Defrag Blog

With all of the posts recently around productivity, dark matter and macro-economics, you’ll excuse me if I get promotional for one second.

Defrag’s early bird pricing expires on August 31st.

I know you have a lot of choices. I also know that Defrag will be unlike any other conference you’ll attend this fall. How do I know that? Because past attendees have said so. Quotes like — “I’ve been to five of them [conferences] in 2008: Gartner Portals, BEA Participate, TechCrunch50, KMWorld, Defrag. Defrag was my favorite by far.” — are what get me up in the morning, so I don’t take YOU being happy at Defrag lightly.

To that end, if you’ve never been to Defrag and you’re thinking about going this year, I’ll make you a deal: Come, and if you don’t rate Defrag at least an 8 out of 10, talk to me post-show and I’ll give you a complimentary pass to Gluecon in May.

If you take me up on my offer, you’ll encounter things like:

1. Sponsored pre-conference dinners that jump-start your conference “networking.”
2. Andy Kessler presenting a framework for the next economy.
3. Lili Cheng exploring social boundaries and their effect on software.
4. Four entrepreneurs telling you about problems they have NOT solved yet.
5. Discussions on the weight of the internet and flock behavior.
6. A dive into the push-button web.
7. A look at where distributed conversations are going.
8. A discussion about product management as a collaborative exercise.
9. Connections that will bring direct value to your work life over the next year.
10. The most stimulating conversations you’ll have all fall.

…and so much more.

That’s my pitch. Join us. You won’t regret it.