There's a space for both. Sometimes, the only course of action is to sit and learn. That's what I did the first few times - I knew very little and very few people, so that was my preferred option. Others are targeted at corporate types who just want data dumps - these are usually the expensive ones. There's no one right way and you have to choose the best mix.
This year I will go to *camps (bar/pod or whatever), conferences such as Gnomedex and SXSW where there is a lot of stuff happening in and out of the rooms; I'll virtually attend (Web2.0 over the last few days) and I'll go and sit and listen only in industry sessions. All of them give me something, and I balance that against my needs (for work or just pure knowledge), the costs (and who's paying) and the effort involved in getting there! I do my best to take something out of it regardless of the format.
Was there and there was plenty of 'corporate' spiel and selling stuff. Also several new startups and others pushing their toolkits etc.
Its what u make of it. getting 'involved' adds more to the 'conversation' and u get what u put into it.
If u're just there 2 sit and listen u'd be better off waiting 4 the video/pod-casts and reading blog postings of the event.
Lal
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Its what u make of it. getting 'involved' adds more to the 'conversation' and u get what u put into it.
If u're just there 2 sit and listen u'd be better off waiting 4 the video/pod-casts and reading blog postings of the event.
Lal
