IT@Cork National Technology & Business Conference 2006 Reviews
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By: Salim Ismail
on Jan 17 2007 at 01:42 PM GMT 
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Wow... fabulous
A review of the session "Emerging Trends in Pricing & ROI"
I need to listen again to the talk because the density was incredible. Jeff is an enthralling speaker. Not to miss next time. |
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By: Brendan Lawlor
on Dec 01 2006 at 05:50 AM GMT
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Lucky Cork
A review of the conference overall
Some reference was made to the Luck of the Irish by one of our Stateside speakers. I think the Cork informatics and IT community can count itself very lucky to have such a dynamic and talented team on the IT@Cork steering committee. The day was very well organized and ran smoothly. The atmosphere was friendly and it was very easy to hook up with familiar faces as well as meet some new ones. I've already reviewed the speakers for the sessions I attended, so I won't go into detail. There was a mixed bag, but mostly quite good or very good. |
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By: Brendan Lawlor
on Nov 30 2006 at 07:20 AM GMT
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Real world advice
A review of the session "When to use Open Source?"
I've met Tony many times before and seen him speak on many occasions. He's the kind of guy that would restore your faith in the public sector. Tony presented a very well designed "do and don't" talk about the use of Open Source Software, framed in a pragmatic context and presented with effortless humour. There was real detail here as well as overall strategic advice. |
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By: Tom Corcoran
on Nov 30 2006 at 06:25 AM GMT
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Overall review.
A review of the conference overall
Great venue, well organised, good food and facilities. It looked like about 200 people attended. Eddie Hobbs opened the proceedings and was very entertaining, as always. It seemed strange somehow to see people like Hugh MacLeod, Marc Canter and Salim Ismail, whose blogs I read almost daily, presenting in a standard conference format. It also confirmed for me the depth, scope and quality of writing that can be found in blogs as against any other publishing or delivery medium. Hugh seemed a bit nervous or perhaps was just out of his usual context; he was at his best answering questions from the audience. Marc Canter was very entertaining and could have done with a longer time slot. Salim gave an excellent overview of his work with start-ups; good advice about keeping development costs down; using marketing and PR; performance-driven compensation for founders and key employees; and speed-to-market. Salim could have handled a entire conference stream by himself. Tom Raftery has posted information on the upcoming BarCamp Southeast event on Salim’s latest venture, Confabb - built for almost nothing with usage skyrocketing! Jeff Nolan, CEO of Teqlo, gave a very interesting talk on pricing and ROI for online businesses. I hope copies of this, and the other presentations, will become available. Of the home-grown presenters, Conor Kenny talked about creating his family’s online book-selling business, Tony Kenny (no relation, I assume?) gave an excellent presentation on the benefits and issues around his experiences with open-source software in the public service. Eamonn Fallon gave a great presentation on building daft.ie. Congratulations to all at it@cork for a very worthwhile event. |
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By: Mr Tom Raftery
on Nov 30 2006 at 04:30 AM GMT
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Great story, well told
A review of the session "Case Study: Selling Bricks with Clicks"
A great story of the rise and rise of daft.ie, very well told. |
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By: Mr Tom Raftery
on Nov 30 2006 at 04:29 AM GMT
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Stunning
A review of the session "Global Dominance on a Limited Budget"
Salim held the audience in the palm of his hand as he delivered pearl after pearl of wisdom and like every great presenter, he left them wanting more! |
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By: Mr Tom Raftery
on Nov 30 2006 at 04:27 AM GMT
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Tremendous
A review of the session "Open Markets, Open Standards"
Marc hit a home run with this presentation. It was on topic, very thought provoking and delivered in the way only Marc can! |
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By: Mr Tom Raftery
on Nov 30 2006 at 04:24 AM GMT 
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very poor
A review of the session "Are Desktop Applications the way of the past?"
Jacques-Etienne Grandjean is the Senior Director, Comm Sector Western Europe of Microsoft. Jean-Etienne’s presentation title was “Are Desktop Applications the way of the past?” Jacques-Etienne was unfortunately doing a sales job on Microsoft Live rather than addressing the actual title of his talk. Not once, even when discussing search, did he mention any of Microsoft’s competitors. Shame really ‘cos, while Microsoft are behind in this space, a couple of their Live offerings are quite good but not mentioning the better products of their competitors, devalues all of Microsoft’s Live offerings. |
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By: Mr Tom Raftery
on Nov 30 2006 at 04:22 AM GMT
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Excellent
A review of the session "The Global Microbrand"
Hugh was thrown by the lack of an Internet connection at the start of his presentation but recovered beautifully and really came into his own in the q and a |
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By: Mr Tom Raftery
on Nov 30 2006 at 04:20 AM GMT
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Fabulous stuff
A review of the session "Emerging Trends in Pricing & ROI"
Jeff was simply great - great content, great delivery, did I mention,great? |
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By: Brendan Lawlor
on Nov 30 2006 at 02:11 AM GMT
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A do-er.
A review of the session "Global Dominance on a Limited Budget"
Salim really impressed me, not just because of what he said but also because of how much he appears to have done, and continue to do. When he speaks, you can tell that he does so with real experience. To his credit he speaks forthrightly about the mistakes he has made, as well as his successes. He is confident without being arrogant, and in fact spoke about the importance of humility and fairness in software business relationships. Very positive experience. |
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By: Brendan Lawlor
on Nov 30 2006 at 02:07 AM GMT
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Ace.
A review of the session "Emerging Trends in Pricing & ROI"
Jeff Nolan really knows how to inform and entertain at the same time. His presentation on Software as a Service was densely packed with useful insights and as much analysis as this kind of forum can allow. I'll be downloading those slides and sifting through them again. |
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By: Brendan Lawlor
on Nov 30 2006 at 02:00 AM GMT 
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Slick
A review of the session "Are Desktop Applications the way of the past?"
The Microsoft speaker was good at his job and the slides were very attractive. I felt at the end like I was at the receiving end of a sales pitch however: It's interesting to see where MS is going, but I didn't always see the connection between the talk content, and the title, and the overall session title of Software as a Service. Microsoft was all abount "Software AND a Service" and I don't see much new there. |
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By: Brendan Lawlor
on Nov 30 2006 at 01:55 AM GMT 
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High volume, low content
A review of the session "Open Markets, Open Standards"
I was disappointed. I felt Marc's presentation was all sound and fury signifying nothing. OK - for those who still haven't understood the power of corporate blogging, this might have worked as a wake up call. But for most attendees it was pitched incorrectly: I wouldn't dream of beginning an address to a gathering of IT profesionals by describing what a client and a server was. He's an entertaining guy though, and got a few laughs towards the end. But I prefer humour as a support for content, not a substitute. |
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By: Martin Finn
on Nov 29 2006 at 12:12 PM GMT
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Really inspirational
A review of the session "Global Dominance on a Limited Budget"
Building this site (and others) with no money - great. Of all the presenations today this is the last and the one that makes me want to go and change something and create something tomorrow (if not tonight) |
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By: Martin Finn
on Nov 29 2006 at 12:07 PM GMT
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Not what you might have expected
A review of the session "Bricks to Clicks"
A keynote speech that is not upbeat and optimistic - shock horror. I thought Eddie was brave to base his presenation supposedly about 'Bricks to Clicks' to an IT audience upon the impending social and economic catastrophe that will follow from huge oil proce rises. It was not really a thesis for the audience but a lecture upon the the most important issue on planet (so says Eddie). Thought provoking, surprising and a real topic for debate - so all in all a great start to the day. |
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By: Martin Finn
on Nov 29 2006 at 11:59 AM GMT
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I wanted to learn more
A review of the session "Open Markets, Open Standards"
Marc is a man with a lot to say, and his physical presence reinforces the volume of thoughts and ideas that he has to impart. I wanted to hear more, but on this day and in this audience Marc was constrained by time and the limited understanding of some of the audience. I hope to catch the full show at some time later. |
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By: Martin Finn
on Nov 29 2006 at 11:54 AM GMT
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A great and honest appraisal of how he gained success
A review of the session "Case Study: Selling Bricks with Clicks"
In a world full of those who are happy to shout too loudly and too soon about modest successes, it was a pleasure to listen to Eamon tell us how and why his web based business is a success. As he told us it was down to ingenuity, creativity and also a large slice of luck and timing, plus perseverence. And then when success did waft by, how they grasped it and nurtured it with listening, reinvention and being fleet of foot. |
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By: Mr jan blanchard
on Nov 29 2006 at 08:45 AM GMT
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The power of people
A review of the session "Global Dominance on a Limited Budget"
Excellent presentation, very inspiring. Building a great application such as Confabb with 0 Dollars by sharing the company's shares with the development team! A great example of trust and openess. I think Salim has earned a well deserved drink after this talk! |
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By: Salim Ismail
on Nov 29 2006 at 02:30 AM GMT
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Excellent opening keynote
A review of the session "Bricks to Clicks"
Eddie was funny, informative and spoke with great logic and conviction. Extremely interesting and valuable |
