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Where Are They Now? Products Announced During Past Google I/O Keynotes
May 8th
The keynotes at Google I/O — Google’s developer conference — are always filled with such promise. Google TV, Google Wave, music in the cloud! But the products themselves haven’t always gone on to meet expectations. With Google I/O 2011 beginning on Tuesday, here’s a…
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A Valediction: Forbidding Keynotes
Jan 6th
Being a critique, in verse, of the tradition of keynote speeches at technological conferences.
With apologies most sincere to John Donne, CEO, Fixed Form Enterprises
The canned and careful words they speak,
Or parrot off the teleprompter,
Do not waft so much as reek
With all the freshness of a dumpster.
They bear the same relation to
Ideas as an eight-bit version
Of Billie Holiday’s “Strange Fruit”
Does to a violent execution.
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Keynotes combine the dynamism
Of a Chinese imperial bureaucrat’s test
With the sexiness of onanism
And the elegance of a vulture’s nest.
CEOs and marcom jocks,
Salesmen and specialists:
Spare us all these vapid talks
Before we’re forced to slit our wrists.
And journalists (an you love God)
And bloggers, pod- and broad-casters,
Why must you applaud this fraud?
Refuse and you’ll get drunk much faster!
Keynote speakers, stand relieved
(though not as much as those you’ve bored),
You’ve done your bit, you’ve made your stand,
It’s time to hit the conference floor.
Better yet, the bar’s through there,
Take a load off, grab a beer,
One-on-one, we’ll lend an ear
And face-to-face we might just hear.
Nintendo photo by Matt Williamson
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SMX East Early Bird Rates Expire Friday; Keynotes Announced – Register Now
Sep 7th
Time is running out on early bird rates for Search Marketing Expo – SMX East!
Register by September 10 and you’ll pay only $1295 for three days of exceptional content and invaluable industry connections.
Join us October 4-6 in New York City for actionable tactics, best practices and strategies for all skill levels – whether [...]
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