A paradox: LeWeb3 hostages could not communicate
Since the 2nd day of LeWeb3 the hottest discussion topic is how French politicians, invited by Loic, hijacked the conference. I see that over 9 out of 10 attendees didn't like that.
So, what did we do?
First of all, what should we have done?
Simply LEAVE THE ROOM!
During French politicians speeches the room was half empty when it should have been 90% empty... How is it possible the top technologists to be unable to communicate, when they have all the communication tools available?
What tools?
- Most of the participants had their laptops with them and the Wi-Fi was working quite well the second day, so they were online.
- There was a backstage irc channel.
- There was a wiki.
- There was a google group.
- There was the blogosphere.
- Instant messengers and emails could also have been used.
And there was plenty of time to communicate such a message between the visits of the two politicians. Isn't it a paradox?
December 15th, 2006 - 23:31
Actually, I don’t see the paradox. I believe that about half the attendees were interested in seeing them speak. The other half left. After all, it was a good moment to network.
Personally, I was quite happy to listen to someone in power as he showed how out of touch he is with all that we’d heard before.