Jeff Esposito

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A conference is what you make it

Jeff Esposito

A lot of people will talk about the annual South by Southwest conference as having jumped the shark due to size, innovation or over-sponsorship. While I am sure many of these folks have valid gripes, I’d counter that the conference is still relevant; you just need to cut through the noise. AND IT’S RUDE.

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Why have we become social sheep?

Jeff Esposito

While there are still meaningful conversations and thoughts to be had, it is more difficult to see them in streams of information flooded with retweets, blog posts and event and other hashtags merely rehashing the verbatim of the speaker de jour. If a conference speaker gives a great sound bite or two, take a second to digest it.