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Always-On 2005 at Stanford

Watching some of the sessions online.  For a conference about Innovation, there is nothing innovative about the feed; tiny screen, cannot be enlarged, the only way to zoom in is to give up the online chat.

The backchannel is about the best feature, it is displayed on the wall at the Conference, thus we, cheapos who did not plunk down $1,800, or just live too far get to participate.  “PeoplePower” really worked when during the Opening Keynote the panelists finally listened to the backchannel demand and changed subject, back from Politics.  (Isn’t this an Innovation Conference, after all?)

Today I really liked Joe Kraus‘s closing remarks, essentially saying we should stop talking about copyright..etc, leave it to the Hollywood types, and focus on what the Valley’s real value is: innovation, creating new businesses and jobs.  Too bad it was a closing remark 🙂

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