Comments on: Home http://www.davosnewbies.com/2000/01/03/home/ A year-round Davos of the mind, written since 1999 by Lance Knobel Sat, 28 Jan 2012 12:38:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Dave Winer http://www.davosnewbies.com/2000/01/03/home/comment-page-1/#comment-2 Dave Winer Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.davosnewbies.com/?p=5#comment-2 I'm in! I'm a Managing Editor for this site now. Thanks Lance. I also just got a phone call from Dan Gillmor, he's going to Davos too, so he's going to use this site. My first question -- is there going to be a computer room, a place where I can update my site? It's become commonplace at conferences, a big room with 100 web browser machines, used on a first-come-first-serve basis. At many shows this is the focal point, more important than the press lounge (most of the reporters gravitate to the browsers). Also, will I have an opportunity to demo Manila on a formal basis? I will have a laptop with me for quickies in the hallway, but I'd love to do a 20 minute presentation, sort of a BOF thing. I plan to bring a digital camera with me. Is it OK to take pictures? Some conferences are off the record, like Stewart's old Agenda, now run by Bob Metcalfe. Is there such a policy at Davos? I guess overall I want to know how much I can report on from the conference and how much of a chance to evangelize I will have. All tastefully done of course. I’m in!

I’m a Managing Editor for this site now. Thanks Lance.

I also just got a phone call from Dan Gillmor, he’s going to Davos too, so he’s going to use this site.

My first question — is there going to be a computer room, a place where I can update my site? It’s become commonplace at conferences, a big room with 100 web browser machines, used on a first-come-first-serve basis. At many shows this is the focal point, more important than the press lounge (most of the reporters gravitate to the browsers).

Also, will I have an opportunity to demo Manila on a formal basis? I will have a laptop with me for quickies in the hallway, but I’d love to do a 20 minute presentation, sort of a BOF thing.

I plan to bring a digital camera with me. Is it OK to take pictures?

Some conferences are off the record, like Stewart’s old Agenda, now run by Bob Metcalfe. Is there such a policy at Davos?

I guess overall I want to know how much I can report on from the conference and how much of a chance to evangelize I will have. All tastefully done of course.

]]> By: Lance Knobel http://www.davosnewbies.com/2000/01/03/home/comment-page-1/#comment-3 Lance Knobel Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.davosnewbies.com/?p=5#comment-3 Novell runs a "Web cafe" in the Congress Centre. I wish I could say there were 100 web browser machines -- more like a couple of dozen. But it will certainly serve your purpose. Outside the Congress Centre, it gets more difficult. Davos still has analogue telephone switching, so some people have found it difficult to access anything. This year, for the first time, there will be an IT help desk that will extend to getting people an ISDN line for their hotel room, should they need it. On the Manila demo, there won't be a formal opportunity. You are free to freelance opportunities, but that kind of demo isn't a Davos thing -- at least not in the Congress Centre. Pictures of course are fine. Plenary sessions are all on the record (and will all be webcast). Interactive sessions are theoretically off the record, but in practice most people report on them -- generally checking on the sensitive items. Meals are generally really off the record (unless it's with someone like Larry Summers, who understands that anything that happens in front of 100 people can never be off the record). More thoughts to come, daily, if I can keep it up. Novell runs a “Web cafe” in the Congress Centre. I wish I could say there were 100 web browser machines — more like a couple of dozen. But it will certainly serve your purpose. Outside the Congress Centre, it gets more difficult. Davos still has analogue telephone switching, so some people have found it difficult to access anything. This year, for the first time, there will be an IT help desk that will extend to getting people an ISDN line for their hotel room, should they need it.

On the Manila demo, there won’t be a formal opportunity. You are free to freelance opportunities, but that kind of demo isn’t a Davos thing — at least not in the Congress Centre.

Pictures of course are fine.

Plenary sessions are all on the record (and will all be webcast). Interactive sessions are theoretically off the record, but in practice most people report on them — generally checking on the sensitive items. Meals are generally really off the record (unless it’s with someone like Larry Summers, who understands that anything that happens in front of 100 people can never be off the record).

More thoughts to come, daily, if I can keep it up.

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