0 Summit or the Future of Web Apps conference. These shows aren't geared to any particular industry, but deal with the bleeding-edge ideas that will revolutionize all lines of work.
Also, I shy from news industry meetups because of the fact that the industry is historically terribly behind in embracing, adopting and implementing new media, I'd likely spend three days walking a venue looking at stuff we've already been doing for years. Rather than have some media exec talk at me about what plaforms we have to run to be competitive, I'd like to interact with smart folks about cutting-edge concepts and return to base, free and motivated to use them in my own operations. I prefer this method over having the New Big Thing rammed down my throat.
So although I wonder/worry about how the conference folks are going to do in this depressed economy, hopefully I'll get a nice breather this year and make it out to a show.
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