Comments on: The End of Macworld http://gigaom.com/2008/12/17/the-end-of-macworld/ Sat, 11 Feb 2012 06:01:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Macworld Without Apple: Coming Next Week http://gigaom.com/2008/12/17/the-end-of-macworld/#comment-155537 Mon, 01 Feb 2010 19:42:54 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=32688#comment-155537 [...] last one with an Apple keynote (by Phil Schiller) and Apple on the show floor. Many Applewatchers took the news to spell the end of the show, and IDG, Macworld’s owner, spent a year regrouping and reimagining Macworld, attempting to [...]

]]> By: Will CES 2009 Weather the Economic Storm? http://gigaom.com/2008/12/17/the-end-of-macworld/#comment-155536 Sun, 04 Jan 2009 17:00:20 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=32688#comment-155536 [...] Comdex to smaller shows like DSLcon disappear. As Om pointed out a few weeks back in relation to the news that the fabled Macworld was coming to an end, in many ways “trade shows are a relic of the past, like pinups from the [...]

]]> By: Apple Will Be Just Fine Without Steve Jobs http://gigaom.com/2008/12/17/the-end-of-macworld/#comment-155535 Sun, 21 Dec 2008 17:47:21 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=32688#comment-155535 [...] onto Jobs’ health after the company said he won’t appear at MacWorld, that Apple is essentially snuffing what has become a tedious knockoff of a Galaxy Quest convention. Any other company, and it would [...]

]]> By: Om Malik http://gigaom.com/2008/12/17/the-end-of-macworld/#comment-155534 Fri, 19 Dec 2008 03:35:54 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=32688#comment-155534 @Nirav

Actually that is not the case — macworld magazine is owned by a company called mac publishing.

]]> By: Nirav Bhavsar http://gigaom.com/2008/12/17/the-end-of-macworld/#comment-155533 Fri, 19 Dec 2008 03:31:29 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=32688#comment-155533 “….publication Macworld (no affiliation with the show) notes…”
Really? Last time I checked; both are owned by IDG.

]]> By: Esme Vos http://gigaom.com/2008/12/17/the-end-of-macworld/#comment-155532 Fri, 19 Dec 2008 02:14:46 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=32688#comment-155532 There’s a huge opportunity here for someone to organize an event that brings together the Mac community, especially the new iPhone developers. It should be cheap and fun like SXSW Interactive in Austin. I don’t think a traditional event organizer like the folks who do MacWorld can pull off something like that — has to be someone with new ideas, who is respected in the Mac community.

]]> By: Steve Jobs is Apple’s Chicken and Egg « SmoothSpan Blog http://gigaom.com/2008/12/17/the-end-of-macworld/#comment-155531 Thu, 18 Dec 2008 17:50:04 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=32688#comment-155531 [...] is underway.  Of course things go rapidly downhill from there starting with various folks declaring Macworld Expo is dead, the show’s owner, IDG, declaring they were stabbed in the back, and on and on about Jobs [...]

]]> By: Jeff Putz http://gigaom.com/2008/12/17/the-end-of-macworld/#comment-155530 Thu, 18 Dec 2008 15:15:17 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=32688#comment-155530 The ROI from trade shows has been taking a dump for years. This is hardly a shocker. Apple can throw a little event at the office and get the same kind of press. They don’t need the show.

]]> By: Om Malik http://gigaom.com/2008/12/17/the-end-of-macworld/#comment-155529 Thu, 18 Dec 2008 13:01:55 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=32688#comment-155529 @kerwell I think it would be interesting to see how the community responds to the non-presence of Steve and if Phil can really deliver a keynote people want to attend. It is incredible timing — just a month before the show.

]]> By: Krewell http://gigaom.com/2008/12/17/the-end-of-macworld/#comment-155528 Thu, 18 Dec 2008 05:40:03 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=32688#comment-155528 I should add that I’ve met Phil Schiller and he’s a really nice guy. I’ve never actually seem Ballmer speak in person, but I have seem Bill Gates dance (at a Spencer Katt party at Comdex) and, yes, he is a very white guy :-)

]]> By: Om Malik http://gigaom.com/2008/12/17/the-end-of-macworld/#comment-155527 Thu, 18 Dec 2008 04:30:39 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=32688#comment-155527 @Kerwell,

U can say that again. :-)

]]> By: Busby SEO Test Gary Viray http://gigaom.com/2008/12/17/the-end-of-macworld/#comment-155526 Thu, 18 Dec 2008 02:10:21 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=32688#comment-155526 If there’s a way that MacWorld can be a virtual event of sorts, the better. There are many folks around the world who can’t afford to go to these type of events. A virtual MacWorld, through the use of webcast technology, will reach out to more people willing to learn, listen, and share.

]]> By: Krewell http://gigaom.com/2008/12/17/the-end-of-macworld/#comment-155525 Thu, 18 Dec 2008 00:23:48 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=32688#comment-155525 So this January we have a keynote duel between Schiller and Ballmer. The world just got a little more dull.

]]> By: Om Malik http://gigaom.com/2008/12/17/the-end-of-macworld/#comment-155524 Wed, 17 Dec 2008 23:49:58 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=32688#comment-155524 @Chad…. Zing. Well today’s speculation is making up for that loss of traffic.

]]> By: kyle http://gigaom.com/2008/12/17/the-end-of-macworld/#comment-155523 Wed, 17 Dec 2008 23:43:10 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=32688#comment-155523 what chad said…. and whatnot

]]> By: Chad http://gigaom.com/2008/12/17/the-end-of-macworld/#comment-155522 Wed, 17 Dec 2008 23:18:22 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=32688#comment-155522 And in related news, bloggers are expecting a 90% decrease in posts and traffic from last january

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