My friend and South African technology journalist & writer Simon Dingle (web, twitter, facebook) recently tweeted the following:
“Thanks for coming to our event. Here, have a bag of rubbish.” (original tweet here)
How many times have you participated to an expensive or so called high-profile event and during/after it you got a cheap congress bag …
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A brief reflection on privacy and conferences: attendees have to provide the event organizer with several personal/professional details during the registration process, which goes beyond the ticket sale. Think of the networking activities facilitated by the host (before, during and after), security controls (especially when high profile speakers or politicians are involved), the emailing …
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Showing or not cables on stage is a matter of style, not of efficiency. Not only it is untidy and sometimes disturbing for the viewer to see cables running all over the place (power and extension cords, laptop and audio/video cables, etc) but it can also be dangerous for speakers and technicians, as they …
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