This is Singularity
The This is Singularity article by Aral Balkan, unless otherwise expressly stated, is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 2.0 UK: England License.
The This is Singularity article by Aral Balkan, unless otherwise expressly stated, is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 2.0 UK: England License.
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February 4th, 2008
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Daniel S
how the heck did you keep this secret for so long!?
very nice hype build up too, I wonder how we’ll see people “attend” this conference?
just on their own, or groups o’ devs getting together to see them together
February 5th, 2008 at 12:15 amand discuss afterwards? Singularity meetups…anyone wanna organize them?
Samiq
… The world as we know it is more interconnected now than ever before, twitter has become essential part of it and we even feel lonely when its service is down - well not everyone, but yes! there are people; and having a web conference on the web, and by the people from the web, will really set the roots for the kind of world we are all working to make reality…
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February 5th, 2008 at 1:45 amJames Urquhart
Well good luck with the conference, Aral. Will be interesting to see how it turns out, i think.
February 5th, 2008 at 9:21 amMrSteel
I wanna be Geek Idol
February 5th, 2008 at 1:28 pmWeyert
COdegear also has online conferences… See: http://conferences.codegear.com/coderage07/
February 5th, 2008 at 5:13 pmFolkert
Posted in Dutch see weblink
It’s just great news man Thanks
February 5th, 2008 at 11:06 pmMike van Kuik
Hi Aral,
Cool thing man!!!
I’m already looking forward to it.
But… why is your own name missing from the speakers list?
You haven’t lost you tong now have you?
You lost the will to talk to us?
Or do you just not want to fill up a space that can be used by someone else?
Well as said I’m anxiously awaiting it…
Greetings from the Netherlands,
Mike
February 6th, 2008 at 12:02 amKevin Goodman
Will it be the woodstock of the digital Age?
February 6th, 2008 at 4:14 amAral
Hi Weyert,
Thanks for the link. I haven’t had a chance to look at it in detail but it looks like what we’re planning is a bit more of an experience
@Mike: That’s a question I’m asking myself. I don’t know if I should speak the conference. I _love_ presenting and I _am_ speaking at a couple of conferences this year (FITC, Scotch on the Rocks, Highland Fling, etc.) I love talking to you guys
I just know that there’s a lot of work to be done on Singularity and I that my hands will be very full during the conference. So, my thought currently, is that I won’t be giving a separate session (but don’t worry, I’ll be present and hosting/co-hosting
February 6th, 2008 at 10:12 amAral
@Kevin: Are you reading my mind?
February 6th, 2008 at 10:13 amTink
@ Weyert
Yeah Codegear only supports Windows. Naff!
February 6th, 2008 at 11:39 amLee McColl Sylvester
Hey Aral, just a quickie. Will the speakers have to pay their own expenses
j/k.
February 6th, 2008 at 11:50 ambarry.b
@Aral
what are your thoughts about people in different timezones? specifically GMT+6 to GMT+12?
would you be interested in running the event 24 hours a day? just a shout out that there are both talented presenters and an audience in that quarter of the planet…
just throwing a suggestion, nothing more.
February 6th, 2008 at 3:04 pmAral
Hi Barry,
Thanks so much for your suggestion.
Making the conference 24 hours was originally the idea but I haven’t made an announcement either way on this as I’m not sure how it would work with local hubs. It’s also going to be influenced by the final list of speakers (based on how many of them will be GMT +6 to GMT +12). The recorded sessions should be available immediately and it is possible that local hubs pick and choose their selection and combine it with local events. All this to say that the decision on this hasn’t been made yet and it is possible that the conference may be 24 hours.
February 10th, 2008 at 1:54 pmAral
@Lee: LOL, yes, bathroom to living room travel expenses will be covered
Of course, some speakers will be probably prefer to present at local hubs — which will be very cool. I’m so excited about the concept of the local hubs. Singularity is going to be a truly global conference.
February 10th, 2008 at 1:57 pmbarry.b
@Aral
part of a conference is of course the speakers, but part also is the audience, ie: networking and interplay between people between sessions.
can you see this working in a virtual conference space, perhaps as virtual break-out rooms? (gee, this is all starting to get Second-Life-ish)
February 11th, 2008 at 3:28 amAral
Hi Barry,
Virtual break-out rooms is one idea. I don’t know if they will be necessary at the moment because what I’m considering is a system that lets you have all your buddies with you throughout the conference and allows you to meet new ones during it. Of course, all this wouldn’t be too useful if you couldn’t take your buddies with you and so we’re also looking into integrating with existing social networks.
All this to say that meeting new people and exchaning ideas at a conference _are_ very important and we’re looking into making it easy to do this online.
Of course, there is also the local aspect of the conference with local hubs that will be organizing meet ups, social gatherings and parties during the conference.
And, since you mentioned Second Life, I am talking with them at the moment (the joys of living in Brighton; we’re neighbors) and exploring how we can best make use of Second Life during the conference.
February 11th, 2008 at 5:30 pm