Defrag Blog

Is it me, or does it just feel *weird* this morning? TIPS bonds (inflation-indexed gov’t bonds) are selling at a negative yield (i.e., buyers are betting on an unexpected and sudden jump in inflation), there’s a hurricane-sized storm barreling into the midwest (at least if measured by millibars of low pressure), and Digg’s laying off 37% of it’s staff to the tune of sharks in the water trying to hire every last one of them. Meanwhile, spending on enterprise software seems to be popping, and the silly season for tech conferences (e2.0, web2.0 summit — oh, and that little powerhouse called “defrag”) is hitting.

…just….weird.

Here’s what I know: I can’t count the number of times a Defrag speaker in the past has raised a topic as “crucial” (Kessler’s economic talk, Maggie Fox on stigmergy, Activity Streams, App marketplaces, the list goes on and on) only to see it become a major force in about 12-14 months time. It’s almost scary.

So, what’s coming in 22 days at Defrag? I wish I could say. You can read the broad topics — but that’s not where you’ll find the “predictions.” The really valuable stuff comes in the weak ties that sit between the sessions — in the unspoken connections that get made (both person to person and between streams of thought). It’s why I say, “you can’t know defrag, until you’ve been to defrag.” It’s why streaming the event wouldn’t do the event justice (no, we’re not live streaming it). It’s why you just need to come and see for yourself.

Join us, and see if we begin to cut through the weirdness.