SuperNova, Gnomedex, and the info fire hydrant
Want the latest valley buzz? What’s the point of going to conferences these days when you can get it all online, and almost live? Well, there’s the schmooze factor, of course: You exchange business cards, and actually get to know people. But if all you want is info, check out the SuperNova conference this week in SF by going to its Web site . There you’ll find a blog, and all kinds of other coverage, including blogcasts, where you take your pick on in-person interviews, depending on your favorite: Technorati’s Sifry, Sxip’s Hardt, Open Media’s J.D. Lasica, Wired’s Chris Anderson, SocialText’s Ross Mayfield, and many more.
Then there’s the Gnomedex in Seattle. There’s only, uh, 224 bloggers covering the event.
More on info overload, and the conference dilemma, from The Alarmclock.
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Matt launched VentureBeat in September of 2006, with the realization that no one else was covering the entrepreneurial and tech innovation scene with the velocity or depth that he was. Prior to founding VentureBeat, he covered venture capital for the San Jose Mercury News from 2001 to 2006. In 2002, Matt was awarded "Journalist of the Year" by the Northern California Society of Professional Journalists. Prior to working at the Merc, he was a correspondent for the Wall Street Journal in Bonn, Germany from 1995 to 1998, and a writer for the Washington Post in 1994. Matt holds a PhD in Government and an MA in German and European Studies from Georgetown University. In addition to VentureBeat, Matt is also the Executive Producer of DEMO, the leading launchpad event for emerging technologies.
