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PC Forum, Day 1

by Bret Fausett at 10:19AM (PST) on March 20, 2005 | Permanent Link | Digg This

And I'm not there yet. The airplane is delayed until 12:30 PST, which means I'll miss the opening remarks. What did we ever do in airports before Wi-Fi? Read, I suppose. I'll keep myself occupied the next two hours with a little of both.

Remarkably nice mix of music playing over the airport sound system. Nick Lowe, Bruce Springsteen, Elvis Presley... like something I might mix. Or have my tastes just aligned with muzak now that I'm over 40...

At last year's PC Forum, I posted this item about Plaxo. It's still in the top 10 search engine results for "Plaxo," and one of the biggest drivers of traffic to this website. On any given day, I probably get as many looks to that item as I get about ICANN-related issues. Incredible. Plaxo can't be happy.

One of the presenters at this year's PC Forum is IntroNetworks. Nice stuff. I especially like the user interface. I'm eager to meet some of the people "close" to me to see how well the service actually works.

One of the things IntroNetworks asked users to do was list their "technology heroes." One of mine was Dave Winer.

The last time I was in the Bob Hope Burbank Airport I heard this. Today, "Please return to the security checkpoint to retrieve your television monitor." The stuff people can lose....

I'm converting my mailboxes from IMAP to POP, to allow some catching up on overdue correspondence over the next few weeks while I'm on airplanes. My virus checker is going crazy. I hadn't realized how many viruses I had avoided by keeping attachments on the server.

Great post from Wendy: "[E]ven law enforcement needs anonymity sometimes."

Isn't it amazing how fast Congress can act when it wants to?

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Re: PC Forum, Day 1

by Mark Sylvester on Sun 20 Mar 2005 04:48 PM PST | Profile | Permanent Link

Mark here from the introNetwork. I hope that you take time to reach out to those that are near you (pins in your inner circle) and look at pins that are on the fringe - just because someone is 'like you' doesnt guarantee an interesting conversation. The idea of the introNetwork is to build a profile of yourself, which gives others enough information about you, so that when you 'do' have that conversation, you have many things to pick from to talk about... rather than the annoying small talk that takes up a lot of time (especially in time crunched situations like being here at PC Forum).

Thanks for the props on the user interface. When we worked initially with Macromedia to develop this application (for TED2003) we focused exclusively on this aspect of the application - and it is rewarding to hear first impressions like yours. We focus on the user, and not the technology -

Please let us know if you met interesting people as a result of the introNetwork system - and as important - if any interesting people reaching out and met you.