Quote from: Bruce Wagner on August 24, 2011, 10:01:09 PM

To those who say that I should have asked people to help with the live streaming and recording of the events, breakout sessions, etc... See this post -- where I did exactly that: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=6150.msg465119#msg465119

I also tweeted that to 12 or 13,000 followers on Twitter and Facebook.

To those who say that I should have asked for volunteers to help with Conference preparations and in general.... See this post -- where I did exactly that: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=6150.msg464047#msg464047

That blast also went to 12 or 13,000 followers on Twitter and Facebook, in addition to here in the forum thread.

I would love to have seen attendees live stream more. Almost every one of them has the technology to do so.... in their pocket.

However, I do NOT blame them. They came to the Conference to experience it themselves.... and to have conversations (private conversations, in many cases) which they would not necessarily want broadcast to the world.

I am grateful for the few who did stream it. We were able to make a decent recording of the speeches. We had Only One (OnlyOne, get it) working laptop, unfortunately. And that laptop was needed to process the constant flow of incoming registrations / admissions.

Yeah.... That's a lame excuse. We need to buy more laptops. And attendees need to stream more too.

But, all in all, it was an AMAZING Conference.

For the record, I think --- No, I KNOW --- that the value of this WORLD'S FIRST Bitcoin Conference came from the private conversations with the genius minds that were in attendance... Those private conversations could not be streamed to the world.

Even if there had been 1000 times more media coverage.... The value would have mostly been the private conversations.... at the bar afterward.... in the restaurants.... etc. That's where the REAL magic happened.

I may not check this thread frequently. I've commented on this thread:

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=6150.msg478104#msg478104

Wooo hooo go get'm Bruce! Great job the event and talks where awesome thanks ! Grin