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"Printing": commented by anonymous

anonymous — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 14:54:17 -0000

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"Enterprise 2.0: Tools for Changing Organizations": commented by anonymous

anonymous — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 17:31:34 -0000

Some interesting commentary (especially from the Jive guy and Lee) but what was that Laurent guy talking about? The organizers need to be more careful with their selecting of candidates in future.

"Mobile to Web and Back: Designing for People": commented by anonymous

anonymous — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 12:26:26 -0000

One of the best presentations in the conference, IMHO. I also can't find the slides tho...

"Mobile to Web and Back: Designing for People": commented by anonymous

anonymous — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 16:33:30 -0000

I enjoyed this session very much. I can't find the slides though. Anyone knows where to find them?

"Web 2.0 Design Patterns, Models and Analysis": commented by anonymous

anonymous — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 17:58:50 -0000

UML is the best language to use to convey concepts. Neither the simplicity or complexity matter. UML is unambiguous. That is why it should be used. I gave this two thumbs up

"I paid €6 for them to take my bag, computer sac and a coat! This is outrageous!": commented by laurin

laurin — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 09:32:27 -0000

...but it is at least adequate to the rest of the berlin messe

"WEB 2.0 Expo in a 0.5 Ambiance": commented by laurin

laurin — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 09:22:35 -0000

maybe they should consult you when organizing the next expo. good feedback

"WEB 2.0 Expo in a 0.5 Ambiance": commented by anonymous

anonymous — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 08:34:02 -0000

Good feedback!

"Lunch for the anorexic?": commented by anonymous

anonymous — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 19:04:42 -0000

That is great to know that some people took 2 bags! that's why I hadn't have one! :(

"Where was the collaboration?": commented by anonymous

anonymous — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 10:13:00 -0000

hm, since I was involved with the regional activities concerning web, mobile and games I happen to know the organizers were not very accessable.
barcelona certainly is a very nice city - I hope it will be given the chance to feature itself somewhat better than berlin

"Enterprise 2.0": commented by regis martin

regis martin — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 09:35:57 -0000

Simple and elegant presentation. The biggest point was the way you have to think about your business and applications (see Fredrik).

Régis

"Moving from 1.0 to 2.0: Philosophies and Structures for Change": commented by regis martin

regis martin — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 09:24:58 -0000

First, the presentation was bad. The speakers used to talk to each others, not to the audience.
Second, it was hard to follow a guide line (there was no slide, except the first).
Third, i was frustrated not to draw useful information from the subject
Régis

"What is Web 2.0: The Rules for Creating Successful Online Products": commented by regis martin

regis martin — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 09:07:48 -0000

This was an impressive presentation. Broad overview on technical and strategic parts for a newcomers.

"Enterprise 2.0: Tools for Changing Organizations": commented by Fredrik Matheson

Fredrik Matheson — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 13:40:03 -0000

I work with large organizations keen on trying a collaborative, participative tack. The biggest difficulty is that no one knows quite what works, what doesn't and why. The field is still so new.

My biggest takeaway from this session came from the honest comment by Lee Bryant that "no one really knows what works yet, but we know it's not a technology thing". When leafing through the latest reports from McKinsey, O'reilly and the like, I find lots of nice, sellable quotes, but never any stories from the trenches (as Simon mentions above).

So for me, the few concrete pieces of advice (and the clear message that we've still got a long way to go) were among the most valuable ideas I took home from the conference.

"Simon Wardley": commented by Fredrik Matheson

Fredrik Matheson — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 13:32:02 -0000

Simon's presentation was top notch. He could have made a more sexy title for it because the implications of his talk are wide-ranging and the details he shared with us are exceptionally relevant. Whereas most of the conference dealt with minutiae and "hot schtuff" of the "let's get rich"-kind, this was the real thing. I've watched it again at his blog to delve deeper into the material and take notes.

From a presentation technique point of view, Simon's was the best at the conference. Neither Don Tapscott, Kathy Sierra or Jesse James Garrett came close to matching his work. Yes, they were great but he was great, thorough and thoroughly annotated.

As I have mentioned in other places at this site, there is a need for thought leadership that extends past the newest combination of technology and design. Much of the talk about web 2.0 is reminiscent of the fable of Five Blind Men and the Elephant, where each of describes a separate part but no one sees the whole. I'm pretty sure that Simon has a better vantage point than I do, but at least I know that I should stop trying to explain what web 2.0 is and instead look at the deep changes taking part in our society and how they are reflected in different venues and arenas, including the web.

I was really impressed by the thoroughness and rigor of Simon's work and hope the see more presenters with a boatload of facts and well-detailed hypotheses at next year's conference.

Simply splendid.

"Designing for a Web of Data": commented by Fredrik Matheson

Fredrik Matheson — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 13:19:25 -0000

I'd love to have this session on video to share with my colleagues back home. Tom's comments were insightful and his presentation was engaging – and gorgeous to look at.

I particularly enjoyed his discussion of hierarchies versus data-driven navigation, where he pointed out that the hierarchy, after all, is just another information vector. There's really no need to have the two sides argue, we should think about discoverability instead. What I would like to hear a bit about from Tom next time would be how to design mechanisms that nudge participation and data-driven navigation in certain directions. Given near-infinite paths and combinations in a web service, how can you design the individual "destinations" to be as relevant and considerately linked as possible?

"Enterprise 2.0": commented by Fredrik Matheson

Fredrik Matheson — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 13:11:10 -0000

Don Tapscott was an inspiring closer of the conference. His talk was relevant, well-detailed and had great flow. I hope it'll be available online soon as I'd like to show this keynote at work.

I think the biggest implication of Don's talk is this: having stretched our minds to look beyond the narrow confines of "web 2.0" and see the bigger picture, does it really make sense to keep calling the conference "Web 2.0"?. We could, of course, title the conference "Enterprise 2.0" for next year's round, but there's already one of those conferences around. Simon Wardley's presentation made the same point clear: "2.0" was just the first inkling of a broader movement that is neither serially numbered or limited to the web.

For next year's batch of talks I'd love to have more talks that gave some detailed experiences of how people are implementing new practices in their organizations – or even re-working the organizations themselves to deal with the new collaborative, crowd-worked world. Good luck with finding a title, though …

"Poor lunch quality": commented by Fredrik Matheson

Fredrik Matheson — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 13:04:20 -0000

In addition to the problems mentioned about lunch quality, another thing that the venue had a hard time offering was a nice place to actually eat your lunch. My group ended up having lunch in the center of Berlin and had a splendid time there. Eating at Messe Berlin, unfortunately, was a pretty sad experience that required long walks to sad-looking places.

"Trends in E-Commerce": commented by Peter

Peter — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 09:53:31 -0000

I agree with bernard... Interesting issues... But my god, the man (andreas) was trying his hardest to kill u sall with his abysmal actor-in-spe communication skills.

"Creating Passionate Users": commented by Peter

Peter — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 09:51:20 -0000

Very inspiring indeed!

"Keynote : Creating Passionate Users": commented by Peter

Peter — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 09:43:59 -0000

I enjoyed the presentation and will definitely use some when I'm considering future concept development

"Make sure that all attendants can get the slides": commented by Daniel Nübling

Daniel Nübling — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 14:57:38 -0000

@renaud:
yes... this is the link to the slides...
but still 27 missing. and some slides are not downloadable....

"Not easy to relax and networki": commented by anonymous

anonymous — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 12:02:23 -0000

didn't ever find the lounge, but would've been good to have a proper relaxed hang-out room - next time eh.

"I paid €6 for them to take my bag, computer sac and a coat! This is outrageous!": commented by anonymous

anonymous — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 12:00:33 -0000

this service should have been free. but as for the attendents lack of english - is there really that much to say when you're handing over your coat...?

"Messe maze": commented by anonymous

anonymous — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 11:58:50 -0000

i agree. the venue completely sucked. i got lost at least 3 times a day in that bloody place...any other options for next time...?