There have been a couple posts already on the infamous Mark Z interview with Sarah Lacy. My thoughts – I have never been more proud of the 23 year-old Facebook genius. His answers to what were kind of questions, were smart, casual, and consistent. He never strayed from the Facebook mission – to help people […]

Human rights in a virtual world? MMOs. WoW. Second Life. GoPets. Live Gamer. This panel was discussing what types of rights people have in these types of games. Are they only “renting the objects” in the games? If they want to sell an object “what are they really selling?” Are there full trappings of ownership […]

Okay – it’s Theresa – time to pause and blog for a bit between the hours of chaos. Earlier I went into a Core Conversation meeting room all about blogging. Instead of the panel format, these are more like 6 or 7 different tables with small groups carrying on open dialogue between experts in the […]

Keynote Interview with Mark Zuckerberg I couldn’t get a wireless connection during the keynote, so no live-blogging. But that’s okay, I seem to prefer to be able to collect my thoughts a bit anyway. Here’s the scoop, post-interview: I did NOT like it when they started with some chest thumping music. I had not taken […]

1. He can withstand a barrage of flash photography and still keep his cool. 2. He cannot withstand an over zealous interviewer and keep his cool.  3. He plays the drums on his knees when he speaks. Or maybe he is practicing patty cake.  4. Facebook does not have a proactive approach to changing the […]

Everything I Know About Accessibility I Learned From Star Wars with Derek Featherstone I got to this panel a little late (thanks for nothing daylight savings time!). I walked in as Featherstone, adorned in a Jedi Robe and wielding a microphone like a lightsaber (a more civilized weapon) explaining that if you steal something, make […]

Hey, it’s Jon again…sitting here in a packed room of web coders and Dreamweaver lovers. I feel a little out of place at this one, as I’m not completely sure what they’re talking about. However, I did get a lot out of this panel before they started with this crazy coding jargon, using words like […]