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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. Simple Solution by Talliesin · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I don't mind trade shows anymore.
    I haven't bothered to go anywhere near one in about 5 years.

  2. Re:As long as REAL knowledge flows... by madman101 · · Score: 0, Redundant

    And the first Linux presentation I saw (at MIT), the machine continually crashed and they had to switch to a second machine.