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"The talk she gave was her annual Internet Trends Report at the Wall Street Journal's annual D: All Things Digital conference....perhaps the most important talk
by aswanson 13y ago
"The talk she gave was her annual Internet Trends Report at the Wall Street Journal's annual D: All Things Digital conference....perhaps the most important talk in all of tech"
Quick question: Why is that conference regarded in this manner?
- protomyth 13y agoThey get big names and it is the WSJ. The audience also has quite a few upper level folks.
- aswanson 13y agoOh, okay. Not knocking the characterization, it's just that when I hear big name pubs dictating influence and importance in tech, my bullshit detectors go into overdrive. I recall a "titans of tech" or some conference like that around 2000 featuring Steve Case, Steve Ballmer, and some other people who basically had no influence on the direction of the industry beyond that day. So I look at stuff like that as a lagging indicator.
- protomyth 13y agoThey had Steve Jobs and Bill Gates doing a joint interview, so it doesn't get anymore serious than that. They get current CEOs (Apple and Google). Microsoft might not be the influence it was but its CEO's words have quite an influence on some big markets.