Freezing cold, no Internet, boring: it's a French web 2.0 conference

Re:Freezing cold, no Internet, boring: it's a French web 2.0... by ErrantX on Thursday December 11, 2008 @06:06AM (#394188)

I do love our humor.

Classic quote #2:

"skipped out to the car park where a Finnish startup had had the remarkable foresight to install a functioning sauna"

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Re:Freezing cold, no Internet, boring: it's a French web 2.0... by greyman on Thursday December 11, 2008 @06:30AM (#394206)

Good writing, but the mutual animosity between France and Britain is itself funny, if not a bit childish. No flame, but my impression is that both countries lost their past influence and glory, but none of them would admit that. ;-)

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Re:Freezing cold, no Internet, boring: it's a French web 2.0... by ErrantX on Thursday December 11, 2008 @06:47AM (#394211)

I think definitely these so called "conferences" are almost a waste of time.. no one is really that interested in the keynotes any more because most of the interesting people blog it all anyway.. right?

It's all about networking now: and the guys right - why not do it in a Sauna whilst getting drunk!

Your right we lost it... 30 years ago it would have been like that but now.. meh :(

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Re:Freezing cold, no Internet, boring: it's a French web 2.0... by xiaoma on Thursday December 11, 2008 @12:44PM (#394508)

I've found TED to be an incredible source of entertainment. I've learned quite a bit from it, too. If I could ever go in person, I'd do it in a heartbeat.

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Re:Freezing cold, no Internet, boring: it's a French web 2.0... by michaelneale on Thursday December 11, 2008 @06:41PM (#395069)

I think there is a difference - the British do recognise it through satire and humour - "taking the piss" out of themselves - I haven't observed that in the French (but perhaps it does exist, just not as obvious to the rest of the world).

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