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A follow-up reply has prompted this thought:
> In my experience transfer of information (both directions) is much much > better in face to face contact rather than remote contact.
Is it 20x better face-to-face (so that the 100 people who attended gain more than the 2,000 who did not attend -- had it been available online)?
The advantages of the couple hundred cannot outweigh the advantages seen in the thousands, even if each of those thousands only operates at a fraction of the rate of production the couple hundred do. But apart from that, helping the thousands who are (today) disadvantaged in that they cannot for whatever reason attend such a conference, it's simply the right thing to do.
> > You know, the more I think about it, the more this kind of event sound > > like nothing other than a clique, a division of "us" and "them" (those > > with the means to attend, and those without). Sure it's exciting. Sure > > it's informative. Sure it's a great many things which are positive. But > > all of that greatness rests upon the shoulders of those who can't attend > > for whatever reason, cutting them out. They see no benefit, only the > > obvious divisions. > To me that seems like a very negative viewpoint and totally the opposite > of every technical conference, lecture, seminar I have ever attended.
I'd never thought of it this way before. The idea of the get-together has made sense to me in the past. But now, at age 43, 44 in August, being a Christian, in the age on the online world, where instant YouTube search and streaming is available to pretty much everyone who's online, I see the divisions as being what they are: the haves (attendees), and the have-nots (the non-attendees).
Note: I just saw in 2011 that "New: Alpha Software is offering a free full copy of Alpha Five Developer to every attendee of Southwest Fox 2011, a $349 value." Incentives for the haves.
> Far from being a clique they have always been open to all.
I just looked at the 2012 website to see where I could download videos of the past presentations, or PPT / PDF files used on the presentations, keynote speeches, etc. I'll admit I didn't dig deep nor spend a lot of time trying to find them.
Can you help me locate those nuggets of knowledge?
> Geographical and physical reasons may stop people attending but these things > aren't set up to be cliques, they are set up to get very gifted like-minded > people into the same room as each other. I can't see how that is a bad thing, > somehow you are trying to put a negative spin on something that is extremely > positive.
The bottom line:
Those who cannot attend (for whatever reason) are being cut out, shut off, unable to participate in the experience and growth that's made possible by the online digital world. And that's not a good thing when the technology of today means such a limitation is no longer required.
In the age of instant online access for nearly everybody involved with IT, to cut anyone off is only perpetuating inertia from the old models of attending conferences and only sharing materials to those who are there. The digital world demands a new model, one focused on what matters -- reaching, educating, and helping people, no matter their location, no matter their circumstances, but to fulfill that which God has placed inside their hearts -- a desire to grow, improve, and help those people around which God has placed them.
The digital world demands a new model. Especially in the age of YouTube and multi-casts.
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