Comments on: Another conference

By: Holly Brady

Holly Brady — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 17:38:24 +0000

Tim is right. His publishing conference needs to be out here. This year is like none other for the publishing industry. It’s the year that technology (specifically the ability to digitize content) has cracked open the containers (books and magazines) that hold ideas, and the ideas are spilling out everywhere.

Now we have to figure out how to re-think publishing’s business models in order to maintain the incentives that create top-quality content. And we need the best entrepreneurial thinking we can get. This is what we’re talking about in this summer’s Stanford Publishing Course. And I assume it’s what Tim’s conference will cover.

Where better to re-think the business models than in Silicon Valley?

By: digitallantern

digitallantern — Thu, 14 Dec 2006 05:45:40 +0000

The big O’Reilley’s Web 2.0 crusade is about that Tim Berners-Lee went so far. Fundamentally the browser was crippled by not having a localized database (the web is about content) and a great easy to use scripting language. Apple’s Hypercard had all this in spades. The building blocks towards the Ajax tagging community-tools is now evident. As for East vs West Coast – The Internet makes “who’s king of the world” a silly contest – Jeff’s key epicentric observation.

By: Hal Johnson

Hal Johnson — Fri, 08 Dec 2006 15:49:39 +0000

In all fairness to Tim O’Reilly, think of all the people they would have to fly out to New York if the conference were held there. The tech geniuses (aka alpha geeks) that live in San Jose are homebodies and don’t like to leave home as much as the people who run the publishing world.

It makes more sense for the publishers, who need desperately to know the secrets these geeks posess, to come to the mountain, to learn from the masters. I’m sure it will be worth it. All O’Reilly conferences are packed with useful information and get only the most interesting people.

Stay home at your own risk!

By: Jesse Ciccone

Jesse Ciccone — Thu, 07 Dec 2006 19:41:54 +0000

I love the use of the word “obsolete” as a verb. Bravo!

By: John

John — Thu, 07 Dec 2006 18:47:26 +0000

Silicon Valley, for the most part, IS the epicenter because the innovations used on the web come from there – at least vastly more so than New York.

By: Jason Lefkowitz

Jason Lefkowitz — Thu, 07 Dec 2006 18:34:05 +0000

â€œSan Jose? Why not New York? Because we think that Silicon Valley, not New York, is the epicenter of the changes that are driving publishing.â€

Translation: “Better that you fly five hours to come to us, than we fly five hours to come to you.”

By: Kempton

Kempton — Thu, 07 Dec 2006 18:17:30 +0000

Interesting insights on the new conference. Love this — “No, there is no epicenter. The internet obsoletes epicenters.”

I think it is still important to meet someone face to face at least once (or through very trusted referrals). But after that, I agree with you that internet obsoletes partly the idea of an epicenter (for people anyway, not for earthquakes as BK pointed out).

Cheers,
Kempton

By: On The Turning Away » A “Publishing 2.0″ Conference

On The Turning Away » A “Publishing 2.0″ Conference — Thu, 07 Dec 2006 16:03:26 +0000

[...] Come to think of it, technology is fundamentally transforming publishing. Blogs and other social media tools have changed the publishing landscape, making self-publishing a reality and information-sharing easier than ever. And “Silicon Valley is the epicenter of the changes that are driving publishing.” BuzzMachine begs to differ: “The internet obsoletes epicenters.” [...]

By: Brooklyn Kitchen

Brooklyn Kitchen — Thu, 07 Dec 2006 14:19:58 +0000

Except for earthquakes.