Yesterday, I was in Chicago, and I stopped by a conference. The people I met there were mostly low-energy. Later, a friend said, “It felt like they were obligated. Of this second picture, my friend said, “This was my worst nightmare for San Jose, that it’d look like this:”
We were lucky. It sure didn’t.
By contrast, here are a few snaps from Jeff Pulver’s party, courtesy of Jeff O’Hara (aka zemote).
I was very fortunate to have a few hours to go and spend time with Kevin Werbach and his energized crowd at Supernova 2007. For an example of the level of quality conversation going on there, read this theme blog post. The crowd was FULL of fascinating people, energized and full of excitement.
It was as if the energy from Jeff Pulver’s party in Chicago had come alive in the people at the Supernova conference. The energy at Supernova was day and night from the energy at the other conference in Chicago.
And the caliber of people who attended were top shelf. It was like you’d TRIP over people like Denise Howell, Deb Schultz, Mary Hodder, Steve Gillmor, Robert Scoble, Doc Searls, Brian Solis, Tish Greer, Danny Kim, Justin Kan, and if I wanted, I could just keep typing amazing names. Full on energy. People were just so engaged, and interesting, and really excited to be there.
Though I can’t come back to the rest of the event this year, rest assured I wouldn’t miss Supernova 2008 for the world.
My new goal for Video on the Net for Fall in Boston is to have the great community we’ve already grown around the event augmented by some of the great people I spent time with at Supernova. With these kinds of minds roaming the conference and setting the world afire with their energy, we’ll have the execution of the vision that I have learned from Jeff Pulver: community first energy-driven experiences.
Hats off to Deb Schultz, Howard Greenstein, and everyone else Kevin Werbach had helping with the event. And thanks again to Jeff Pulver for a killer party in Chicago. It showed that city who knows how to bring the noise.