Category Archives: Conferences

Office 2.0 Podcast Jam Day 2 Preview

So the jam launched today with an awesome podcast by Richard MacManus. I was too excited about my interview with Rosemary Stasek to hold it back for later in the week. Eric Severson’s discussion of the rules of Office 2.0 in the context of content management and XML single-sourcing provided a solid introduction to the […]

Richard MacManus on Office 2.0

Richard MacManus of Read/WriteWeb reports that Zoho is moving towards a fully integrated web office suite with their single sign-on capability. Zoho is apparently also planning a downloadable version of their software, thus moving towards the synchronized web.
The podcast jam launched this morning with a keynote by Richard. Richard is a New Zealander who writes […]

Office 2.0 Podcast Jam - No Schwag, But No Registration Fee Either

The podcast jam officially starts tomorrow, but I’ve launched the chat today in case you are “in town” early and want to come hang out at the equivalent of the conference hotel bar.
If you’re the sort that subscribes to podcasts, you can just use the main news feed in your podcatcher. FeedBurner offers a service […]

Orthogonal Conferencing

In planning the Office 2.0 Podcast Jam, I learn as much from detractors as I do from supporters. I’ve heard a few different arguments against the project. The one that I want to address here is the claim that the podcast jam creates an alternative, lesser conference.
Alternative: yes. Lesser: not necessarily. I think of it […]