Gnomedex is not Dead
I’m not sure who started the rumor, but Gnomedex isn’t dead. At least, not to my knowledge? If it’s dead, nobody bothered to tell me. We’ve had quite a bit of upheaval lately, but throwing Gnomedex out is not one of the things that’s happened. Quite the opposite in fact! We haven’t done any updates on the Gnomedex Web site largely because there hasn’t been much news to share.
We were planning on taking it to Los Angeles in 2007 – but I can assure you that the next Gnomedex conference will happen in Seattle (likely midyear, probably around the same time we held the 2006 event). It’s been our hope to make Gnomedex a bi-annual event, but Ponzi and I can only scale so much! Absolutely no conference management partnerships have materialized, so that keeps us somewhat limited in growth.
It’s our hope that after we get married (and after we move across town, and after we take our honeymoon, etc.) that we can find and hire an assistant to help us with some of our business matters. People are certainly out there, but we need the “right” person – and may wind up taking an intern from UW. I will likely be posting details about that at a date in the not-so-distant future.
Now, since you’re forcing my hand, I want to tell you about something else I’d like to do in Seattle – largely inspired by recent events with the local music community. I’m going to start seeding interest for sponsors and partners for a networking mixer between technologists and musicians. A party, if you will. Not sure where, not sure when, but it’s something I’d like to make happen before the summer.
I’m already communicating with the Gnomedex site designer to get a few of the graphics updated – and I think this year, once we figure out how to set up a WordPress theme to match the Gnomedex site design, we’ll let any registered Gnomedexer contribute to the blog if they’d like to do so.
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8 Comments
Identity Woman
November 26th, 2006
at 4:32am
the one where Steve Gillmor, Kaliya Hamlin and Werner Vogels had bought the rights and were going to change the name to the Attention ID Neutrality Conference. I had hear the rumors too…that Gnomedex 2006 was the last one. He points to a post that Chris did refuting the rumors.
SocioBiblog
November 13th, 2007
at 9:04am
and I tried them out on Pixie and Wicket. Related Content:Bill Dead: Film At ElevenJesus JonesI’m Not Quite Dead YetDead Pixel Fixer UpperWanted: Dead or DeadPuppy TricksWhat I Need for my Media CenterGnomedex is not DeadIs Microsoft’s Outlook Team on Crack?Wooden Background Truly Dead
Matt
November 21st, 2006
at 7:15pm
Chris,
“Absolutely no conference management partnerships have materialized, so that keeps us somewhat limited in growth. “.
Does that mean you are looking? If you are, let’s talk.
Multi-Media Me » Long Live Gnomedex!
November 21st, 2006
at 11:17pm
[...] I was just reading Chris Pirillo’s post on the vicious rumors that Gnomedex was dead and knew that they were just that but glad none the same to see Chris addressing them directly. With John Edwards as the Keynote speaker at last years Gnomedex, front page press on the Seattle Times and the red diaper doper baby comments from Canter you might see why people might speculate that Chris and Ponzi will have a hell of a time topping that and might consider making that the grand finally. You combined that with the talk that Gnomdex might be headed to L.A. and let the conspiracy theories fly. [...]
JenX
November 22nd, 2006
at 11:56am
If technology and music meet, you get electronic music, right? :)
You’ll probably attract a lot of electronic musicians…I may go to this if I have the money… :)
11/22/2006 3:17 AM - Matthew Gifford
November 23rd, 2006
at 5:04am
[...] First, Chris Pirillo has announced that Gnomedex 7 will be held in Seattle. I’ll definitely be there again this year. [...]
Identity Woman » Gnomedex is not becoming the Attention ID Neutrality Conference
November 26th, 2006
at 5:14pm
[...] I was just going through my cards and went to the Multi-Media Me. This post “Long Live Gnomedex!” was at the top and it cracked me up. He ran through some of the rumors about what would happen to the conference. This of course was my favorite. Did you hear the one where Steve Gillmor, Kaliya Hamlin and Werner Vogels had bought the rights and were going to change the name to the Attention ID Neutrality Conference. I had hear the rumors too…that Gnomedex 2006 was the last one. He points to a post that Chris did refuting the rumors. [...]
Iggy Uncensored
February 21st, 2007
at 1:00pm
Do only the special people get to signup for Gnomedex 7…
I’m a little late on getting this announcement up. But Gnomedex 7.0 has been announced and the dates and location are now solid. I previously held off on writing anything about this event do to the fact that the dates still were being worked out. Last…