Comments on: SocialMediaCamp NewYork: The Twitter Report http://gigaom.com/2008/08/08/socialmediacampnewyork-%e2%80%93-the-twitter-report/ Sat, 25 May 2013 21:56:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Justin Thorp http://gigaom.com/2008/08/08/socialmediacampnewyork-%e2%80%93-the-twitter-report/#comment-75145 Mon, 11 Aug 2008 01:34:04 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/?p=3219#comment-75145 Saul’s preso was a highlight for me as well! I hope he puts the video on YouTube. It’s the kind of thing I’d love to show folks.

- Justin from Clearspring

]]> By: Saul Colt http://gigaom.com/2008/08/08/socialmediacampnewyork-%e2%80%93-the-twitter-report/#comment-75144 Sun, 10 Aug 2008 12:25:35 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/?p=3219#comment-75144 Thank you so much for including me in your report of the “un”conference. I usually have a snappy comment for everything but in this case I am just honored and a bit speechless!

Saul Colt
Head of Magic
FreshBooks

]]> By: nwjerseyliz http://gigaom.com/2008/08/08/socialmediacampnewyork-%e2%80%93-the-twitter-report/#comment-75143 Sat, 09 Aug 2008 21:53:42 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/?p=3219#comment-75143 I learned a lot and the lunch was great but no t-shirts! :( That bummed me out even though it sounds trivial. I got a bunch of names of interesting new people to follow on Twitter which is wonderful. What I thought was cool was that the meeting was intergenerational, mostly folks in their 30s but the age of the participants ranged from 20s to 60s, sharing their very different perspectives which I appreciated.

But the second room REALLY needed a moderator as it was consistently ~30 minutes behind schedule which cheated some presenters out of their alloted time periods to talk. It would have been very easy to have a volunteer watching the clock, moving people out of the room and into the hallway those people who stop & have conversations, signaling presenters when they only had 2 or 5 minutes left, etc. I realize that podcamps are “unconferences” but without the most basic structure, people often didn’t respect (or were unaware) of their time limits and sessions didn’t start on time because people were talking to each other and ignoring the presenter. This is basic conference procedure 101 that costs nothing and helps things run smoothly. Every events planner knows this because you can safely predict that most presenters will go over their time limits.

There was also an absence of information on the wiki about the camp and an incorrect Google map that located the conference site to Long Island.

People hate evaluation forms but there was no forum to even talk to/with the organizers and provide feedback (hence these comments here).

Thanks to those in charge for finding a location and to Sun for hosting us. It was a worthwhile, if slightly chaotic day (and I’ve been to pod camps before so I knew what to expect!).

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