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Did you even notice?

Microsoft (as this year’s diamond sponsor) did not have any scheduled time on stage. By this action, they have set the bar incredibly high for conferences the world over. No longer need conference coordinators be pressured by pay-for-play politics – and no longer need top conference sponsors fall victim to the misconception that speaking time is implied.

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Dave Winer just released The DocNography Tool Howto, after a successful round at BloggerCon. Great minds think alike! While we won’t be using the OPML Editor for our mind mapping management, we will be using MindJet MindManager – projecting it onto a screen at the front of the room, and then making the files availble for anybody to download and view. It’s really too bad that MindManager doesn’t export OPML quite yet. I first fell in love with the idea back when I saw Marc Orchant put it into play at the original MSN Search Champs summit. He took our groups ideas and transformed them into a visually stunning, organized cloud of information.

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