Tim O’Reilly’s delivers the keynote on Monday afternoon.
Day two has wrapped up at the sprawling Messe Berlin, with the notable exception of tonight’s “Berlin Night” party. So before I head out to geek out on pils, it’s time for today’s GB&U.
The Good: The Web2Open unconference opened today, with several delegate-created workshops and discussions providing the intimate learning and networking environment that the standard conference sessions cannot. Kathy Sierra’s talk today was once again spot on, if somewhat repetitive. Jeremy Keith recited seemingly meaningless yet surprisingly hilarious prose about wrapping a comatose Roy Orbison in cling film.
The Bad: Having a wtf moment while using the conference’s feedback application. Kathy would not approve. Also, wifi was still spotty in the morning, although they solved the food shortage.
The Ugly: Neil Holloway of Microsoft trying to convince Tim O’Reilly that people actually enjoy advertising. (Tim then asks for a show of hands of who enjoys television advertising. Few arms budged in the massive crowd, so it looks like Microsoft still has some kinks to work out in their strategy.)