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Thanks! Wasn't necessarily trying to drum up controversy, but I do think that the industry at large needs a little bit of a clearing of the air as far as this s

• lifeisstillgood 13y ago
  Have not listened to the podcast but I like trend extrapolation as a device for thinking around subjects - it's my own catnip. I am not sure I fully followed the last argument - it seemed that Seth Godin et al have pulled up the ladder behind them on books and are now going to do it on conferences.? If I expand your music analogy, then it seems the age of superstars is over - too many channels too much diversity for everyone to want to buy the next Beatles record. But the same must come to pass for celebrity content-makers? I watch people presenting at PyCon, some have influenced me to write new projects, change my testing, but none got rich off it. We shall need our own personal filters - but instead of automating that wont we choose editors who recommend our choices - conferences being a very good proxy for just that? Sorry it's a bit late here - rambling a bit