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Blah, Blah, PAB, Blah, Blah. I did have a couple good ideas about how the price of a conference effects the people, and business, who feel the value of attending. MOV Link

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I was thinking about my experiences meeting and interacting with people both at events like Podcasters Across Boarders and Podcamps as well as at my local meetup here in London. In both cases I’ve run into what I think is three types of people.

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Those Who Get It

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These people engage full on. They use the tools, mind you not nessicaraly all of them for one reason or another, but they use the tools none the less. They get the openness and how and why they share. They may not understand the full extent but the important thing is they TRY!
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Those That Don’t

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Either they don’t want to for fear of the technology or their privacy or they just can’t accept the openness of the movement.
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Those That Think They Do

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These people use the tools but mostly for their own gain, and that being the sole reason for their efforts is not what it’s about. These people are the most dangerous to themselves, which I personally don’t care about, but more importantly to those that get it. They clutter up the space and give the rest of us a bad image. I don’t think most of them really understand what they are doing, some probably do but there they ones really abusing it!

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Maybe there is more, I just haven’t noticed the suttle differences. I also in no way intend to piss people off with this post, it’s just an observations I’m making.

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Wow it’s been a long time! I must be out of practice, I said PodCamp and it was Podcasters Across Boarders! Ooops!

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Sweet Gravity – Due West – Email
Cowboy Boots and Levis – Kelly Brock – PMN
Never Got Her Number – Alistair Christl – PMN recommendation from Dave Delaney

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I was thinking about the dynamic of groups, and a little about Whitney’s presentation about how dynamics change when numbers increase. I was thinking maybe there can be something that would require small groups, like the attendance RANDOMLY split in half or quarter (maybe even split the room, I remember a divider) and have a project to work on. Like to produce a podcast in 1 hour with your group. It would be one way to make people interact and meet new friends. Maybe even do something on friday and make them present Saturday morning. It may have to be an opt in volentary thing, I don’t know, I’m just blasting out an idea!

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First everyone has to watch the video, it’s awesome.
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Weezer cover Radiohead’s Creep, live in Portland from Dave Allen on Vimeo.

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OK so now the lesson. This is one of the big reasons why Weezer is kicking so much ass in a world where other bands aren’t doing so good (at least the wine and complain that their not). Let me ask you, if you got to play with a band what are the chances you won’t pay for the album or go see them in concert? Virtually none! And you don’t have to do this exact thing. Give some music away or, like the Pork and Beans video Weezer did, contribute something really cool to a community and make it inclusive. I’ll own up, I downloaded the Red Album the week before it came out. I wanted it real bad, BUT do you know what I did just after the release? I went and bought a copy. I’m more then willing to pay for music, just make me want to!

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On a side note, I really hope that someone from or reperesenting Radiohead doesn’t have this taken down or file a law suit!

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clipped from socialmediagroup.ca Remember Web2.0? I’m often asked what the difference between it and social media is. My usual reply is that Web2.0 is an evolution of the philosophy of how we build the web. The social media phenomenon, however, is an evolution of the philosophy of how we use the web. Neither can exist without the other and both require their respective practictioners to re-think, well, everything, actually.

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