Aral Balkan

This is Singularity.

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• COdegear also has online conferences... See: http://conferences.codegear.com/coderage07/

  by Weyert on 2008-02-05 16:13:12

• @Aral part of a conference is of course the speakers, but part also is the audience, ie: networking and interplay between people between sessions. can you see this working in a virtual conference space, perhaps as virtual break-out rooms? (gee, this is all starting to get Second-Life-ish)

  by barry.b on 2008-02-11 02:28:14

• ... The world as we know it is more interconnected now than ever before, twitter has become essential part of it and we even feel lonely when its service is down - well not everyone, but yes! there are people; and having a web conference on the web, and by the people from the web, will really set the roots for the kind of world we are all working to make reality... Pingback from [http://bits.samiq.net/2008/02/welcome-to-singularity.html]

  by Samiq on 2008-02-05 00:45:41

• how the heck did you keep this secret for so long!? very nice hype build up too, I wonder how we'll see people "attend" this conference? just on their own, or groups o' devs getting together to see them together and discuss afterwards? Singularity meetups...anyone wanna organize them? ;)

  by Daniel S on 2008-02-04 23:15:33

• Well good luck with the conference, Aral. Will be interesting to see how it turns out, i think.

  by James Urquhart on 2008-02-05 08:21:48

• I wanna be Geek Idol :D

  by MrSteel on 2008-02-05 12:28:51

• Posted in Dutch see weblink ;) It's just great news man Thanks

  by Folkert on 2008-02-05 22:06:03

• Will it be the woodstock of the digital Age?

  by Kevin Goodman on 2008-02-06 03:14:54

• @ Weyert Yeah Codegear only supports Windows. Naff!

  by Tink on 2008-02-06 10:39:34

• Hi Aral, Cool thing man!!! I'm already looking forward to it. But... why is your own name missing from the speakers list? You haven't lost you tong now have you? :D You lost the will to talk to us? Or do you just not want to fill up a space that can be used by someone else? Well as said I'm anxiously awaiting it... Greetings from the Netherlands, Mike

  by Mike van Kuik on 2008-02-05 23:02:40

• Hi Weyert, Thanks for the link. I haven't had a chance to look at it in detail but it looks like what we're planning is a bit more of an experience :) @Mike: That's a question I'm asking myself. I don't know if I should speak the conference. I _love_ presenting and I _am_ speaking at a couple of conferences this year (FITC, Scotch on the Rocks, Highland Fling, etc.) I love talking to you guys :) I just know that there's a lot of work to be done on Singularity and I that my hands will be very full during the conference. So, my thought currently, is that I won't be giving a separate session (but don't worry, I'll be present and hosting/co-hosting :)

  by Aral on 2008-02-06 09:12:14

• @Kevin: Are you reading my mind? :P

  by Aral on 2008-02-06 09:13:08

• Hey Aral, just a quickie. Will the speakers have to pay their own expenses ;-) j/k.

  by Lee McColl Sylvester on 2008-02-06 10:50:53

• @Aral what are your thoughts about people in different timezones? specifically GMT+6 to GMT+12? would you be interested in running the event 24 hours a day? just a shout out that there are both talented presenters and an audience in that quarter of the planet... just throwing a suggestion, nothing more.

  by barry.b on 2008-02-06 14:04:07

• Hi Barry, Thanks so much for your suggestion. Making the conference 24 hours was originally the idea but I haven't made an announcement either way on this as I'm not sure how it would work with local hubs. It's also going to be influenced by the final list of speakers (based on how many of them will be GMT +6 to GMT +12). The recorded sessions should be available immediately and it is possible that local hubs pick and choose their selection and combine it with local events. All this to say that the decision on this hasn't been made yet and it is possible that the conference may be 24 hours. :)

  by Aral on 2008-02-10 12:54:40

• @Lee: LOL, yes, bathroom to living room travel expenses will be covered :P Of course, some speakers will be probably prefer to present at local hubs -- which will be very cool. I'm so excited about the concept of the local hubs. Singularity is going to be a truly global conference.

  by Aral on 2008-02-10 12:57:10

• Hi Barry, Virtual break-out rooms is one idea. I don't know if they will be necessary at the moment because what I'm considering is a system that lets you have all your buddies with you throughout the conference and allows you to meet new ones during it. Of course, all this wouldn't be too useful if you couldn't take your buddies with you and so we're also looking into integrating with existing social networks. All this to say that meeting new people and exchaning ideas at a conference _are_ very important and we're looking into making it easy to do this online. Of course, there is also the local aspect of the conference with local hubs that will be organizing meet ups, social gatherings and parties during the conference. And, since you mentioned Second Life, I am talking with them at the moment (the joys of living in Brighton; we're neighbors) and exploring how we can best make use of Second Life during the conference.

  by Aral on 2008-02-11 16:30:05