Conference jargon-busting
After three conferences back-to-back, here’s my start of a conference jargon-busting dictionary. Please add your own.
“Enterprise solution” = ludicrously over-priced bloatware
“turnkey” = turkey
“ecosystem” (as in “Apple ecosystem”) = vendor lock-in
“keynote speech” – content-free flatulence from a bigwig
“inspirational speech” = content-free flatulence with nice pictures taken from Flickr creative commons, and attributed in tiny, tiny type
“party” = purgatory
“panel” (as in “SxSW panel”) = the only way to pleasure your best friends under a desk in public without breaking the law
“Awesome!” = yawn
“paradigm” = punch me
6 Responses to “ Conference jargon-busting ”
sponsor(ed) talk: shameless, inappropriate, non-targetted product whoring
Break out sessions: swag gathering session.
Oh noes,
so often true, but we try really really hard to make sure none of that is true at Web Directions events (you have no idea how hard it is some times)
Hats off to you Mr Lawson, for managing not to give either inspirational or keynote speeches, whilst avoiding being a member of a panel and also managing to duck out of the Awesome parties.
What exactly did you get up to? Unless of course you succumbed and now feel dirty about it – in which case you can spill the beans in the next blog post.
Awwww just forget it. Keep up the straight talking and firing from the lip – it could prove be a paradigm shift in conference reporting:0)
That’s one value-added hymn sheet you’re singing from there Bruce.
thought leader: too busy speaking at conferences to have done relevant work in the last five years.