Trying to get the most out of what presents to be an amazing wealth of information, expertise and shear humanity in San Antonio, I have spent some time on the NECC website, mulling over sessions, poster presentations and hands-on playgrounds. What brain candy!!
I have watched with interest the growth of the Ning, as it evolved from a bulletin board of sorts (”anyone want to share a taxi?”) to the emergence of grouped interests and ad-hoc SIGs. Many of the events are going to be streamed, podcasted and shared in numerous blogs (I’m going to do my best!), so if you can’t make it, the collaborative knowledge should be accessible to all, and available for futher discussion and use.
This, in my opinion, is key. Conferences are great, but there needs to be reflection, attempt, revision and re-trial of new ideas, so that we all don’t get lost in rhetoric and discussion, without sound efforts to ask “What then are next steps!”
BTW, Commun-IT is in the news on the Necc2008 homepage! Way to go homies!!
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