How did we ever run conventions...

[gerisullivan]

...without email, cell phones, and Google?

I wonder what next set of Real World innovations will make convention-running this much easier again...and when....

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memories ...

[kalimac.livejournal.com]

... of kevin_standlee trying to persuade me to take a pager during ConFrancisco, and of my queasy refusal. Do I want to be burdened with an electronic leash?

Actually, if I'd had one, it would have saved me one fruitless two-hour off-site trip during the con ...

Re: memories ...

[gerisullivan.livejournal.com]

Yeah. Last night I was thinking about how so much of what we'll have at the Reno parties is thanks to Google-Fu, phone calls, and email. Ditto that for other parts of the convention. While I may boggle at the sheer number of email messages going into the mimeo demo and one-shot, I doubt it would have happened without blogs or email.