I briefly considered going, but the cost and stories from last year kept me away. Now I'm glad I didn't go. Instead I'll save my money and hope there's a reboot9 in Copenhagen next summer - this year it was too close to vloggercon so I didn't go. www.reboot.dk - more in your face than leweb, less than than vlogeurope. :o)
- Andreas Den 13.12.2006 kl. 10:01 skrev Jeffrey Taylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Yeah Deirdré, I saw that (and you all can see it as well at ( > http://www.leledainesi.com/archives/2006/12/12/a-new-movement-will-burn-tomorrow-from-leweb3/), > and I think it's great and will participate. It's too bad that there > hasn't been much more done but a parked domain name (which also speaks to > the major hype that Loic purveyed), but watch this space: > http://www.bloggersforbetterworld.com/ I hope that there will be > functionality for videobloggers there. Perhaps Mike Hudak and the > fantastic > folks from Blip.tv can offer Yossi Vardi, who is organizing the effort, > his > assistance in making the site vlogger-friendly. I just wish that this was > the big headline from the conference, instead of coming off as being too > little, too late in the face of what had happened earlier in the day. > > Loic is indeed a hoax, and is proof positive that the biggest problem > among > these Web 2.0 zealots is that they arrogantly assume that what they want > is > what audiences as small as attendees of Le Web 3 and as large as the > general > web-using public want. Le Meur's defense, saying he would take the same > risks again, is feeble and a disservice. I'll be blogging about that on > thegayexpat.com later today. > > Above all, I am saddened that this debacle further legitimizes the notion > that Silicon Valley as the center of all things tech, and furthers the > notion that Europe is behind, out of touch, and follows trends for the > US. > Solving the problems of this perception could have been a great running > theme of the conference, but instead the running theme was "Loic and > friends > shoot the shit about the web". It was an embarassment for France and an > embarrassment for Europe. I hope better conferences emerge in Europe as a > result. We did indeed have a lot more fun at Vlog Europe, and there was > far > more substance achieved in far less time. > > > > On 12/13/06, Deirdre Straughan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> Some of the Italian commentators are impressed by the "blogging to >> save >> the >> world" initiative announced at the end, and seem to feel this is somehow >> tied in with the presence of Shimon Peres. What was your impression on >> that? >> >> I guess I'm not so pissed after all that I didn't get to go. >> >> And thanks again for letting me know Gabe talked about us. That was the >> only >> bright point in an otherwise thoroughly shitty day. >> >> >> On 12/12/06, Jeffrey Taylor >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]<thejeffreytaylor%40gmail.com>> >> wrote: >> > >> > Loic Le Meur screws up LeWeb3 by putting his political ambitions above >> > the >> > speakers (the videoblogging speakers sections were cut in half), the >> > audience, and just about everyone else but himself and the >> politicians. >> > >> > Get the full skinny here: http://crueltobekind.org/ >> > >> > Further Outrage Here: http://technorati.com/search/leweb3 >> > >> > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] >> > >> > >> > >> >> -- >> best regards, >> Deirdré Straughan >> >> www.beginningwithi.com (personal) >> www.tvblob.com (work) >> >> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] >> >> >> > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > -- Andreas Haugstrup Pedersen <URL: http://www.solitude.dk/ >
