Defrag’s early bird registration prices end this Friday night, and we will sell out. We’re capping registration at 325 this year. The reason is simple: the absolute most important aspect of Defrag is the intimacy and quality of conversation. Last year’s Defrag was getting big enough that
Read more →One of the first blogs I read this morning was Paul Gillin’s reflections on CMP laying off 20% of its workforce, and shuttering or consolidating a bunch of print mags. The whole move is, of course, indicative of much larger changes in “media.” And it is not
Read more →As the world sits watching financial markets, the real ramp toward Defrag has begun — which means that over the coming days, you’ll see a ton of announcements here around keynoters, sponsors and special events. In that vein, let’s start today with two announcements: 1. The Kauffman
Read more →Yesterday, Krish Subrmanian asked on Twitter: “Why is @adrianco talking at Defrag? Shouldn’t he be at Gluecon? cc: @defrag #justwondering #didimissthetheme?” “Adrianco” is Adrian Cockcroft, cloud architect at Netflix, and I’ve asked him to come keynote at Defrag. Krish is a bit confused because, historically, this would be a
Read more →I’ve got a couple of notes on a Friday morning, as we start the very early planning for Defrag: 1. I’m overjoyed to announce that Andy Kessler has agreed to be our opening keynote. Andy is, of course, a noted author and frequent contributor to the Op-Ed
Read more →Doc points out that we’re in the midst of the 10 year anniversary of The Cluetrain Manifesto. I can honestly say that Cluetrain changed my life. Here’s how: When Cluetrain came out, I was a stock-broker living in Denver. I remember sitting at The Park Tavern, reading
Read more →While we’re now hard at work on Glue, (and - yes - you should come) that doesn’t mean that I’ve stopped thinking about Defrag. In fact, a few weeks back, I found myself putting some pieces together between World of Warcraft and Defrag. For those of you
Read more →This morning I’m thinking about how weird and wonderful and topsy turvy the next 3-5 years are going to be. I’m thinking about “what if” scenarios. Not predictions. Not pontifications. Not even well-reasoned thought. Just “what if” scenarios… What if…the Foundry Group, Jeff Clavier, YCombinator, Union Square,
Read more →Another Defrag is done, and things turned out very well. I’ve already thanked attendees, sponsors and speakers privately, but let me say this again publicly — THANK YOU — we are quite obviously nothing without all of you. That said, I spend around 2 months post-Defrag “pondering”
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