Reporter's Notebook: Keynote Observations

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Reporter's Notebook: Lots of yuks in Mac
Design keynote

Reporter's Notebook: Lots of yuks in Mac
Design keynote 06/03/2004 03:48 AM
by Dennis Sellers - Before yesterday's Mac Design Conference keynote started, the big screens at the front of the auditorium showed a laugh-inducing list of items being "downloaded" for use in the keynote...

Icons: Reporter's Notebook

Icons: Reporter's Notebook 08/19/2004 11:06 PM
G4 Tech TV Aug 20 2004 2:55AM GMT

Lotusphere 2004: Reporter's notebook

Lotusphere 2004: Reporter's notebook 01/27/2004 01:44 PM
A slew of new products is aimed at helping companies complete their Lotus Notes and Domino deployments.

Reporter's Notebook: Impressive Storage
at IDF

Reporter's Notebook: Impressive Storage
at IDF 09/09/2004 01:52 AM
While apparently grappling with his own sanity, our intrepid showfloor reporter, Mark Hachman, discovers the latest in super hard drive technology, external SATA RAID and 3-GBits/s Serial ATA 2.

Reporter's Notebook: Notes from NAMM

Reporter's Notebook: Notes from NAMM 07/26/2004 07:26 AM
by Dennis Sellers - The NAMM expo which, strange as it seems, is the short title of the International Music Products Association expo -- has concluded its run here in Nashville, and it's been a hot week -- in more ways than one...

Reporter's Notebook: On the LinuxWorld
Floor

Reporter's Notebook: On the LinuxWorld
Floor 01/23/2004 02:19 PM
eWeek Jan 23 2004 11:51AM GMT

Reporter's Notebook: the Apple store and
winding down

Reporter's Notebook: the Apple store and
winding down 06/04/2004 05:57 AM
by Dennis Sellers - The weather in Chicago has been great for the second annual Mac Design Conference...

Reporter's Notebook: A dreary start to
Macworld

Reporter's Notebook: A dreary start to
Macworld 07/12/2004 10:24 PM
by Dennis Sellers - As I dropped by the new, US$800 million Boston Convention Center late Monday afternoon, I was struck by the lack of "signage" proclaiming the event...

Reporter's Notebook: MWSF musings and
predictions

Reporter's Notebook: MWSF musings and
predictions 01/05/2004 03:46 AM
by Dennis Sellers - The weather in San Francisco is relatively warm (high 40s) with enough of a breeze in the air to make a jacket well recommended...

Reporter's Notebook: Lost in the Windy
City

Reporter's Notebook: Lost in the Windy
City 06/02/2004 05:41 AM
By Dennis Sellers - Sometimes colossal blunders get made –- and they usually involve Yours Truly and traveling...

Reporter's Notebook: Closing thoughts on
Macworld Boston

Reporter's Notebook: Closing thoughts on
Macworld Boston 07/16/2004 05:24 AM
by Dennis Sellers - Macworld Boston 2004 is over...

Reporter's Notebook: Rain, parties and
Ukrainian vodka

Reporter's Notebook: Rain, parties and
Ukrainian vodka 07/14/2004 04:57 AM
It's rainy and dreary here in Boston. The sky's overcast and it drizzles constantly...

Reporter's Notebook: Final thoughts on
MWSF – and Boston

Reporter's Notebook: Final thoughts on
MWSF – and Boston 01/09/2004 10:08 PM
by Dennis Sellers - Today winds up Macworld San Francisco 2004...

Reporter's Notebook: user groups,
tornados and protestors

Reporter's Notebook: user groups,
tornados and protestors 07/15/2004 10:30 AM
by Dennis Sellers - The rain just keeps on trickling down, which crimps my usual style of hoofing it around a city I'm visiting...

Reporter's Notebook: People, Lions and
the Sunflower Cafe

Reporter's Notebook: People, Lions and
the Sunflower Cafe 01/06/2004 03:18 AM
by Dennis Sellers - Gosh, I love covering Macworld expos...

Reporter's notebook: At the DHS National
Cyber Security Summit

Reporter's notebook: At the DHS National
Cyber Security Summit 12/04/2003 05:58 PM
If there was a central theme running through the remarks of three senior DHS officials, it was the need to create a sense of urgency about cybersecurity.

Reporter's Notebook: Apple Expo Eyes
iMac G5

Reporter's Notebook: Apple Expo Eyes
iMac G5 08/31/2004 07:16 PM
Apple's new PowerPC G5-based iMac model makes a splash on the floor of the Apple Expo in Paris. Mac OS X "Tiger" also makes the scene.

Reporter's Notebook: Mini iPod prices
and Mac BU's timeline

Reporter's Notebook: Mini iPod prices
and Mac BU's timeline 01/08/2004 07:17 PM
by Dennis Sellers - The new iPod Minis are certainly cool, but the constant refrain I'm hearing around the Moscone Center is that they're just too expensive...

Reporter's notebook: HP World users
disdain offshore support move

Reporter's notebook: HP World users
disdain offshore support move 08/20/2004 04:36 PM
This week's HP World is over, and users at the event had a lot of things on their minds.

"troubling observations"

"troubling observations" 03/29/2005 11:21 AM

PyCon observations

PyCon observations 03/28/2005 01:04 PM

I'm back from my two week stint in the US, and currently suffering from vicious jet-lag (my body wants me to go to sleep at 5am and wake up just past noon). Herewith some observations on PyCon, SxSW and the differences between the two.

PyCon 2005 was a great conference, and a very different one from SxSW Interactive the week before. While SxSW was one big social party with panels thrown in to fill the gaps, the sessions in PyCon were the main event and the social stuff (with the exception of the sprints, which I didn't really experience) was much less prominent. For the first day of the conference I actually found it quite hard to spark up conversations with strangers, something I'd been doing for pretty much the whole of SxSW. Things got better on the second and third days, but the lack of any organised social events and more reserved atmosphere meant I didn't have nearly as many random social experiences as at SxSW.

The PyCon sessions really were excellent: three great keynotes (the IronPython keynote was my favourite), an excellent web track and a whole smorgasbord of interesting topics spread over the three days. I have only one big complaint: all sessions apart from the keynotes were half an hour in length. For most sessions this worked fine, but some of the more experienced presenters were obviously shackled by the half hour requirement. Bruce Eckel's presentation was the most noticable in this regard - I love the stuff he covered, but it's obvious he could have gone on for a lot longer without losing the attention of the crowd (he obviously thought the same).

My suggestion for next year would be to keep most of the sessions at half an hour, but schedule a small number of 45 minute sessions for presenters who are obvious candidates for longer talks. I talked to Steve Holden (this year's organiser) briefly about this and he mentioned that 45 minute sessions lead to scheduling difficulties, particularly with respect to coordinating the different tracks. I personally think that the benefits of longer sessions for certain key topics would outweigh the scheduling disadvantages.

A few other PyCon observations:

• There were over 400 attendees, at least a hundred more than last year. This slightly exceeded the capacity of the conference center, and they'll be mobing to a larger (as yet undecided) venue for 2006.
• I only attended one of the two lightning talk sessions, but it was great fun and a refreshing change from the regular panels. The highlight for me was the guy who strapped a computer to the back of his motorcycle and drove 7,000 miles across America... with Python to coordinate all of the pieces. You can read more on his site, or in this article on Py.
• The two (sometimes three) tracks were well arranged, with few clashes between things that I wanted to see. This was in contrast to SxSW's 5 tracks which had serious clashes pretty much all the time.
• Everyone was hiring! The conference package we got was stacked with job brochures from the conference sponsors, and the whiteboard by the registration desk had new jobs added to it every day. Sure-fire evidence that Python is finally starting to gain significance in the job market.
• The lunches, included in the conference price, were excellent. The price itself was great value too - early bird for students was $125, and $175 for regular attendees. Even late registration was only (from memory) $275.
• The largest venue at the center, used for the keynotes, had no WiFi! Coverage throughout the rest of the conference was good however.
• I finally got to join Ted Leung and friends in a SubEthaEdit session during the Python at Google keynote. It was an electrifying experience watching each slide transcribed in to the notes within seconds of it appearing on screen, with multiple lines developing at the same time. The results of our labour can be seen here. Someone really needs to put together a screencast of this kind of thing so the rest of the world knows what they're missing.
• Despite my observations about the less social nature of the conference above, I met some very interesting people and had a really great time.

It seems to me that Python and SxSW could learn some tricks from each other. Lightning talks and Birds-of-a-feather sessions would be a great addition to the SxSW lineup, while PyCon really does need some more thought put in to the social side of the conference. I hope to attend both again next year.

RSS Feed Observations

RSS Feed Observations 09/01/2004 01:40 PM

Yesterday D. Keith Robinson asked for opinions on RSS, and today he posted a summary of the responses.

"Some interesting stats and observations
about tipping"

"Some interesting stats and observations
about tipping" 04/11/2005 11:43 PM

Update Allegra - Couple of Observations

Update Allegra - Couple of Observations 03/14/2005 05:19 PM
"Back in September, the site tanked. Traffic fell off by over 600%. As of yesterday, all of that traffic and then some has been restored."

Notes and Tips: iMac G5 Observations

Notes and Tips: iMac G5 Observations 09/01/2004 09:58 AM
The iMac G5 rasies some interesting issues and comparisons.

Chandra Observations Confirm Existence
of Dark Energy

Chandra Observations Confirm Existence
of Dark Energy 05/19/2004 01:27 AM

A Campaign Reporter's Dissent

A Campaign Reporter's Dissent 02/10/2004 02:50 AM
"I really detest horserace coverage," says a reporter for the Worcester Telegram & Gazette. His struggle to realize something better in his reports tells a lot about the state of campaign journalism today.

EFF Seeks to Keep Apple's Hands Off
Reporter's Sources

EFF Seeks to Keep Apple's Hands Off
Reporter's Sources 03/23/2005 04:43 PM
The Electronic Frontier Foundation filed an appeal as it seeks to block Apple from getting its hands on a reporter's confidential sources.

How a Bomb Shattered a Reporter's
Detachment (Los Angeles Times)

How a Bomb Shattered a Reporter's
Detachment (Los Angeles Times) 08/14/2004 04:36 AM
Los Angeles Times - It was New Year's Eve, and we wanted to get a sense of the Iraqi mood by joining the party at Nabil's Restaurant, a popular hangout. As the day wore on, our group — foreign journalists and Iraqi staff — had grown larger. A picture taken before we headed out shows us, dressed up and smiling, offering a plastic-cup champagne toast.

USA TODAY editor resigns after
reporter's misdeeds (USATODAY.com)

USA TODAY editor resigns after
reporter's misdeeds (USATODAY.com) 04/21/2004 08:48 AM
USATODAY.com - USA TODAY Editor Karen Jurgensen resigned Tuesday, one month after former USA TODAY reporter Jack Kelley was found to have fabricated numerous stories and lifted material from other publications over many years.

sacbee.com -- News -- Reporter's suicide
confirmed by coroner

sacbee.com -- News -- Reporter's suicide
confirmed by coroner 12/19/2004 03:52 PM
CIA irritant Gary Webb committed suicide with 'two' gunshots to the head .. Sacramento Bee .. statement .. reporting .. :

sacbee.com/content/news/story/11772749p-12657577c.html
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The New York Times > Books > Dogged
Reporter's Impact, From My Lai to Abu
Ghraib

The New York Times > Books > Dogged
Reporter's Impact, From My Lai to Abu
Ghraib 05/21/2004 03:48 AM
Seymour Hersh

nytimes.com/2004/05/20/books/20HERS.html
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Printing Industry Commentator Dr. Joe
Webb Starts New “Blog” at
DrJoesBlog.com; Offers Observations
About Trends in Printing, Publishing,
and New Media

Printing Industry Commentator Dr. Joe
Webb Starts New “Blog” at
DrJoesBlog.com; Offers Observations
About Trends in Printing, Publishing,
and New Media 04/14/2005 02:12 AM
www.DrJoesBlog.com features the analytic commentary of Dr. Joe Webb, 27+ year printing industry veteran, commentator, and consultant. The “blog” is aimed at executives who are curious about the trends of the printing, publishing, and new media markets, anxious for a thoughtful, contrarian analysis and perspective. [PRWEB Apr 14, 2005]

It’s Not Hip to Be Square – Widescreen
Notebooks Fastest Growing Segment in
Retail Notebook Sales -Widescreen
notebooks now account for 48% of all
notebook sales-

It’s Not Hip to Be Square – Widescreen
Notebooks Fastest Growing Segment in
Retail Notebook Sales -Widescreen
notebooks now account for 48% of all
notebook sales- 08/01/2004 03:30 AM
According to a recent study by Current Analysis, unit sales of notebooks equipped with a widescreen 15.4-inch display have steadily continued to climb throughout the first half of 2004. As of June 30, the widescreen market accounted for 48% of all notebooks sold, compared to only 15% in December 2003. The growth represents the highest share yet for the widescreen models since its introduction in the spring of 2003 and demonstrates widescreen systems are selling in greater numbers than its traditional square counterparts. [PRWEB Aug 1, 2004]

"NANOTECHNOLOGY UPDATE: Larry Lessig has
a piece in Wired that makes some
observations on nanotechnology and
politics: Suddenly, nanotech replaced
Y2K as the nightmare du jour. And this
in turn inspired some scientists, hoping
for funding, to push a very..."

"NANOTECHNOLOGY UPDATE: Larry Lessig has
a piece in Wired that makes some
observations on nanotechnology and
politics: Suddenly, nanotech replaced
Y2K as the nightmare du jour. And this
in turn inspired some scientists, hoping
for funding, to push a very..." 07/05/2004 02:41 PM

"keynote"

"keynote" 07/01/2004 02:00 AM

Keynote 1.1.1

Keynote 1.1.1 10/30/2003 04:56 PM
Enhanced performance and features highlight this update to Apple’s presentation software.

WWDC Keynote Over

WWDC Keynote Over 06/28/2004 02:51 PM
Apple's 2004 WWDC Keynote is over. Summary can be found with our live coverage notes. Site will be updated shortly with new information and foru...

Report: Keynote

Report: Keynote 05/24/2004 10:52 AM
Font issues cause launch problems, plus a question about Keynote's future.
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