Blogging the non-bloggable event
Today I went to a panel that was a "non-bloggable event." I'm not sure what it means to be a non-bloggable event and I'm not sure someone can tell me that I can't blog about an event I attend but I do understand that they were trying to make it a more interesting talk by making the speakers feel more at ease. I bet none of the speakers really felt more at ease but they did make some very interesting comments. Although I won't say what they were, I will say that I am now waiting for a patent (or anti-patent?) move from the open source community!
Stormy – I’m glad you made it to the reception last night. A quick background on the no-press, no-blogging requirement:
Initially, the panel was going to be end users (CIO-level) talking about specifics of open source adoption and there was a request from one of the panelists to have no press. We agreed to this request. Last week, two of the end user panelists bailed due to a scheduling conflict, and I put together a new panel on the Microsoft patent issue less than a week before the reception. I asked the new panelists whether we should keep the no press policy in effect. The answer was ‘yes’. The biggest concern was attributing quotes to specific panelists at a sensitive time. Thank you for not doing this in your blog post.
I should have said it was hosted by The 451 Group, http://the451group.com. Raven put together a great event. Lots of good people and a great panel.