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Doc Searls On Fixing Tradeshows

Posted by timothy on from the they're-about-getting-swag dept.

zachlipton writes "Almost everyone seems to have a love/hate relationship with tradeshows, the giant geek, suit, and vendor gatherings put on by a handfull of corperations. Doc Searls writes in this month's LinuxJournal on his suggestions for fixing tradeshows. The problem, as he puts it, is that traditional shows make two assumptions: 'what matters most is helping vendors sell stuff to customers' and 'knowledge flows top-down, from speakers to audiences.'"

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  1. fp by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    fp!!!!!!!

  2. Athiests by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    You can't have a civil discussion with an atheist. Atheists like to think of themselves as rational, but if you observe their behavior you'll find they
    are anything but. They are full of anger and bitterness, and react with frightful outrage whenever they encounter someone with different views from
    their own. Even people who think that atheism is a reasonable philosophy must admit that most atheists did not arrive at their point of view through
    anything resembling a rational process. Rather, they are poorly socialized individuals who are lashing out angrily at anything which they perceive to be
    valued by "mainstream" society. You really shouldn't take it personally. It is the result of an angry and profoundly unhappy psychological condition on
    their part, not due to you or your Christian beliefs.

    1. Re:Athiests by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      That's it, vent. Feel better now?

  3. Nice way of making trade shows interesting by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    http://www.pilkku.com/PHP-Nuke-6.0/html/modules.ph p?op=modload&name=Forums&file=viewtopic&topic=127& forum=4